We’ve already reported about Mehcad Brooks, True Blood’s “Eggs” from Season 2, getting a new part in ABC’s The Deep End. In his new show, Brooks can be seen more clothed, figuratively and literally, starring as lawyer Malcolm Bennett, along with Billy Zane, Clancy Brown, Tina Majorino, Nicole Ari Parker, Matt Long and Ben Lawson as members of a Dallas firm.
Here’s the part of an interview pertaining to True Blood with Mehcad and iF Magazine that took place at the Television Critics Association press tour.
When Brooks is asked about going from TRUE BLOOD’s swamps to THE DEEP END’s suits, one might surmise he’s got an in with a wish-granting genie. “My last day of shooting TRUE BLOOD, I was trudging through the swamps in between Lafayette and Baton Rouge,” Brooks relates. “Horrible. It was about 103 degrees, probably 110 heat index. They called ‘Cut!’ and I said, ‘Next job I have, all air conditioning, all suits.’ Not a joke. It’s wonderful.”
iF: Did you have a good experience on TRUE BLOOD, overheated swamp notwithstanding?
BROOKS: [laughs] Swamp notwithstanding, I had an incredible experience on TRUE BLOOD. It was an amazing show to be a part of, very well-received, and it’s always a nice thing when people really appreciate the hard work that you put into something, so I could not have asked for a better run.
iF: Did you know Eggs’ character arc when you initially got the job?
BROOKS: I did. Actually, it was less complicated than that – he was only supposed to be there for three episodes, but after I auditioned, they asked me to join the show, so I said, ‘Sure.’ [Eggs is in the books TRUE BLOOD is based on] only for about three chapters, though. So he’s barely mentioned. He definitely exists, though, trust me. [Novelist] Charlaine Harris called me – it was lovely to speak to her as well. But the character wasn’t all that defined in the literature, so we got to make him up as we went along and I had a lot of input, and [TRUE BLOOD creator/show runner] Alan Ball is a wonderful person to work with, because there was a template for him but no back story, we got to create it and that was a lot of fun.
iF: What’s it like going from Eggs to Malcolm?
BROOKS: Turn off one light and turn on the other one. I’m a lot more like Malcolm than I am like Eggs. Eggs is not as smart as I am, Malcolm’s smarter than me, so I’m somewhere in the middle [laughs]. I’m nowhere near as responsible as Malcolm, but I’m more responsible than Eggs. They’re completely different characters, but that’s what you want as an actor, to go try your hand at something completely different and see if you can stay afloat.
iF: Any final thoughts on THE DEEP END?
BROOKS: THE DEEP END is my favorite show that I’ve had the pleasure of working on. It really is.
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