Zach Gilford previews his twisted new function in 'Prison Minds: Evolution' and the way the revival is elevating the unique sequence.
Zach Gilford is embracing the darkish aspect in his new function. The Friday Evening Lights alum performs Elias Voit, the present’s UnSub with a darkish aspect and obsession with loss of life. In the course of the pandemic, Elias started to construct a community of serial killers, and the BAU is now going through its greatest menace but. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Zach about how the revival sequence compares to the unique present.
“We go house with the UnSub. They’ve mentioned to me earlier than. They’re like, we’ve by no means gone house with them. I’ve mentioned this a couple of instances, however these monsters are people, and I don’t imply like let’s be delicate to them. However they should stay a life,” Zach defined. “They will’t simply be killing, murdering individuals all day, on daily basis. They've jobs, they've households, or all of them have mother and father. So it’s simply form of like who're they after they’re not doing their evil stuff? And the way do they navigate between being an individual on the planet and being this monster within the shadows?”
For Zach, becoming a member of the solid of the Prison Minds revival was a no brainer for him. “I imply, when Prison Minds asks you to be concerned of their present, you say sure. It’s such an incredible, iconic present. I didn’t even realize it had the fan base that it did,” he mentioned.
Prison Minds initially got here to an finish in February 2020 simply earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The revival is going down in a post-pandemic world and has moved from CBS to Paramount+. “We love this world. However now we get to do it slightly totally different. We get to raise it a bit and to be concerned in that's so cool. To be the UnSub that they’re monitoring the entire season… I imply, it sounds tacky to say it’s an honor, nevertheless it actually is,” he added.
That is by far certainly one of Zach’s darkest roles so far. He revealed his technique for enjoying this function and some other function. “My preparation is — not as a result of I’m lazy it’s simply because it’s my technique — I learn the script,” he informed HollywoodLife. “And I don’t imply that sarcastically, I learn the script once I first get it. There’s at all times modifications. I learn it once more just like the evening earlier than we shoot it. I can memorize traces actually quick, and then you definately discover a lot if you truly get on set. You’re truly working with the director and the opposite actors.
He continued, “In the event you’ve made all of your choices earlier than you bought there, you’re not truly a really thoughtful actor as a result of then you definately’re simply navigating the scene and never letting anybody else contribute. What I like about this enterprise is it’s all about collaboration. Everybody’s thumbprint is on it, so I feel I’m so fortunate to be working with writers who've thought these characters by in these arcs. They’re so collaborative that anytime I bump on one thing, they’ll cease and be like, ‘Let’s speak it by. Let’s determine it out. Let’s make it higher.’ And I really feel like we at all times get there. It’s simply been it’s so nice to work with.”
Prison Minds: Evolution will characteristic the returns of authentic solid members Joe Mantegna, A.J. Prepare dinner, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez, and Paget Brewster. The ten-episode season will premiere with two episodes on Thanksgiving Day, solely on Paramount+. Following the premiere, new episodes will drop weekly on Thursdays, with a midseason finale on December 15. The present will then return on January 12 with new episodes.