Naturally, that puts him in a bit of a bind at the start of the series.
“Hes hugely conflicted,” Moyer says.
“Hes been doing what he thinks is right.
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The thing thats been gnawing away at him probably for a few years is brought into focus.”
“I have no issue with people finding him unheroic,” the actor says.
“I enjoy that element.”
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Caitlin Strucker (Amy Acker)
Caitlin Strucker is no shrinking violet.
Off-set, however, the brood has enjoyed actual leisure time instead of being constantly on the run.
“[The kids] beat us but I think they cheated a little.”
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she says, referring to Moyer’s previous role as the vampire Bill onTrue Blood.
Lauren, the seemingly perfect and put-together elder Strucker child, can create force fields.
“I liked the idea of Lauren having this power of pushing things together.
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“Like, you looked at the flowerpot, and it broke.
Do you have blinking powers?
Do you have flowerpot powers?
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What do you have?
You dont know that until you develop it.”
“I didntaccidentallypluck that out of the air.”
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Marcos Diaz a.k.a.
Eclipse (Sean Teale)
The Struckers aren’t the only ones with potential comic-book connections.
But at the top of the series, even Eclipse doesn’t fully understand his history.
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Its quite hard to find that.
Hes trying to do whats right.”
That’s not easy to do, because…
Lorna Dane a.k.a.
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Polaris can control magnetism and therefore metal just like Magneto, her father in the comics.
“We’re both passionate and we both think we know what’s right and wrong.
And maybesometimeswe can both be a little bit bossy.”
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John Proudstar a.k.a.
Polaris represents the former, and Thunderbird the latter.
“There’s a fun dynamic between the three of them.
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Theyre very close and theyre best friends.”
Clarice Fong a.k.a.
Adding her to the cast of characters, Nix says, helps anchorThe Giftedto the larger X-verse.
I think it sends a message."
After all, Turner embodies our present-day debate over immigration and border control.
“Agent Turner chases mutants, but therearemutants who are dangerous,” he says.
“The question is, how many rights do we legitimately take away from everyone for protect some interests?
Neither one of those is a legitimate answer, so thats the balance that were striking.”
The Giftedpremieres Monday, Oct. 2, at 9 p.m.
