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Gary Cole
switches sides,
but still in line of fire
New York
Daily News
July 18, 2005
BEVERLY
HILLS - Gary Cole, whose career began when he played a convicted
murderer in "Fatal Vision," returns to the TV crime genre as the
star of the new TNT series "Wanted," premiering July 31. He plays
another brooding character - but this time one on the right side of
the law.
"I don't know that he's dark," Cole told members of the Television
Critics Association yesterday of his character Conrad Rose, who
leads a special task force devoted to the capture of Los Angeles'
100 most wanted criminals. "But he has to deal with darkness."
In "Wanted," Rose gets to pick his high-caliber team. He's also the
separated father of two who is constantly struggling to balance time
on his job and time with his kids. He also must try to remain on
speaking terms with his estranged wife, Lucinda.
Cole is especially excited by the show's tone and look. It's rated
TV-MA, so it's very gritty, and it's shot completely on location,
which adds to its atmosphere and realism.
Besides Cole, the show stars Ryan Hurst ("Taken"), Rashida Jones
("Little Black Book"), Benjamin Benitez ("Tru Calling"), Josey Scott
of the rock group Saliva, Chris J. Kelly ("Medical Investigation"),
Sasha Pieterse ("Family Affair"), Lee Tergesen ("Oz") and Dedee
Pfeiffer ("For Your Love").
"People ask, 'Where do you shoot?'," says Cole, "and the answer is,
'Everywhere.' And you see that, and that's a real asset. Literally,
it's out of the back of a truck."
One of Cole's co-stars, Tergesen, is enthusiastic about a different
element of the show. "Wanted" creator Jorge Zamacona, who had worked
with Tergesen on the frank and brutal HBO prison drama "Oz," wrote
the character of Eddie Drake for the actor and pitched him the part.
"When I found out that if Eddie had sex at all, it was going to be
with women," Tergesen said, "I said, 'Okay, I'll do it.' "
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