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DJ Qualls Talks Man in The High Castle and More!

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In what will go down as one of the strangest interviews we have ever conducted, FlickDirect correspondent Sean Ferguson talks to DJ Qualls about Main the High Castle as well as Z Nation. 

** Warning: This interview contains explicit language.
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about I'm a fan of of road trip right on Z Nation yeah what is it like going from something like that to a serious role like this in a six time aminated show I know uh well right I'm currently on Z Nation so I do them both I'm doing shoot them at the same time uh like on Tuesday I go back I fly to Vancouver on Saturday and then oh Sunday and then I fly I work on Tuesday and then I fly to Spokane Washington on Wednesday and Z Z Nation on Thursday so I do it twice in the same week a lot so I mean really there's no difference Z Nation is like it feels like Camp they don't have any money it's like exercise you shoot guns and kill zombies I mean this is more cerebral I'm being called away right sorry I'll be right back sorry D okay he's he's running back you were you were telling me from from Z Nation and then you were going to tell me about the show you're in now oh yeah yeah um and but this is much more cerebral and it's dark I mean imagine walking past a trailer and there's Hitlers name's on the door the first time I walked past her I was like [ __ ] that's a that's Hitler and then I was I took a picture of it but then you just get used to it it becomes like your day-to-day whatever and there's really no difference in what we do and what Z Nation does except for time and money um and also we have to be a little more delicate with the subject matter so is this is this your like favorite project that you've been working on your character this well there I mean I've been working for 16 years and they're I mean they they're kind of like your kids you know what I mean there's a memory attached to each of them and you're I'm I'm surrounded by a group different group of people in every job that I develop emotional attachments to um I mean I don't I don't really watch a lot of the work I I have to watch the show uh I watch some of my stuff and I to get an idea of it but it's really hard it's really hard to be objective I mean like rert was uh who plays my best friend Frank on the show with pass me in traffic when I was leaving work and I was doing this I was going and he was like he looked over he like what the [ __ ] are you doing and I was like I was saying lines that I should have said better at work you know what I mean so you have you have to you have to let it go um but also like I said we have such a responsibility to the project because Philip K Dick's daughter is our executive producer and this book was you know it's kind of his Opus and people love it and you don't want to disappoint people I mean but I take the same approach with Z Nation people also love that show right and so I I show up every day and I take it really seriously well we really appreciate you coming back to finish the question so scattered thank you so much and good luck with the series thank you you [Music] too

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ABOUT THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE

Based on Philip K. Dick's award-winning novel, and executive produced by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner), and Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files), The Man in the High Castle explores what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States. Starring Rufus Sewell (John Adams), Luke Kleintank (Pretty Little Liars), and Alexa Davalos (Mob City).

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MPAA Rating: TV-MA
Genre: TV/Streaming Series
Distributed By: Amazon Studios
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