What is it about the rebar that Fet loves so much?
Kevin: (laughs) Well first of all it’s in his roots, it’s the weapon that he’s most comfortable with. He was using rebar while exterminating vermin in all 5 boroughs of New York. He’s kind of a ninja with that thing… it packs a punch. When you hold on to an actual piece of rebar, and he’s got about eight different width of rebar, so when you go from the thinnest one to the heaviest most people wouldn’t be able to swing that heaviest one, but he can because he’s kind of a badass. He can cause major damage with that thing. You hand him a gun, a nail gun, anything else and he can get the job done, but it’s not his weapon of choice because it’s not the one he’s been working with for years.
Recently Fet had been paired up with Nora, and he seemed impressed, calling her “a freaking genius”. What can you say about that relationship? How does he view Nora? Is there a tinge of romance?
Kevin: I love that connection because last year (after episode 8) he wasn’t all that impressed. So I feel like they’ve come the furthest, especially in the last four or five episodes. I think they both really have developed a profound respect for each other. I think she sees so much more of him since she called him a “cold hearted killer.” She understands that there’2s more there and that [Fet] makes sense and that his skills are helpful to the group. Fet on the other hand, “She’s a doctor wit the CDC.” He kind of talked down to her, and I think he’s in awe of her, she’s strong, intelligent, she’s come a long way. She went from being a doctor who couldn’t kill a fly to beheading her mother. She’s really taken major strides. There’s a definite mutual respect, and it feels like there is something brewing there… who knows what could happen.
Fet nearly got grazed by the worm, was there an intent to scare us into thinking he could have gotten infected?
Kevin: He’d be a big scary vampire, huh? I bet you the Master would want to jump into that body! When we were shooting it we were like “lets see what the fans think” it was a really close call. I’m new to this whole social media thing, but I’m having a ball on Twitter, so many people were asking if I was infected. You’re gonna have to wait and see! Hopefully he didn’t. I honestly watch the show as a fan, so I was feeling the same thing, It was really close. I hope he didn’t, I like that guy!
What is it about vampires? They’re so prevalent in culture today. What is it you think about vampires that strikes that chord with people?
Kevin: I think it’s the idea of a being that wants to suck the life out of you, it’s so terrifying. I think as human being in general we’re so interested in reading or watching material about our potential demise. You want to write a book about happiness, it won’t sell as well as a book about the world coming to an end. We’re fascinated by it. There’s something about vampires that’s romantic as well, there’s strangely horrifically beautiful about it. Not that Guillermo’s vampires are describable as beautiful, but they’re lingering and ready to take the life out of you at any second. It terrifies us and we need to watch it. But that’s the thing about, Guillermo he’d been having nightmares about these things ever since he was a child, you know? He’d wake up and start sketching these images of these monsters in his dreams. There is something about the way these vampires look in a way that’s so horrific that there’s something beautiful about it.
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The Strain airs at 10PM Eastern Time on FX Network, and has recently been renewed for its third season in 2016.
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