![]() ![]() He brings such a different energy than what we had prior to the show. It’s very gratifying to feel like we got there. He brings a weight and a menace that I felt we didn’t always achieve in the show with the quote-unquote “bad guys.” You really feel like this guy could fuck Raylan up. There’s a charm to him that I really like. I loved everybody involved here.Īs far as Holbrook’s concerned, it was really great. I could have been in a car with him for so long. Just driving around with Victor Williams, I could have done that for hours. What makes this one, Holbrook’s Clement Mansell, stack up with some of the greats from the Justified rogues gallery? The villains on Justified are always so memorable. Raylan Givens with Clement Mansell, played by Boyd Holbrook. The fact that it was my kid doing the work, it was very memorable to say the least. I really enjoyed that side of the character. It was very funny, putting him in that spot seeing him have to be patient, have to listen… seeing Raylan have to really listen. You have a character who just rolls her eyes at the guy. What did you discover about Raylan by revisiting the character as a parent? ( Laughs.) Raylan’s daugther and my daughter? Both of them, not that impressed. But once we started putting the show on its feet, the parallels were a little… unsettling, to say the least. When we first started talking about the idea of bringing Raylan’s teenage daughter into the story, we did not see my teenage kid playing that part. Now, Raylan’s the father, with your daughter in the role of… your daughter. In Justified, so much was centered on Raylan’s fraught relationship with his father, Arlo (Raymond J. Olyphant with real-life daughter Vivian Olyphant as Willa Givens, daughter to Raylan Givens. Those two things are the essential ingredients that make this thing work. And then the writers had the idea of throwing Raylan’s kids in there. We had the book, that gave us something to jump start the conversation, and even anchored us at times. We had two really great ideas going for us. Even when we’re coming up with ideas and storylines, we still know where it’s going to shift: it’s going to shift to this tone, to this world. How much of that owes to the ethos of asking, “What would Elmore Leonard do?” Especially when this series directly adapts one of his novels. It was really gratifying to see an audience be right there with us. It’s a totally different world, and yet, it’s still the same show. But my experience was the same one that I had with the writers, too. They were right there with us from the jump. I understand if people are saying, “What are you doing, dude? Why are you bringing him back? It was such a good ending!” But hopefully they’ll get a kick out of this one as well.īut we got to watch the first episode with a huge audience in Austin, and the reaction was so great. If this one doesn’t work, we’ve got no one to blame but ourselves. That ending of the series years ago was such a special ending. Ahead, The Hollywood Reporter presents a conversation with Olyphant (conducted in June before the SAG-AFTRA strike) about Raylan’s return, exploring his own relationship with parenthood and the newest member of Raylan’s sprawling rogues gallery. In the original series, there was a constant refrain: “You’ll never leave Harlan alive.” But the very existence of the new series, premiering Tuesday with its first two episodes on FX and Hulu, makes the strong argument otherwise. Sandman and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny villain Boyd Holbrook steps into Clement’s wild shoes, going toe-to -at against Raylan, with a wide array of new players surrounding both men: Aunjanue Ellis as attorney Carolyn Wilder, Vondie Curtis Hall as barkeeper Sweety, Adelaide Clemens as con artist Sandy, and Olyphant’s own daughter Vivian Olyphant as Raylan’s teen daughter Willa, just to name a few. Taking its cues from Elmore Leonard’s celebrated novel City Primeval, the newest iteration of Justified bids farewell to Harlan, and all of Raylan’s old friends and foes, in favor of a new set of characters and a new city: Detroit, albeit filmed in Chicago.įor those familiar with the original Leonard tale, Raylan steps into the role of the book’s protagonist Raymond Cruz, in pursuit of a deadly killer known to some as the Oklahoma Wildman, but known on his birth certificate as Clement Mansell. Years after closing the door on the Kentucky-based crime drama, Raylan Givens returns in the form of limited series Justified: City Primeval. Now, it’s time to head back to the mines. How Aunjanue Ellis Found Her Groove In 'Justified: City Primeval' ![]()
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