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Sam Witwer Interview
Star of SyFy Channel's Being Human,
Davis Bloom on Smallville, and voice actor in the
Star Wars franchise. But most importantly, he is a true
nerd. Love it!
I often try not to follow the lives
of actors because too often we find out that their
morals might be skewed or they're just in it for the
money and care nothing about the fans. When I got the
pleasure of talking with Sam Witwer, I was pleasantly
surprised to meet a normal guy who plays more video
games than I do who is just a huge sci-fi nerd!
 If
you're a fan of Star Wars, then you probably
recognize Sam's voice in Forced Unleashed as
well as Star Wars: Clone Wars, the animated
series on Cartoon Network. Witwer was already a fan, but
he became an even bigger fan after working with
franchise. "I kind of
lost my mind even more so for the whole Star Wars
thing."
As a collector of geek
memorabilia myself, I had to ask Sam about his own
private stash of goodies.
"My office is this glorious geek
cave. There's interesting things to look at everywhere."
Helmets, prints, light sabers, The Enterprise replicas,
and so on. Sam's got it! "I'm doing well. I'm being
competitive!"
He also teased about some of
the work he's doing on Clone Wars. During our
conversation, he told me that he was about to play a man
that is essentially "the dark side of the force" on a
planet that's like the vision cave that Yoda sent Luke
to in Empire Strikes Back.
Season 8
of Smallville was very good to me. Even though
the Doomsday fight was anti-climatic to a majority of
the fans, I enjoyed the buildup and Davis Bloome. I
asked Witwer what was it like working on the show.
"Everyone was really, really nice. If you're a fan of
that show, I can tell you the people you're fans of are
extremely nice people. They're fun. It was cool." When I
asked him if he drew any of his inspiration for current
role of Aidan from his experience on Smallville,
he noted how they were similar, but also pointed out the
differences. "The Davis thing...I would liken that more
to some sort of rage thing, almost like Josh's werewolf
thing, because Aidan-no matter what version of Aidan we
see-he's always himself."
Sam Witwer is currently the star of Being Human,
a supernatural drama on the SyFy channel about a
vampire, ghost, and werewolf
rooming together while trying to find their place in the
world. Witwer acknowledged that he was skeptical at
first, but admits that he would have made one of the
biggest mistakes of his career if he had skipped out on
his audition. "It would have been horribly tragic." He
admitted to not seeing True Blood or
Twilight, but believes Being Human is
unique. There are
a lot of vampires out there, but I can attest that
Being Human has a very different take on the
supernatural.
Last Monday marked the first season finale of the U.S.
version of Being Human and closed the book on
the Bishop chapter, but opened the door to a bigger
mystery about a female of higher position wanting to
meet with Aidan. Witwer hinted that he knew who "she"
was, but didn't seem to know what was next for Aidan and
the crew, but spoke about the writers being insanely
busy getting ready for
season 2.
After learning how much of a nerd Sam Witwer actually
was, I had to ask him who was his favorite super hero.
His answer was Batman, which is a popular answer, but
with specific details when giving an example of why he
loved him in Arkham Asylum. "I loved the fact
that you never got a good look at the guy. He was always
just this terrifying dark shape and you never ever got a
good look at him and I loved that. You should be
frightened."
Witwer also sent a shout out to his fans, thanking them
for their support. "The wonderful thing about sci-fi
fans is that they're about fifteen times more loyal than
your normal fan." And in return, I have to say that I
really appreciate the fact that Sam Witwer is a fan
himself. It's exciting to see someone who loves what
they're doing. |
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