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Revisiting Banshee Baddies: Geno Segers
The weekly revisiting of Banshee interviews continues with Geno Segers, who created the fearsome Chayton Littlestone.
In the land of film and television, a world of make believe, Geno Segers is the complete package. He has the size, voice and the charisma of a man who knows what he wants and how he wants it. That road led him to Cinemax’s hit show, Banshee, where he has turned a tough looking guy in Chayton Littlestone into a character with substance and many layers of intrigue.
It turns out that forces of nature can be gentlemanly and revealing as well. I had the chance to speak with Segers this week about Chayton’s motivations, the reaction to killing a beloved character on screen and Friday’s huge showdown in New Orleans. This isn’t 60 minutes, folks. Just a couple of dudes talking about Banshee.
Dan Buffa-Friday looks like it’s going to be an exciting night for Fanshees.
Geno Segers-A lot of people are anticipating this meeting of the minds so to speak.
DB-When it comes to you and Antony Starr(who plays Lucas Hood on the show), it’s more like meeting of the fists. When you two see each other on set, do you sigh and think to yourself, “Oh boy”. I mean, there’s a lot of physicality between you two.
GS-Antony and I are really good friends actually. I used to live in New Zealand. I was a rugby player for several years and he grew up there. We more than likely ran into each other a few times. He was an up and coming actor and I was coming out of rugby and doing security along with other small businesses. It’s not a big place, but we would run into each other several times without really knowing it.
DB-So you are saying we have an origin story of Chayton and Lucas set up here.
GS-That’s an origin in reality. A Geno and Antony story.
DB-Let’s get the big elephant out of the room. How much hate did you receive when Chayton killed off the beloved Siobhan Kelly?
GS-Honestly, it was quite an interesting week. There was a lot of hate for Chayton, as you can imagine. I expected it and I looked forward to it. I learned very quickly that people viewed it differently. Some people sided with Chayton. Being a Fanshee myself, I didn’t side with Chayton. I wanted to see him die a miserable death. The line got crossed only once, and this guy said something to me about wanting the actor who played Chayton to die. Come on man. I’m just doing what the writers want me to do. Some people enjoy the freedom they have to speak bluntly over Twitter and social media whereas they couldn’t say it in person. When I see people in public, it’s all about love. It’s praise. The comments are so far one way and then so far the other way. My grandmother always told me, “Don’t drink anybody’s kool aide. If the kool aid is not sweet enough, you add a little sugar. If it’s too sweet, you add a little water. If you add something to someone else’s kool aid, it’s not their kool aid anymore. It’s your kool aid.” Compare that to the comments. If someone says somebody really nice about me, I add a little water. If someone says something really negative, I add some water. I must have done a really good job if that guy wanted me to die. I read the comments but I don’t embody them or take them personally.
DB-Everybody loves a good bad guy. Good guys need a great bad guy to make the show work. This season, Chayton has become that big bad. When I talked to Loni Peristere(Director and Executive Producer) before the season, he talked about making Chayton something more. Season 3 has seen that transformation come full circle, and also seen Chayton tumble down the rabbit hole of violence.
GS-Yeah, Chayton takes a turn for the worse when his brother, Tommy, dies. That really showed that he was human and vengeful. He wants it in such a way that he is willing to do anything to get it but he also isn’t stupid. He doesn’t want to get caught and go to jail. As he explained to Aimee in the woods, he isn’t to let them put him into another cage and nobody(including someone as close as Aimee once was) will get in his way. He’s a mad dog and he’s agitated.
DB-In the second season, we didn’t see that mad dog. Chayton let Siobhan live after the car accident. That was a different guy. A guy who could kill but still had the chain on him. When Tommy was killed, the chain got broke and it can’t be reattached.
GS-Chayton was an honorable warrior. No women and no kids. Loni asked me if I had done any homework on Chayton in the middle of Season 2 and 3, and I had. I kept a journal as Chayton for months prior to going back to set. The journal covered Chayton’s trip from New Orleans back to Banshee. As I wrote in this journal as Chayton, I realized he was taking fights along the way back. As he realized that in taking all these fights, there was always going to be someone standing in front of him willing to die. He can’t kill all the white men. Eventually, someone is going to kill him. Every warrior knows his death is coming and they seek a warrior’s death. Chayton realizes he can’t take the land back. He is outnumbered, so the objective has changed when he returns to Banshee. Taking whatever he can and that means taking it the same way this country was taken in the beginning and that is with the gun. That was the assault on Colonel Stowe’s transport. He was training his people to take back what they could and how that would change things immediately. That said, he still refuses to use a gun. He wants to remain pure and use a bow and arrow. Then, the tire comes off the road when his brother dies, who he was desperately trying to protect. Chayton knew that his days were numbered, so he had to leave it to someone. When Tommy died, everything crumbled.
