ALMOST HUMAN’s Michael Ealy on Working with Karl Urban: ‘The Chemistry is Growing’
October 21, 2013 by Marisa Roffman
In two weeks (Update: Fox has opted to push the premiere back to Sunday, November 17th), Fox will debut its final new fall series, ALMOST HUMAN, a “buddy-cop” show set 35 years in the future — where crime rates have risen and every cop is partnered with an android — that explores what humanity really means. (To give you a sense of the tone/show, it was created by FRINGE showrunner J.H. Wyman and executive produced by J.J. Abrams who did FRINGE/LOST/ALIAS/STAR TREK, etc.)
At the center of the series are Karl Urban’s John Kennex, a newly reinstated detective who was injured in a massive police ambush and has only partnered with humans pre-injury, and Michael Ealy’s Dorian, an android (model DRN) whose kind was created to be as human as possible, but has since been taken off the streets…who have become reluctant new partners. And as with any show where there’s one key relationship, the actors are aware their chemistry needs to be on point.
“The chemistry is growing episode after episode,” Ealy told me last month (in the video below), after the duo had completed a handful of hours. “We still work every episode on how to make it better.”
What else did Ealy have to say about his working relationship with Urban? Take a look…
[youtube]http://youtu.be/Zu4163MVt4Y[/youtube]
ALMOST HUMAN will debut Sunday, November 17th at 8 PM on Fox.
Related:
ALMOST HUMAN: J.J. Abrams and J.H. Wyman on Finding the Right Balance for Mythology Versus Procedural Elements
ALMOST HUMAN First Look: Key Art and Photocast
ALMOST HUMAN Co-Showrunner Naren Shankar Exits
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