You bring a lot of energy and presence. Landry isn't reserved, he's always right there, ready to act, ready to move.
Well, that's good, I'm glad you feel that [laughs]. I would hope that that would be the case -- I'd want a general that felt like that.
He's a man who really loves his service to his country, loves his job. He's sort of married to that aspect of his life. And because of that, that's one of the reasons he had problems personally, with his family -- he loved his job so much, he kind of short-shrifted his wife and his daughter. And I think he's the kind of guy who -- if you meet him out on the field of battle, he's the kind of guy who's going to enjoy the fight. And the tougher the odds, the stronger the enemy, that just jacks him up, because he's that kind of a warrior.
And even though, because of his age, he's not the young buck going out and killing the dragon, he still felt very motivated and very excited about the whole proposition of it and being a master tactician. And also he's good at getting out of his troops the things that he needs, the people that work for him. I liked doing him. Because I think as a younger man, he had been there, done that. So it wasn't a problem in terms of not being on the battlefield himself, because he'd been there. He felt that he owed it to the people he was sending out there to make sure they had what they needed, and gave them the best advice he could before the battle.
Do you think Landry will continue to have a big part to play as the Stargate program evolves?
I don't really know the answer to that. I would like him to be. I always enjoy playing him, as the schedule permits. It's been a while since I talked to Rob and Brad about what their plans are. What's going to happen is, these films are going to come out on DVD, and it's such a changing world in television, how things are distributed and seen now. Television and cable networks as we used to know them are vastly changing, and so it'll be interesting to see what happens to Stargate with that whole mix. I think all of it will be determined by how these DVDs do. But I'm always up for it, if I'm free.
You're actually filming something right now in Toronto.
I'm doing a Fox theatrical movie with Mark Wahlberg called Max Payne, based on the video game [(scheduled for October 2008 release)].
Lots of metaphorical slaying of dragons there, too.
Oh yeah. And I have a good role in it, one of the starring roles, and I'll be up here through May. And I've been continuing to play Earl's father on My Name Is Earl.
How is that going?
It's fine. I just did one not too long ago, and I'm doing another one in a few weeks.
The great thing about this generation of television is that the previous generation keeps getting brought in to play everybody's dad. You did the same on Will & Grace, too.
[laughs] Yeah, I was Sean Hayes's dad.
People just like to go -- hey, look, it's Beau Bridges!
Well good, I'm happy to hear that!