DB-Chayton turned into a lone wolf so to speak.
GS-Absolutely. The only person Chayton trusted was Tommy, so all bets are off. He’s willing to do anything to stay free. (In episode 307, You Can’t Hide From The Dead), he pitchforked a guy for no reason. He then pitchforked the lady who helped him. Ultimately, Chayton is on a path of destruction and reached the point of no return. He’s going back to New Orleans to seek refuge.
DB-One of the things I’ve started to think about this season is Chayton underestimating Hood in thinking he is just a sheriff and not seeing a guy who is deadly as him.
GS-The thought of Chayton being snuck up on was a moot point between myself and Antony. We talk about these moments that Hood and Chayton are face to face. The banter and the communication that only a warrior or assassin would know. Chayton feels very close to Hood in a way, because he knows him. At the same time, he doesn’t really know him. There’s something very familiar about this guy to Chayton. It’s a question that is going on in his mind. He can’t put the pieces together. You’ll find in episode 8(All The Wisdom I Have Left) that a lot of this comes to light for Chayton. His eyes are opened in a different way. There are two realizations for Chayton. It’s not just a fight this week. It’s a fight and a conversation at the same time. Things are starting to unravel for him, so the “Aha” moment is coming for Chayton because he only believed Hood was a sheriff with really good training. That realization is made and then it is reformed later in the episode.
DB-There are a lot of similarities between Chayton and Hood. Both men are relentless in what they do and aren’t going back to prison and fearless in their life. They are both “Armies of One”, as stated in Season 2.
GS-Exactly. Let’s face it. A Banshee sheriff would NOT go to New Orleans to chase someone. He would not go across state lines or out of the county to chase someone. That realization is made by Chayton. He used to leave Banshee and go to New Orleans without hesitation and now this guy is coming on the reservation and coming down to New Orleans after him. There’s a point where the light comes on and then it comes on again. It gets real bright.
DB-Let’s go back to that Kinaho raid on the Cadi. What kind of shooting schedule was that? One night? Several nights?
GS-It was a long time. It was more than a week. If you look at the interior shots and the exterior shots, it was a long time. They weren’t shooting the interior and exterior shot at the same time. They did the interior first and then the exterior.
DB-My favorite part wasn’t even the action part of the episode. It was the quieter moments like the conversations between you and Antony. Two guys taunting each other. I’m a Dark Knight guy, so those scenes had the Batman/Joker faceoff written all over them. Those were as good as the bullets flying in.
GS-My favorite part was Hood and Proctor putting down their fists for a moment because they need each other. Proctor staying and helping Hood defend the Cadi until he could get himself together. Proctor has developed a softer side and is trying to be more than he currently is. However, his niece Rebecca is getting him into quite a conundrum. It’s going to come to a head real soon.
DB-The best thing about Banshee is the bad guys are not merely villains but wholly developed characters instead. You don’t see that on other television shows.
GS-All you have to do is look at the protagonist of the show. Hood is not a good guy. Who is a good guy and who is a bad guy? I call them pro-antagonists and anti-protagonists. Chayton is an anti-protagonist because he is a bad guy with a good moral compass (or at least he used to be). He had a plan and beliefs but now he is a mad dog and no one is going to side with a mad dog.
DB-In season 3, one of the true good guys, Brock, is switching over to the bad ways of Lucas.
GS-The last real pure Christian in the Banshee police department was (Emmett) Yawners (played by Demetrius Grosse). When Yawners went rogue, he was the last moral compass for Brock. Yawners was telling Brock that he doesn’t need to go see his ex-wife and that he isn’t married to her anymore. Emmett told Brock to leave her alone and manage it in a Christian way. When Emmett was gone, Brock’s moral compass wasn’t there and he goes back to his ex-wife. Brock wanted to go after Hondo because of Emmett’s death and now he wants to go after Chayton for Siobhan’s murder.
