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Christian Slater’s movie fans will be happy to know that starting on Oct. 13, they can watch Slater in action on NBC’s new action drama My Own Worst Enemy.
In My Own Worst Enemy, Slater stars as Henry Spivey, a man with two lives and personalities — Henry is a middle-class efficiency expert living a normal suburban life with a wife, two kids, a dog and a mini van; Edward Albright is an operative who speaks 13 languages and is trained to kill. Edward works at Janus Headquarters for Mavis Heller (Alfre Woodard, Desperate Housewives), a tough, extremely intelligent woman with a hidden compassionate side.
Henry and Edward are complete opposites who only share one thing: their body. When the carefully constructed wall between them breaks down, both men are thrusted into unfamiliar territory where each man is out of his element.
In the video clip above, Slater explains what led him to star in the new series, plus discusses his dual-role spy adventure to TV Guide while on the red carpet of NBC’s TCA press tour bash. To get even more of a feel for My Own Worst Enemy, watch this clip about the show on NBC’s website to get a feel for what the show will be like.
Executive producer/creator Jason Smilovic teams up with executive producer/director David Semel on the new drama that raises the question: who can you trust when you can’t trust yourself?
Other cast members include Henry’s wife Angie (Yara Martinez, The Hitcher), Henry’s best friend Tom Grady (Mike O’Malley, who was Jimmy Hughes in Yes, Dear) and co-worker with an alter ego named Raymond (O’Malley), a violent secret agent; Dr. Norah Skinner (Saffron Burrows, The Bank Job) is the smart psychologist who knows how both Edward and Henry work.
Slater’s career spans not only film, but also television and stage. He recently returned to London where he was starring in the sold-out play Swimming with Sharks. In 2007 Slater starred in the feature film Slipstream opposite Anthony Hopkins and he starred in the 2006 film Bobby with Hopkins, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone and William H. Macy.
In 2002 and 2003, Slater appeared had two guest-star character arcs, one on The West Wing as Lt. Commander Jack Reese and as scientist Neil Caplan on Alias.
Slater made his film debut in the 1985 film The Legend of Billie Jean. Some of his films include Windtalkers, Broken Arrow, True Romance, Very Bad Things, Heathers, Bed of Roses, Interview with a Vampire, Hard Rain and more.
As far as My Own Worst Enemy goes, I will have to wait and see more of the previews to get a feel for how this show will work. I am happy to see Slater in lead of a television show, especially one where he gets to play two very interesting but opposite roles. Notice in the pictures that Slater’s face is shadowed on one side and not on the other. Is this the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde effect?
My Own Worst Enemy will debut Oct. 13 on Mondays from 10 to 11 p.m. ET
Photo credits: Slater in t-shirt: NBC Photo: Mitchell Haaseth; Slater and Yara Martinez as suburban couple Henry and Angie Spivey, NBC Photo: Adam Taylor; Slater as operative Edward Albright, NBC Photo: Paul Drinkwater.
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“Is this the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde effect?”
Gee, you mean HENRY Jekyll and EDWARD Hyde?
Oh, I think so.
Yes, it’s clearly an update of Jekyll and Hyde, but looking at the ad, it also looks like it’s borrowing some of its modernization instincts from a British update of the same story: Steven Moffat’s JEKYLL, a BBC miniseries set in modern day England. There is little reason the updates needed to look this much like each other, which is why I suspect that this version might have been inspired a bit by a viewing of the British one. Incidentally, the JEKYLL miniseries is outstanding, and can be rented from Netflix, and probably from other sources.