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Adam Storke Sci-Fi Channel Chat from September 28, 2001 |
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Sci-Fi Channel Chat with Adam Storke: Moderator: Good evening (morning to all of you on the other side of the Atlantic) and welcome to SCIFI.COM. My name is Karl and I’ll be your host for the evening. Our Guest tonight is the one and only Adam Storke, star of the classic TV show – Prey. Tonight, many of you have seen Adam and Vincent Ventresca reunite on the Invisible Man. If you haven’t seen it, tonight’s chat will most surely ruin the surprise for you so proceed with caution. Adam is here with us now so get comfortable and get ready for Adam Storke! Moderator: Welcome Adam. It’s nice to have you with us tonight. Adam: Hello, and thank you for coming! Moderator: (Rueben) Bill Schmidt has done a script called “Tom’s Story” and pitched it to Sci-Fi. Would you reprise your role?" Adam: I’d have to say that there’s something mysterious about leaving Tom the way he ended in the final episode of Prey. There’s something romantic in the idea of there being an open-ended end to a story. Moderator: (Matey) What (do you) when (your) not acting – any other interests? Adam: I take my craft very seriously, so I spend a lot of time studying and working in a theater lab. I’m an avid reader and I like to paint, play the guitar and watch the Sci-Fi Channel! Moderator: (Jill) We understand that you are an excellent cook. What is your favorite dish to prepare? Adam: Actually what I enjoy about cooking is the experimentation. I enjoy opening up a cookbook with someone and picking whatever there is inside and having a go at it. Moderator: (Cordelia) What projects have you been working on since Prey and what’s in the future? Adam: I just shot two films. One which is called “Johnson County War”, which is a Western. And another film called “Roughing It”, which is a Mark Twain story. Moderator: (Openmind) Do you prefer to work in comedy, drama, action, scifi, or a mixture? Adam: Wherever they’ll have me! Moderator: (corrsfan) As a graduate of Union University, what do you think of the Albany area and have you been back since your college days? Adam: Yes, I have been back! I find upstate New York to be one of the most beautiful regions in America. I’m sad to hear that Schenectady is having trouble economically, but I’m glad to hear that Union is doing so well. Moderator: (preyternaturalWALES) Could (you) please settle a 2-year debate on the PreyForUs Message board. How tall (are you)? Adam: I’m 7’1”! No, actually, I’m 5’10”. Moderator: (BelfryBat) Adam: I don’t know yet! Moderator: (Lisa-smartypants) Can you elaborate on your experience filming with Vincent Ventresca in …“Invisible Man”? Adam: Well, unfortunately it was short-lived, but Vincent is not only a wonderful actor, but a wonderful man as well. So any time spent with him was in my advantage. Moderator: (LadyDreamTime) What is the work you are most proud of and why? Adam: I’d have to say that I would like to be proud of all my work, but I have a special affinity for the stage and a great appreciation of the written word. In other words, the better the piece, the more I can be proud of it. Moderator: (PreyForTomDanielsEngland) Do you read the fan fiction? And did you receive the Christmas Prey anthology which was mailed last year…Do you know that all the writers are here tonight? Adam: I haven’t read the fan fiction, but I am aware of the web sites and am in great appreciation of it all! Thank you! Moderator: (MythicGirl) Thank you for taking the time to join us tonight. You have a worldwide fan base. Would you like to do more theatre work in the future? Adam: Absolutely! In fact, my goal is to commute between the theater and film. My first love has always been the stage. Moderator: (Trinity) Adam, what’s your favorite TV show on the Sci-Fi channel? Adam: My favorite shows are The Invisible Man, Prey and The Chronicle. Elanie Hendrix rocks my world! Moderator: (Lisa-Smartypants) If you had not become an actor, what would you (have) liked to become? Adam: An art thief! Moderator: (preyternaturalWALES) Adam’s work has shown a gift for regional accents, but I’ve wondered, in which role - if any - (have you) relied on (your) native accent? Adam: I would say that Prey was in my accent! Moderator: (Liz) How did you feel when you found out that Tom was going to finally be free…any closure?
Adam: In my eyes, I looked at it as a metaphor, so it’s not so much closure as I feel free to move on.
Moderator: (Trinity) If possible, would you do more episodes of Prey?
Adam: Again, I find it mysterious and romantic that there is no end and we can all use our imaginations as to what really happened.
Moderator: (quiksilvr) What was it like working with Vincent again?
Adam: He was great!
Moderator: (Jill) What’s one thing people would be surprised to know about you?
Adam: That I like martinis.
Moderator: (preyternaturalWALES) Which other actor do you most admire - living or dead?
Adam: Oddly enough, I was raised to appreciate British actors insomuch as the range of Olivier more than the depths of De Niro. But as I grew older and studied more, I became a Stanislavski disciple and learned to appreciate, admire and incorporate the American Method.
Moderator: (Zooropa) Is there something you especially put attention to when preparing for a role and playing a character?
Adam: If you really want to know, the three things that are most important for an actor are sense of self, object and action. Those are the fundamentals of how I work.
Moderator: (Jeanne) Did you enjoy working with Debra Messing?
Adam: Yeah!
Moderator: (Trinity) Do you have your own website?
Adam: No, I am lucky enough to have excited and avid fans who are much more adept at creating a site than I would ever be!
Moderator: (Jeanne) Have you ever done work in The Actors Studio in New York?
Adam: No, I haven’t, but I have worked with equivalent groups.
