Matt Olmstead Answers Prison Break Cast Questions (Part 1)
Matt Olmstead answered the Prison Break cast’s questions in the latest issue of TV Guide! In Part 1 Matt talks about Westmoreland’s money, the head ing the box, and the meaning behind Scylla. Part 2 coming shortly …
Dominic Purcell asks “Where is that bag of money and when do I get my hands on it?”
Matt replies, “This is a question you have posed numerous times, Dominic, and the answer is Linc ain’t getting it! The money is at the bottom of a lagoon in Panama. When the authorities came and dredged the shallow area for clues to the murder of Company operative Bill Kim, they found the bag. There were just a couple of bad apples in the normally trustworthy Panamanian police, but that’s all it takes. You’ll probably find some Panamanian cops with speedboats and vacation homes.”
Dominic Purcell asks “If Sara’s abductors did not kill her, then whose severed head was sent to me?”
Matt replies, “For our purposes, the head in the box is from the cadaver Lincoln went to identify at the morgue in Panama City when Sara went missing. In the first episode of Season 4, we will come to understand why the Company wants Lincoln and Michael to believe that harm has come to Sara and why they sent that head in the box. When Lincoln opened the box, he did what 99 percent of the human population would do: The sight was so horrific, he recoiled and closed the lid.”
Wentworth Miller asks “Didn’t Michael promise that he was going to deliver half of the money to Westmoreland’s terminally ill daughter?”
Matt replies, “He did, but he got waylaid. It was what Michael promised - he had the money on him and was perfectly willing to do it, but when you’re running for your life, you have to prioritize. Unfortunately Michael never made it and we can only assume that the terminally ill daughter died peacefully in her sleep.”
Sarah Wayne Callies asks “In what ways does the Greek mythology referred to in this season’s first episode represent larger themes that this fourth season will explore?”
Matt replies, “The comparison between Michael and Odysseus of Homer’s The Odyssey is drawn in this season’s two-hour premiere. The whole thing comes from material they found through their father who was once part of the Company and was killed by Mahone. Michael and Lincoln’s dad knew about the Company’s little black book - the one thing that they can’t afford to have taken from them. The code name for the book, with all of its incrimination information, is Scylla. In the myth, Odyssey sacrifices some of his crew to a man-eating monster named Scyla in order to go forward on his journey, and what hangs over Michael’s head is: Are some of the people I am with going to be sacrificed, and can I live with that?”
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2 opinions for Matt Olmstead Answers Prison Break Cast Questions (Part 1)
Enroc
Aug 21, 2008 at 9:36 am
LOL @ dominic’s question :P
Hi @ all
Mahmuda
Aug 21, 2008 at 10:08 am
Hello Enroc, what have you been up to man?
Why don’t you come on the PB buff Fans thread where we could all chat socially?
Lincoln still never hesitates about the money Q.
Ah lol to him. It is lloonngg gone luv.
Although his second Q was better about the severed head. I think a lot of the fans would have to agree with Dom on that. Good on ya! :)
The answer to Wentworth’s Q was slightly sober and straight don’t you think? That’s probably Matt for ya! LOL XD
But i understand that he feels guitly for not contributing on behalf of Westmoreland’s daughter when Scofield’s gotta save his own ass first. lol
The last Q is a good one from Tancredi. But Olmstead sure had a complex way of answering this didn’t he? lol :0)
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