DB-One of the few regrets with the show is not seeing Chayton and Emmett square off.
GS-Chayton realistically would not have wanted to fight Emmett. He wanted to wake up the sleeping giant in Emmett. He felt like Emmett was someone that should have been on his side. You have to think about the charisma of someone like Chayton. Someone who will help you see the flaw in yourself and build you back up in his own righteousness. Chayton wanted to wake up Emmett and convince him to pull that badge off. Telling him they raped your people and kidnapped your ancestors. They chained you up for centuries. He wants to wake the giant up. Fighting Emmett was not in Chayton’s motivation. Chayton’s last words to Emmett were “These belong to you” in tossing him the handcuffs. He was still trying to wake him up.
DB-This Friday, it is fight club in New Orleans. What can you tell fans, other than hang on and brace yourselves?
GS-It is going to be concentrated. It’s going to be visceral and grimy. You won’t be disappointed.
DB-The fight scenes on Banshee are amazing. How much prep goes into a fight like the one on Friday.
GS-It’s all choreographed in a dojo. We make it fit on the set. For the most part, it’s all timed out in the number of moves and the time it takes for the fight to go. How much time is the footage going to take? Some fights are 80 to 90 different moves. You throw a punch and I duck, that’s one move. I throw a punch and it hits you in the stomach, that’s two moves. You kick me and I catch it, and that’s a third move. So on and so forth. We are talking about 75 moves. You redo 10-15 moves per piece. It’s very specific and the actors have to learn all the moves as well as the stunts. Any close up shot has to be the actor. A wide shot is a place where you can use a double. When the camera is right there, it’s hard to get the stunt guy in there. There’s a lot of work in these scenes.
DB-There’s a dedication on the set to Banshee that you don’t hear about elsewhere. You don’t see it in films and shows. They skim over a lot of stuff. The Banshee crew goes at it full tilt. Loni told me that Greg Yaitanes(Showrunner, Director) once said, “there is no such thing as a small stunt”.
GS-They don’t mess around. They want it a certain way and they know what they want. I used to have to this saying when I go on set, “Hey guys, we are shooting for perfection. If we fall short, we’ll have something great.” That is the mantra for Banshee fight scenes or even the opening. They want it all to be perfect.
DB-There’s an adrenaline that comes with this show when Friday night comes along. I almost have to move around the room or hit a punching bag to level myself out. Fans feel strongly about this show and it grows every week.
GS-No one is immune to being killed on Banshee and that plays into that. The Walking Dead set that precedence. Game of Thrones does that. The kid who played the king that everybody hated on Game of Thrones got a death threat. Man, I look forward to someone issuing me a death threat. I’ll call you out quick. We live in a world where the performer is not allowed to say something, like we should take the high road. Why should I be above anything? If you feel comfortable sounding off on me, why can’t I sound off on you?
When I interview an actor, director or creator, I want to give my readers a unique look into their persona. Tell them something different. What I found out about Geno confirmed what I suspected. He is the real deal. Geno Segers is more than meets the eye. When he first walked into the world of Banshee before that first collision with Hood in Season 2, Fanshees saw a simple tough bad guy. Since that entrance, Segers has carved a multi-dimensional character out of Chayton from that initial makeup. He took a bad guy and made him into someone real, vulnerable and suspect to change. On Friday, fans find out what Chayton is really made of. If they have been paying attention at all this season, they’ll know Segers is a lot more than just a presence and a voice. He’s a force to reckon with.
(Photo Credit-Gregory Shummon/Cinemax)
Tom Pelphrey: The New Badge in Banshee
There are certain guys in Banshee who exude toughness and authority without a lot of dialogue. Meet Tom Pelphrey, the New Jersey born actor who inhabits the tortured soul that is Kurt Bunker on the Cinemax series. As season 4 preps for launch, I revisit my chat with Pelphrey from after Season 3 in March.
Bunker comes from a dark past that involves Nazi White Supremacy and enough guilt to fill a river with. He enlisted at the Cadi to become a deputy and has proved himself quite useful. Pelphrey put on a performance in the Season 3 finale Friday night that will live on for months. A Hall of Fame no holds barred achievement for any actor may have been just the tip of the iceberg for Bunker on Banshee. I reached out to Pelphrey to talk about those final scenes of the season and how he channels the rage inside the character.