Moderator: (MythicGirl) Did you enjoy singing and playing the guitar in “The Stand”?
Adam: Actually, I read the book years before the movie was made and fell in love with Larry Underwood and was lucky enough to actually get to play him. Little did they know that I could play the guitar, but I could not sing. So I worked extremely hard on the song that I played and what was most important for me was the emotion behind the performance. In fact, there is a version of “Amazing Grace” that I sang in the prison on the first day of shooting that was not aired in the movie but was profoundly emotional. So much so that when I finished there was not a dry eye on the set. So, in answer to your question, yes, I enjoy playing the guitar!
Moderator: (bitbat) Is there any particular school of painting you like most? Impressionism…?
Adam: Notably Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt.
Moderator: (Jeanne) What’s your favorite kind of music?
Adam: Well, it’s wide-ranged, from the blues, like John Lee Hooker to the savior of rock-n-roll Bruce Springsteen and in very contemporary terms, I’m a big fan of David Gray, who I’ve seen live 3 times in the last (few) years.
Moderator: (CelticPrey9) Have you ever worked on location outside of North America? If so, where and what did you like/dislike about it.
Adam: Yes, I have. In fact, I worked specifically in Paris for three months and who in their right mind would not love Paris for three months?
Moderator: (Rueben) Were you disappointed when Bill Schmidt left Prey in the early beginning. Vincent and Debra both expressed disappointment.
Adam: Yes, I was disappointed.
Moderator: (Trinity) Did you ever have stage fright that you had to overcome.
Adam: Every day!
Moderator: (preyternaturalWALES) What character from literature would you most like to play?
Adam: Well, I am a huge fan of Shakespeare and read him constantly and am obsessed with Hamlet.
Moderator: (bitbat) What about (the) character Tom Daniels intrigued you the most?
Adam: What fascinated me was the concept of evolution and that we could evolve into people whose brains were more evolved than ours. I spent much time researching what (they) might look like; hence the reason my hair was so short because I wanted my forehead to be more prominent. There was a correlation between the master race trying to be created in WWII Germany and Prey. And what would happen if Hitler’s right-hand man decided that the philosophy was wrong? That is what drove me in Prey.
Moderator: (Rueben) Are you aware that Prey has been seen in 36 countries since 1998 and that Prey is an international sensation with viewers?
Adam: Yes, I am! Because I am conscious of all the wonderful letters that have been sent to me from all over the world and know that I am appreciative of each and every one.
Moderator: (CelticPrey9) Do you still have ambitions to write plays?
Adam: Oddly enough, I have spent the last year trying to write a screenplay and because of my appreciation of the written word, it has (been) driving me f*cking crazy?
Moderator: (member-03) What was it like working with Mr. Faison?
Adam: It was great!
Moderator: (Quinn) Have you ever been in a band, or aspired to be in one?
Adam: No, but I’ve certainly done a lot of air guitar!
Moderator: (ECROY) Did you have a lot of freedom and input with Tom’s character?
Adam: Yes, I did, but we were under incredible time constraints and hurdles you could never imagine.
Moderator: (Jeanne) How would you like Tom’s character to develop if the series had continued?
Adam: I would have liked to (have) seen how Tom would have incorporated his new understanding of emotional life in a society that usually denies vulnerability.
Moderator: (LaPeep1) I’d like to pass along a thank you from two of your Prey fans that have been seriously ill, Benita and Kekathat. (You) sent photos to (them) signed and with personal notes, and (I) wondered if (you) receive much of the fan mail folks send?
Adam: Whenever I hear of someone who is ill, I feel compelled to respond. At the same time, I live a life that is quite busy and though I am unable to respond to everything, I am deeply moved by anyone who sends me anything at all.
Moderator: (bitbat) I’m also an avid reader. What’s the most recent book you’ve read?
Adam: The most recent book I’ve read is a book by a friend of mine called “All the Finest Girls” by Alexandra Styron. The one I’m reading now is a biography of Frank Delano Roosevelt’s called “No Ordinary Time”. Given the immediate circumstances, I need to draw on inspiration from another difficult time in our history.
NOTE: 9-11 had only happened a few weeks before this chat took place.
Moderator: (BelfryBat) Were you close to the New York attack?
Adam: No, I was in Los Angeles at the time, but felt deep remorse and unfathomable understanding of what occurred. But what excites me the most is that we are a courageous nation and I draw strength from the courage of everyone who has survived and not survived. Where else can we see the human drama but in a phone call to home to say “I love you” before knowing that we might die?
Moderator: (pufinsjak) What is your ideal date?
ModeratorAdam: Hmm..dark, mysterious, feminine, sweet-smelling and (a) little bit naughty!!!
Moderator: (PreyForTomDanielsEngland) What do you feel is your greatest accomplishment?
Adam: Loving my family.
Moderator: Well that’s about all the time we have tonight. Adam, how about we take one more question.
Adam: Sure!
Moderator: (Trinity) Do you have any tips for those people who want to be actors when they grow up?
Adam: Yeah! Study, get an education and believe in yourself, and come to grips with the fact that there is nothing else that you want to do except act.
Moderator: Thank you for joining us tonight Adam. I hope you had as much fun as we did. You are welcome back to SCIFI.com any time.
Adam: Thank you very much! I hope you all know how much I appreciate all your attention and good intentions. In this difficult time in our country, I hope you know that as much as your prayers are with me, my prayers are with you. Thank you very much!
Moderator: Good night Adam!
Adam. Good night!
Lee
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