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Giancarlo Esposito on “Revolution,” “Breaking Bad” And “Once Upon A Time”

By Abbie Bernstein

Giancarlo Esposito Interview

In the world of NBC’s new series REVOLUTION, created by Eric Kripke of SUPERNATURAL fame, all the electricity in the world suddenly stops. Fifteen years later, civilization largely consists of peaceful agrarian villages – but there are armed militias afoot. One of the most feared is led by Captain Tom Neville, played by Giancarlo Esposito.

Esposito was just nominated for a Dramatic Supporting Actor Emmy for his portrayal of the terrifying Gus Fring on BREAKING BAD (the award was won by Esposito’s costar on the series, Aaron Paul). This past season, he was also seen as Sidney Glass, aka the Genie of the Lamp, aka the Magic Mirror, on the first year of ONCE UPON A TIME.

In person, Esposito is the antithesis of those onscreen personas – he is as charming and gentlemanly as can be imagined. The actor was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, but his parents moved to Manhattan during his early childhood. Esposito first performed in stage when he was eight years old and began appearing in films and on television at the age of twelve. Significant roles have included Mike Giardello in HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET and Cassius Clay Sr. in Michael Mann’s fact-based drama ALI.

At a party thrown by NBC for the Television Critics Association, Esposito sits down at a poolside table and talks about what he’s been up to lately.

Tom Neville is a pretty intimidating fellow, but then, so is Gus Fring. Where does Neville rang on the Gus Fring scale of badassness?

Raphael Sbarge - “Once Upon A Time” Interview
by Abbie Bernstien

Raphael Sbarge

Raphael Sbarge began his acting career at the age of four in his native New York, appearing on several episodes of SESAME STREET. He’s been on Broadway and off-Broadway in a myriad of plays. His first feature film was the independent ABUSE, where he played a minor involved with an adult man. “I was sixteen, in high school,” he recalls.

Since then, Sbarge has been in a host of movies large and small, including RISKY BUSINESS and INDEPENDENCE DAY, starred in the TV series BETTER DAYS and THE GUARDIAN and had guest and recurring roles on a wide range of shows including PROFILER, 24, STAR TREK: VOYAGER, PRISON BREAK and DEXTER.

However, Sbarge has never had a role like his series regular gig on ABC’s ONCE UPON A TIME. Sbarge plays Storybrooke, Maine’s resident psychiatrist, Dr. Archie Hopper - who doesn’t remember his former life in Fairytale Land as Jiminy Cricket, who asked a Blue Fairy to turn him into an insect to atone for the backfiring of a spell he tried to cast on his larcenous con artist parents. Of course, nobody else has had a role like this, either.
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