![]() ![]() Whether or not we use it as much more than a jumping off point.” Because that”s kind of what it is – using the novel as a springboard for where John and the storytellers choose to take it. Decided not to read it.” So I kind of anticipated being asked that question thought, “You know, I really think I should read this. I would have hated to have been answering this question with a “No.” Like, “Nope. ![]() So we discussed how much and how little would be involved. But I did read it and talked to John about how much he wanted the novel to inform my portrayal of the character. I hadn”t actually read it in high school. I felt it was my duty to explore the source material. John”s given you some great material to work with, but I”m also curious, how closely have you explored the source material for inspiration in how you”re going to play it? ![]() In the same way a predatory animal doesn”t know they”re a predatory animal. Not that Dorian”s a bad guy, because I think that even when you”re playing someone who is maybe a little bit more well-acquainted with the darkness, you have to kind of figure out where they exist in the light as well. I just knew I wouldn”t want to go from Spider-Man to Thor, or Spider-Man to Superman, or even good guy to good guy. It was 'Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark,' the musical. But the language was so good that I just thought, ‘I gotta do this.” And also it was so different from what I had been involved with at the time. I was always a little nervous about that. I was initially a bit hesitant when it came to knowing that I had to be without clothes. That stood out to me instantly as something I knew I wanted to be involved with. Reeve Carney: First of all for me, the language – I mean John ’s storytelling combined with the beauty he creates with the dialogue. I know I can do something fun with this part?” Tell me, what was the thing about this role that really got its hooks into you and made you say, “I want to play Dorian Gray. ![]() Spinoff Online: “Penny Dreadful“ is a fascinating show and Dorian is, I imagine for you, a fascinating part to play. With the debut season of the series arriving on Blu-Ray earlier this week, Carney spoke exclusively with Spinoff Online from Dublin about his exotic character, exploring the source material and even – though sworn to secrecy about Season Two – a peek at the mood on set as the series moves forward. As part of the ensemble of lurid eccentrics in the John Logan-penned show, Carney”s Gray brushes up against (literally and figuratively) other gaslight luminaries and alters their lives with his avowed self-indulgence but also finds himself questioning his own rules of eternal existence as a result. Just like Dorian Gray himself, playing the ageless hedonist hasn”t gotten old for “Penny Dreadful” actor Reeve Carney.Īfter a three-year stint on Broadway as Marvel”s webbed wonder in “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” the 31-year-old actor/singer/songwriter segued into the role of the legendary sybarite whose portrait grows old for him from Oscar Wilde”s 1891 novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray” in Showtime”s hit Victorian horror mashup series. (CBR) Reeve Carney talks about his experiences as “Penny Dreadful”s” Dorian Gray ![]()
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