Dan Buffa-The finale featured loads of action and resolution, but the most soulful poignant story(stoked with some raw firepower) is Bunker’s past colliding with his present. How has it been pulling the layers off this classic tough guy character?
Tom Pelphrey-Well it’s the kind of role that any actor would be excited about. What makes it really great is that the writers have allowed for the layers to be exposed and peeled away over time; perhaps more importantly we learn more about Bunker in situations where learning more about Bunker arises naturally from the given circumstances in the storytelling. For example in Episode 5… Bunker tells Alison about his past and what led him down the road he traveled. All hell has broken loose, the stakes are very high, and quite naturally Alison is afraid and unsettled… and she’s in the basement with a dude who’s covered in swastikas and carrying an automatic weapon!! And so telling her about my past comes from the desire to help her understand so that I can calm her down and make her realize she is safe with me… otherwise you just have an expositional monologue. The writers were really smart. It’s been very exciting for me to explore the character. Someone who would cover their body with such hateful images has a lot of pain, anger, and confusion… as we see in episode 10 there is so much going on that Bunker himself can barely articulate it. A lot of shame, regret, rage, and self hatred… and yet he’s trying to do the right thing, turn his life around and seek redemption. It’s all very compelling stuff and the kind of material that I live for.
DB–I feel like Bunker’s a boiling pot of water that finally popped off these final two episodes. A man holding a lot of rage inside and eventually, those things boil over in Banshee. Is that an accurate description?
TB-Totally accurate. Again, someone who would go SO FAR as to cover themselves in tattoos of swastikas and hateful images is operating from a place of a lot of pain. Even when that person chooses to turn their life around and make different choices, that pain doesn’t just go away. The question becomes can Bunker learn how to work through it and channel it in a positive way? Can he find redemption and healing for himself?
DB-Bunker’s past provided him with quite a few tattoos. Did you and Geno challenge each other for time in a makeup chair?
TP-Hahaha!!! I think we were pretty even. A lot of Geno’s tattoos are much larger pieces which means you have to be very careful when you place them… I have more tattoos but they are smaller and not connected so you end up with 6 of one and a half dozen of the other.
DB-In my opinion, your scene with Servitto towards the end of the finale was the best of the episode, the season and quite possibly the series. So powerful and emotionally bare. Actors have to channel that rage somewhere. Where did you go to for that scene and how long did it take to prepare? All of that can’t be on the page. Was it method or just getting into a role?
TP-Well I’m not sure that I know exactly where I went for that; and I’m not sure that I would tell you if I did know. : ) I’m never sure what people mean when they say ‘method’… it’s used by so many different people in so many different ways that to me it has become an ambiguous dirty word! haha. For me what’s important is being able to identify what the character is going through and understand it intellectually. Once I have that I try and break it down to it’s most fundamental essence, and understand that for myself emotionally. If you lay the foundation correctly you then sit back and let your imagination take over. The emotional access gets easier from years of training and performing and learning. To me it’s a muscle that gets stronger over time with repetition; so it’s much easier to go there now then it was ten years ago. All of that aside; I show up on the day and say “Fuck it” and work off of my partner to the best of my ability. And as I’m sure you’ve noticed, I have a plethora of beautiful talented partners who would make any actor look better! Servitto is a PRO and made that scene so easy for me.
DB-Speaking of Servitto, this cast is a group of true pros. How has it been mixing it up with Antony and company?
TP-We must be simpatico because I’m answering and referencing some of your next questions before I even read them! The cast has been phenomenal to me. Truly wonderful and open and very welcoming and supporting. It makes it SO MUCH EASIER for me to do my best work when I feel like I’m in a safe and supportive environment. I always think of a cast like a sports team… you can have some talented individuals but you really kick the shit out of a show when you have a team that works well together and supports each other. Obviously the captain of this team (especially for my storyline) is Antony. That is a hard working actor who really cares about the quality of the show and believes in what he does. He’s also tough as hell because physically they put him through the ringer! And to top it off he’s super fucking talented and very intelligent. I’m glad he’s our lead. Servitto is all of those things as well… and one of the most generous partners that you’re ever gonna work with. He never lets the ball drop. Most of my time has been spent with those guys on set… but as I’m sure you can tell we have an entire cast of hard-working, super talented, creative actors who are total fucking gamers. Everyone is in it together. I really am very grateful to join them.
