Matt Olmstead Spills on Prison Break Season 4
Matt Olmstead sat down with iFMagazine.co to chat about Prison Break Season 4.
Olmstead revealed his thoughts on the plotline of Season 4. “It’s a culmination of – and I think that the three [seasons] that are behind us laid the groundwork – this feeling of this desperate pursuit of freedom and how special freedom is really reverberates through the show in general and certainly this season.” Even though the gang is out of prison, they’re still being forced to do something. Olmstead says that the fans should have this feeling that their goal is just beyond their grasp and they want it very badly.
One of the big challenges for this season was coming up with a premise that would push all of these characters together again. Especially T-Bag! “He was the most difficult character to accommodate. We found a way and believe me, it happened luckily fairly quickly.” Olmstead said that they would have spent weeks figuring it out though. He was not about to lose Rob Knepper! “One of our favorite dynamics of the show are the yard scenes where you have all the cons together. They hate each other, but they all want the same thing, so they have to band together.”
Olmstead briefly talks about his surprise at the way William Fichtner popped during Season 2 and the decision to keep him around. “I was aware that he was talented as an actor, but when he came on, that’s one of those things where it was a mutual decision.” At the end of that season Olmstead and Fichtner sat down together and chatted. “I tell him what we have in mind creatively, he tells me what he’s looking for, and thankfully, he’s given us what we need, we’ve given him what he needs and so he feels creatively validated and enthusiastic. This year especially, [Mahone] is completely just knocked sideways with a real major tragedy in his life and he’s at once broken and vengeful. [Fichtner] really brings it.”
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4 opinions for Matt Olmstead Spills on Prison Break Season 4
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Oct 6, 2008 at 6:54 am
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sona44
Oct 6, 2008 at 10:14 am
IMHO, William Fichtner as Alexander Mahone has been the saviour of Season 4 so far :)
If it wasn’t for his storyline, I wouldn’t be that keen on watching the episodes as quickly as possible.
Jane
Oct 6, 2008 at 2:07 pm
@sona44: Amen.
Brandon
Oct 7, 2008 at 6:27 am
Mahone indeed has a great storyline and I cannot wait until it culminates. He and Wyatt are going to have some very interesting interactions.
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