Have you had a favorite action scene throughout filming The Strain?
Kevin: That’s a hard one to pinpoint. I really liked doing the scene with Natalie Brown (Nora) in the last episode when Fet tangoes with the Mother of All Suckers. [laughs] That was really fun, we’re good friends, and Natalie had been training really hard for a long time, she took it really seriously. She’s like “I’m going up against a canadian giant here!” She really bought it, but I honestly love every bit of action I did, especially with this character because he’s so strong…
Is there anything you can tease about the end of the season?
Kevin: Gosh, what can I tease? As you saw with that last episode (Battle for Red Hook), it could have been a finale, and when I read it I was like “oh my gosh, this is bigger than any episode of the first season, where are they gonna go from here?” If you just take that as a gauge of where we’re heading, it just bigger and more explosive… sorry I’m just kind of tip-toeing around, because I also don’t want to give anything up because what’s the fun in that, right?? It just keeps building to the point where no one’s gonna get up to use the bathroom during the next 4 episodes, including me!
Can you talk about that bond with Abraham and is that what keeps him in this fight?
Kevin: Fet is a survivor, and if he was on his own I believe he’d still be alive. He’d be finding his way to survive, but he and Setrakian are so similar in that sense. First off, he genuinely connects with the old fella, as I do with David in real life. But he’s a smart guy, he’s pragmatic, he knows that he has over 60 years of knowledge and to learn from him. He’s pleased to have that knowledge passed down to him as well as they forge ahead. the tender side, I think he’s just a man with a very big spectrum. He’s gentle with people that have earned that from him, but he can turn on a dime as well.
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Have you had a favorite scene or arc or moment that’s really resonated with you?
Kevin: I’m constantly thanking the writers and the producers for the amount of fun I’m always having, I do really like to get into it with some of the actors we have on the show going head to head with David day to day and always learning and upping my game, and with Rita… We’ve had some really great scenes this year. She’s always so dynamic and fluid and committed and my main storylines have been with those two. But every time I get to work with Corey I feel the same way. It’s just a wonderful chemistry with a bunch of really dynamic, wonderful actors I get to work with all the time and I count my blessings.
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