The Cape: Interview with the Villain, James Frain

The Cape: Interview with the Villain, James Frain

NBC's The Cape is premiering mid-season, but the publicity machine is already kicking into gear. The show focuses on a framed cop who becomes his son's favorite comic book hero to bring justice to their city. The flip side of that coin is James Frain as the show's villain, Peter Fleming.

By EdGross - Nov 10, 2010 11:11 AM EST
Filed Under: The Cape
Source: EW.com

In an interview with EW, Frain explained, "No one has any real powers. It’s about cunning and skill. It’s very serious in its intent. But it’s also light in the way it’s played. It is closer to Batman in that the people don’t have powers. Supervillain equals job security as long as people like the show and we get picked up. It is a completely new story. It is not based on a comic book or an old character. It is a completely new and inventive mythology. The show creator Tom Wheeler has the whole first season mapped out. He has the whole thing in his mind and he is slowly revealing it to us. And it’s cool. I really hope people will give it a chance to reveal itself to them. We are in the thick of shooting and we are supposed to come on in January. Wish us luck.”

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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 11/10/2010, 11:50 AM
CAPE's gonna own I tell ya!!!

TheStranger
TheStranger - 11/10/2010, 12:06 PM
/agree
souhunter
souhunter - 11/10/2010, 12:45 PM
I don't see this show doing vary good but I Hope I'm wrong.
BetaRayB
BetaRayB - 11/10/2010, 12:51 PM
Looks pretty cool! But if they're not careful, these Big Business owned studios are going to drive the whole comic book/superhero genre into the ground in their quest to make as much $$$ as they can as fast as possible. Especially if there's a whole slew of TV shows out there, in addition to the upcoming ONSLAUGHT of big movies coming down the pipe over the next 5-10 years (Thor/sequels, Cap/sequels, Green Lantern trilogy, Avengers/sequels/spinoffs, Spider-Man reboot trilogy, X-Men prequel trilogy, FF reboot, Ghost Rider sequels, Daredevil reboot, Batman 3, Superman reboot trilogy <----- and that's just the big ones off the top of my head).

Couple this with a prime-time show (or several) on every single channel/network and it's going to be so ubiquitous as to be nauseating to the average viewer, potentially turning the masses off the genre. However, looking at the sci-fi, cop, lawyer and medical genres over the past 20 years gives me hope that a few CB-based ones will rise above and give us some good TV, something that transcends the genre and allows it to get established with a mass audience with quality and not just cater to a select crowd with poorly done or hokey garbage.
josebonifacio
josebonifacio - 11/10/2010, 12:51 PM
It sounds good, hope turns out good as well.
BetaRayB
BetaRayB - 11/10/2010, 2:19 PM
I sure hope they can come up with decent plots for these comic book shows. Heroes really faded fast. And while I'm sort of excited for a potential Hulk TV show, I worry what they could do with it. The original show is on right now as I type this and the plot is 'The Hulk befriends a disabled heiress who is being slowly poisoned by her stepmother.' The real kicker? IT WAS A TWO PARTER! Good grief!
Vafrous
Vafrous - 11/11/2010, 6:31 AM
James Frain was bad ass in True Blood...
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