Eric
Etebari, who plays Ian Nottingham in TNT's upcoming Witchblade movie, told
The Continuum that he hopes the two-hour film results in a weekly Witchblade
series.
"I'm
excited. I think it has a lot of possibilities," Etebari said. "A show
like that could really take off because of the things that we were surrounded
with. It's just endless. They're aren't any boundaries.
"It
would definitely be a dangerous series because of the possibilities. I
hope they want to see more. We're just tapping into the potential. If given
the opportunity, we'll take television by storm."
Etebari
used words like "mysterious," "unpredictable," "lurking" and "very powerful"
to describe the TV version of Nottingham.
"I
think the comic book version seems to be a little more physical," Etebari
said. "I'm a little more restrained. Things are easy, more effortless for
myself than the Nottingham (comics) character. The Nottingham character
will cut through a car. I feel I can just stop the car. My whole goal was
to do less than the comic book guy, to be more powerful, to outdo the comic
book, where they had no boundaries. My idea was to do less, be powerful
by less is more."
Etebari
said he hopes to expand on the character if Witchblade goes to a series.
"I
just think I could outdo everybody on television with this guy, if I'm
given the opportunity," he said. "Do some things that haven't been done.
A 30-year-old, enigmatic henchman, who's a virgin! That leaves tons of
possibilities. There's still room for seduction. He's got leading-man quality.
Classic, 30's, 40's style in a modern-day comic book. I think it's a good
combination."
Etebari
said he read a few issues of Witchblade prior to the movie.
"I
got a good grasp on Nottingham," Etebari said. "I wanted to use him to
be my role model, the posture, certain positions with the wide base."
Etebari
said Yancy Butler is "perfect" as Sara Pezzini.
"I
can't wait to conflict with her, more confrontation," he said. "But in
reality, I had a character that can kick ass on all the other shows. I
can develop a guy who is a man physically, but mentally he's like a child.
So it leaves me so much room to grow as a character."
