While Kate Beckinsale may have issues with her most famous movies, Underworld doesn't seem to be one in every of them. The four Underworld sequels, which branched off the original Len Wiseman 2003 flick, have made Beckinsale drastically successful. Underworld used to be additionally Scott Speedman's greatest venture to date.
Speedman, after all, first won notoriety by way of taking part in Ben Covington on Felicity. This is what in the end led him to play Michael Corvin in 2003's Underworld and 2006's Underworld: Evolution. Later, he snagged a juicy 28-episode role on Grey's Anatomy, however as opposed to that, Speedman has virtually entirely vanished from the mainstream. Had he returned to the character in the Three other Underworld movies, chances are high that he would've been forged in more
During an excellent interview with Vulture, Scott Speedman revealed his true thoughts about not returning to the Underworld franchise as well as how the movies altered his career forever...
How Scott Speedman Was Cast As Michael In Underworld
Scott Speedman was completing his first television series, Felicity when he was requested to are available and audition for Len Wiseman's film. When he auditioned, he hadn't learn the script. But he used to be given a few of the drawings that Wiseman had drawn up.
"I could see how his visual style was just off the charts. It really felt like a commercial hit to me, like, Wow, this could really have a chance to do something, especially with the budget they were trying to do it at," Scott Speedman mentioned to Vulture.
The audition process ended up being beautiful quick and even Speedman knew there was a decent chance of him reserving it.
"You still see it happening all the time now to young actors and actresses. It’s sort of a whirlwind and they get opportunities, but they’re on TV shows so they can’t get off. So that’s where I was," Speedman admitted.
"That year, I was lucky enough to do a movie with Sarah Polley and Mark Ruffalo called My Life Without Me and [Underworld]," he endured announcing to Vulture.
"So that took me into the second part of my career. I was happy to be working on something different; that show was so important to me and for many different reasons. And it was great to be doing something different."
Speedman was once incredibly excited to discover the international that Wiseman was creating. And he worked tirelessly to prepare for the position of Michael Corvin, the half-vampire, half-lycan, personality who ends up being Kate Beckinsale's love passion.
"I understood the role, that’s kind of why I got the part. Whatever I was bringing to the table at 26 years old or whatever served them that way. I have a bit of an athletic background, I was a swimmer and a runner and was training in certain kinds of ways, especially back then. So that lended itself to being able to somewhat take on the physical aspects of that role."
How Underworld Changed Scott Speedman's Career
The truth is, Scott Speedman has acted continuously since Underworld. However, he's not been prominently placed in the highlight like some of his co-stars. Still, being in a successful movie like Underworld did open doors for him. They just were not precisely the doors he sought after to go through.
"Not to get too personal, but at that time I was in a very different place than I am now," Scott Speedman admitted to Vulture.
"The attention of being on a TV show and the attention of this movie and it colliding all at once, and then getting other opportunities, I was somewhat ambivalent and took a bit of a detour and timeout, for many different reasons. I’ve seen other people go through these things and jump in, ready for that moment. It’s a timing thing. I went off and did my own thing for a while and was trying to figure it all out as an actor."
Instead of that specialize in the doors opening up for him thank you to Underworld, Speedman spent a ton of time riding round California, enjoying basketball, and seeing the nation.
"I was still working, but I was in a different head space for sure," Speedman stated to Vulture. "I had some life stuff going on that took me off this path. Then, somewhere along the line you remember how much you love doing this and wanna do it and dedicate more of your life to it. That’s where I am now. It has been for the last decade or so."
Speedman says that is the explanation why he didn't return to the Underworld franchise after the sequel, Underworld: Evolution.
"I loved working with Len, and I loved working with Kate. I was in that period where I was just drifting a little bit more and wanting to do different things, or wanting to do nothing. So I was figuring it all out. That’s probably why, more than anything else."
What Scott Speedman Thinks About Not Returning To The Underworld Franchise
While there might not had been a spot for Scott Speedman in the 3rd Underworld movie, there was once nearly without a doubt area for him in the fourth, Underworld: Awakening. In reality, his character does seem briefly, but he's performed by means of a lookalike with Scott's CGI-ed likeliness placed on best of him, according to Screen Rant.
"I haven’t seen it, to be totally candid with you," Scott Speedman said to Vulture of Michael Corvin's look in the fourth Underworld. "I remember them wanting to use my likeness and that was cool with me: Yeah. Go for it. That’s above my pay grade in terms of what they want to do with all that. I love everybody in that whole franchise, and was totally willing to do whatever they needed."
As for why he wasn't in the final motion pictures, Speedman claimed that the creators clearly had a special imaginative and prescient.
"They had different stories they wanted to tell and, God bless, go do it."
But that doesn't mean Scott Speedman hasn't thought about what his character would have executed following Underworld: Evolution.
"I haven’t really thought about the specifics in terms of story; that’s a very cool character, who doesn’t have an 'origin story.' To see that character in his own thing, yes, of course, that would be interesting to me, in some capacity, whatever that would be," Scott Speedman stated to Vulture.
"There’s many different tangents and storylines, many different worlds you could play around within all of that. Even within the styles of that genre, you could play around with that character, the dynamics in that world, him being outside of it and reluctant to be a part of it. I love that genre, so it’d be fun for me."
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