DB-Moving forward, Bunker’s duel with the brotherhood is far from over, with the last image of Bunker showing his brother literally burning the swastika off your chest. It has to be exciting knowing the Cadi won’t be quieting down anytime soon.
TP-I can’t wait to start reading scripts for Season 4. They have set things up so well… high stakes and infinite possibilities! Talk about a cliffhanger huh?
DB-With Starr potentially moving to full time criminal, the first thought in my head was a Hood-Bunker clash. Now, we all know that fight starts out with Bunker saying, “With all due respect sir….punch…slam!! That has become the signature nice tough guy line for you.
TP-Hahaha!! Now that would be a brawl. I have to say though I think it would take ALOT for Bunker to ever go after Hood. He gave the guy a chance when no one else would. He didn’t dismiss Bunker and he gave him a chance to prove himself and earn his trust. I think for someone like Bunker that goes a long way.
DB-With production in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for season 4, have you been officially asked back or is that still pending or under wraps?
TP-I’m not sure if that’s under wraps or not… but yes I have been asked back and I couldn’t say yes fast enough.
DB-What is your personal favorite moment from Season 3?
TP-In episode 4 I thought the scene between Hood and Deva when he says he’s leaving was really well done. That could’ve been a throw away or a tough guy moment but Ant loaded it and it was very touching. In that same episode the scene with Carrie and Hood was beautiful too. I loved when Brock shot Emily’s tires out. Just so perfect to me I couldn’t stop laughing. It was so crazy and yet made absolute sense. Perfect Banshee. I loved when the fat guy gets popped like a grape by the truck in Episode 3. In the first episode Gordon asking Hood to leave him Deva, leave him his daughter? So heartbreaking. It was just so honest and pathetic. Every scene with Sugar and Job. I also LOVED the scene with Proctor, Burton, and Rebecca in the meat locker when she shoots the dude in the knee and then they just blast the hell out of them. Loved the way Lili played that. Cheered out loud when Carrie beats homeboy’s ass in the bathroom of the bar!! I dunno I really could go on… I would be a fan of the show even if I wasn’t on it. *I was reading this over and I remember something else that really struck me. Epidode 3: Aside from the fact that the Burton Nola fight was EPIC, there was a quick flashback to Chayton coming to get Nola in whatever shady den she was nodding out in. I think she mumbles to him “I don’t want to die”, and he replies, “You’re already dead. Now I want to show you how to live.”—or something to that effect. I’m getting chills just writing it out. That KILLED me. So beautiful and so fucking sad. Which also brings me to say that before he killed Siobhan, half of me was rooting for Chayton!! And I think that speaks to Geno’s performance. Ok I’ll stop now.
DB-Tom, you never have to stop my sir. Keep talking. Thanks for answering the questions. Take your time sir. I’ll probably publish this weekend. I hope to stay in touch throughout the year and reconnect for a chat for Season 4. Being a 1982 soldier, I must tip my cap. Thanks again for taking the time.
TP-Thanks so much Dan! Great questions. Looking forward to more!! 1982. : )
That last part was a nod to the fact that Tom and I are both 1982 kids. I won’t put it on my resume but I share a year with Badass Bunker. Pelphrey is the latest entry to Banshee and brings the prerequisite along with him. Emotional baggage and inner torment. A certain breed of actor is required to play that. Pelphrey more than fits the description. Throughout Season 3, fanshees got a taste and in the final two episodes, they got it all. When Season 4 returns, I’ll be looking for Pelphrey to chat more Bunker.
(Photo by Gregory Shummon/Cinemax)
A Few Words With Frank Grillo
“First movie I saw with my pop. Longest Yard with Burt Reynolds. I said “I wanna be that guy””-Frank Grillo
On his twitter page, Frank Grillo plainly states, “I’ll fight any superhero with my bare hands.” That’s the essence of the gifted actor and tells you all a movie loving soul needs to know about this underrated performer. He is blunt, worthy of your attention and a lot more than “a face of film” in my opinion. Grillo is a born and bred New Yorker just hitting the age of 50 this year and he hasn’t lost an ounce of will. The statement could be blindly tied to his role as Crossbones in the next summer’s Marvel sequel, Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
However, when taken on its own, the Twitter bio can be placed on top of Grillo’s entire career. He’s a fighter in this game of filmmaking and always will be. Grillo takes on Jason Statham in this week’s Homefront and I had to chance to ask him some questions about his trade craft.
