What was the most challenging scene you filmed in A Walk to Remember? That was really tough. Because the scene went, for me, just knocking on the door and having to all of a sudden cry, which I had a hard time doing on film. That could be maybe the most challenging. Back in the day, I had a Discman. Then I would take the Discman off and go. That was probably the most challenging: good old ugly-crying.
TV was where you got started, and it has been the main crux of your career in recent years. Do you want to do more mainstream movies? If they want me. But film is always there. To actually play a father in that, to play the sheriff in the town, was pretty cool. I got to play some crazy military lunatic last year in some film called Escape the Field that should be coming out pretty soon.
But they have to take the chance on you. What do you want for your career at this point? Would you do another romantic movie like A Walk to Remember , or is that totally outside your scope now?
I would do it. I still have the same aspirations and interests that I had when I started, which is, fortunately or unfortunately, however you look at it, pretty vague. I would love to do a love story, but now if I do, [it has to be] better than A Walk to Remember, since we happened to have success with that. I want it to be the right love story. I want it to be the right person. I want there to be chemistry there that has the right people behind it, because we did catch lightning in a bottle with that.
Nikita was a love story. Even Salem , in all of its twisted witchcraft ways, was a love story. But those characters, even though they were love stories, were a little bit darker. It just has to be the right project.
It would be cool in the final year of This Is Us to pop in as a surprise. When it comes to those things, I want to pick and choose right. And in a smaller, cult extent, myself and Janet in Salem. I want to keep batting 1, when it comes to [projects]. How have you managed that? A lot of my friends and I have been talking about that recently.
But we were able to know how the world worked before everyone was stuck on their phone, and I think that kind of helped us out — to stay away from a lot of chaos. It also depends on personality. I was never the type that wanted that. You need and want the fame, to a certain extent, to be able to get the jobs that you may want down the road, to further your career, and to do passion projects and special projects.
Like I did with the Germs film. So I kind of shunned it while still liking it. I wanted the work to speak for itself. I just try to be private about it. Already a subscriber? Log in or link your magazine subscription.
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West was able to work with actor Billy Campbell , who played his father and whom he described "as perfect," as well as Sela Ward , who won one of her two Emmys for this series. And because the adult characters were the main focus of the show, West said he "had time to truly feel like you were a working actor, but you were also learning what to do and what not to do, which is the most important. Whatever It Takes : "Man, those are some good times," West said fondly of the teen rom-com he filmed around the same time he landed his role on Once and Again , going on to admit he was surprised when he scored one of the lead roles because he didn't have many credits to his name—"I had a ton of two line parts in, like, Boy Meets World "—when he auditioned.
I had to audition for that a lot. I had to prove myself a lot It was tough, but I learned a lot during that movie and that was one of the coolest experiences I had. There was no way I was going to say no to that. You got to be kidding me. West, who turned 21 while filming, also shared the milestone experience of his first role in a major movie with his then-roommate: Aaron Paul , who played class clown Floyd.
That's never happened before, or since, for me. West recalled becoming friendly with the cast of That '70s Show because he would "visit the set all the time" with Kunis, which is how he "got to know" Topher Grace , someone he would unexpectedly be working with for his next project. The whole process was confusing. It was fantastic but confusing. And then when we did that poker scene with Brad and George, it was all improvised.
West admitted he "ended up looking so dumb with not knowing how to play poker, it was because I didn't. And when we were sitting there, I was like, 'Oh no, oh no, I don't know. I don't know how to do this. You're going to say 'hit me,' or whatever the heck is, and that's how it just all rolled. Working with the other young stars, whom he knew "a little bit" prior "because it was like, young Hollywood at the time so it was like out about, events, parties, press," was "fantastic.
The movie gained a small following in Italy and was eventually released years later on DVD for Americans to enjoy, but few people are aware the movie even exists.
Based on a mini comic book series created by writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O'Neill, the story follows popular fictional characters from classic novels who were chosen to form a group of evil-fighting heroes set on a secret mission for Queen Victoria circa From there, West put teenage romantic dramas and comedies to the side while he pursued darker roles in horror movies.
Unfortunately, these movies didn't attract much of an audience either, and West made the right decision by accepting more television acting roles. Moving behind the camera is a natural progression for many actors, and Shane West is no different. Shortly after his pivot away from being a teen heartthrob, West took a stab at producing some of the films in which he starred.
First, he served as executive producer for the biopic What We Do Is Secret, a film based on the legendary LA punk band Germs — but he didn't exactly have beginner's luck.
It was received with mixed reviews, but didn't reach many viewers as it went straight to DVD. As of this writing, What We Do Is Secret and Red Sands remain West's only credits at a producer, so even his behind-the-scenes track record hasn't been a smashing success.
Ray Barnett on ER , joining the list of some of the sexiest men in Hollywood who've played doctors on the show, including George Clooney and John Stamos. Even though he started on ER in it's 11th season, the show still had a huge following and his appearance certainly helped boost his career, but he left after just three seasons. West left ER to take a role in the anticipated pilot Supreme Courtships , which depicted the professional and personal lives of six members of the Supreme Court.
This sent West back to the set of ER, making a few small appearances as Dr. Ray Barnett to wrap up a few storylines until the end of the series. If you can picture a young Shane West then you can probably imagine him on stage in head-to-toe punk rock getup, belting out his band's latest hit in front of hundreds of people.
I don't think I knew what the song was going to be but I knew she would," West explained. Then he hatched a plan. If I don't write it too nasty punk rock, maybe And we wrote — me and my old band Johnny Was — wrote a song and they liked it. During the interview, West said he is always "in and out of bands" and spoke extensively about his new band, Twilight Creeps. While Shane West never made it big with any of his own bands, he did get a feel for stardom playing with punk rock legends, Germs.
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