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Owens is brought to the small town to execute the laboratory and control the supernatural situations at play.
Speaking to EW, Ross admits the character is an homage to Reiser’s traitorousAlienscharacter, Burke.
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EW talked to Reiser aboutThings,Aliens, and how his teenage son got him the job.
Did they tell you that?PAUL REISER:They did.
Nothing has made me happier.
I said, “No.”
And he said, “It’s great.”
I said, “When did it come out?”
He said, “Yesterday!”
So that’s how much he has his finger on the pulse.
He’s my cultural touchstone.
And I said, “Of course I have!
What am I an animal?”
Literally, I heard about it five minutes earlier.
I met the Duffers and they were delightful.
It’s unbelievable what they’ve done.
Did they lay out the whole second season?No.
They told me who I was playing and they told me what they had in mind.
It was sort of nebulous is he a good guy or a bad guy?
I don’t know where they’re going with it but it’s a fun thing to play.
Obviously, Burke is an iconic genre character.
My lines were to the effect of, “Trust me.
Everything is fine.”
I said, “I don’t believe me and I am me!”
There’s nothing to worry about here."
It’s like, “Yeah, I don’t believe you.”
The Duffers said he’s different from Matthew Modine’s Dr. Brenner.There’s a little more humanity.
Modine’s character had very few lines so he was this looming, powerful presence.
What’s this been like so far?It’s been great fun.
It’s a huge production.
It’s like making a movie every week.
The production value is fantastic and the guys are great.
It’s been nothing but fun and I just get to come in and out of there.
The secrecy this season is way higher.
And I said, “I can’t tell you.
They’ll kill me.”
You never know when something will hit the nerve.
We’ve all done things that we’re very proud of that don’t quite pop.
I don’t know."