While his first role was a bit role in a 1993 film called Deadly Rivals, I remember him hitting my vision in 2002’s Minority Report playing an officer colliding with Tom Cruise’s runaway cop. That is signature Grillo. Bashing skulls with the pretty boy movie stars and leaving a dent in your mind long after the credits roll. In 2011’s Warrior, Grillo played a MMA trainer who brought Joel Edgerton’s professor back to the land of hand to hand combat warriors. You didn’t catch his face on the poster, but that isn’t the point. The point is the performance Grillo turned in that caught critic’s and fan’s attention. To an actor, it’s all about the work.
When I call him a character actor, Grillo respectfully disagrees and lays it out firmly but fair. “I’m not a character actor. Who is really? Ernest Borgnine, I guess. I’m an actor. I’ve been leading on TV and in film. You need to understand the business to understand who’s the guy and who supports. It’s not a meritocracy. A Character actor is an old term for an actor who plays the same character.” Again, this is blunt response and not an actor being rude. I respect Grillo for bringing it straight with me and not phoning in the answer.
When I ask him how much time he gives to a script to hook him, he says it usually happens quickly. “First ten pages and I’m in or out. It’s a gut thing or a money thing. If the script’s good, I’ll do anything.” Too many actors languish on scripts until they force themselves to do it or do so at the request of their agent. Grillo sounds like an actor who takes his career and puts it in his own hands. There is an old school grace about him that flickers throughout his words. He leaves the B.S. to other actors.
Grillo continues on the idea of the label of character actor being overused. “It all has a lot to do w international value. Those guys are brilliant. But don’t necessarily have a lot of drawing power. Not a meritocracy.” He sounds like a guy who knows what he has to do and will just keep fighting his way through juicy roles.
I asked him who is the biggest badass he has ever faced on film and his answer is unequivocally quick. “(Liam) Neeson. Hands down.” Grillo and Neeson shared the screen in the outstanding and underrated film The Grey, directed by Joe Carnahan. There is hope that Carnahan and Grillo will remake a Charles Bronson film someday if funding comes through.
What is up next for Grillo? A lot of versatile film fare. In 2014 he has Demonic with Mario Bello. Captain America: Winter Soldier. Big Sky with Kyra Sedgewick and Bella Thorne. A Conspiracy on Jekyll Island with Minnie Driver and John Lequizamo, Ed Westwick, Mary McCormack as well as a Direct TV series called Navy St., which Grillo compares to Warrior.
My favorite Grillo scene is clear cut. He is magnetic in every role he takes but his role as Sarge in End of Watch involved a scene at a cop’s wedding where Grillo’s weary and wise cop tells this group of soldiers about this incident with a partner. He tells these young men how this guy took a bullet for him and that the bullet “was mine and he took it.” Grillo says it was “last minute” and it plays in parts during the wedding scene but it’s one of the lasting images I took from that film and I rated it my top movie of 2012. Grillo was a big reason for that. He was so good as Sarge you would have thought he wore that badge for years.
That’s why Grillo calls himself simply an actor. That is what he does and he does it very well. I implore you to check out this man’s work and get to know his name as well as his face. He has big things ahead of him and while fighting superheroes may be involved, I personally think something a lot better awaits Grillo.
After answering these questions the day before Thanksgiving, Grillo says thank you and that my work here on him is much appreciated. Trust me, Mr. Grillo, for this film-addict, the pleasure is all mine and it will stay that way as long as he keeps working.
Signature Frank Grillo Films–The Grey, End of Watch, Warrior, Homefront, Pride and Glory, Disconnect, Prison Break, and a brief stint on The Shield.
Connect with Grillo on Twitter at his handle, @FrankGrillo.
Written By Dan Buffa
Film-Addict Co-Creator/Writer
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(Getting to talk to Frank happened on a whim. Truly, out of nowhere. I praised his work in a tweet on Tuesday and he replied in gratitude and I asked him about a quick interview and he complied. This interview was done over Twitter direct message. A way that Twitter is powering my passionate career as well as many others. The global ground of opportunity.)
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