Caught up with "Noah's Arc" stars Darryl Stephens and Doug Spearman at the Advocate party Tuesday and wanted to know the status of the "Noah's Arc" movie. I don't know about you, but I'm eager to see what they do on the big screen - especially since the movie takes place of a third season.
I miss these characters!
Stephens, who plays Noah, has made an impression in other features recently including the terrific "Boy Culture," indicated that production would be starting soon but had no details about the plot: "That's happening, hopefully, within the next couple of months - hopefully by November. We haven't even started shooting yet. It will take 3-4 weeks to do the movie. And hopefully it will be out sometoime in 2008."
Added Spearman: "They want to do it before the end of the year and I know they're still workiing on the script right now. We don't know what happens yet," he said of the cast.
I wondered how Doug felt about doing a movie instead of a third season of the Logo hit.
"I'd rather do a movie. A movie, you get in and get out. You get to do more as a character, more deeper stuff usually in a film. Logo has certain governance over what you can do and what you can say and when you're dealing with an R-rated film, it's a completely different story. I'd rather do an R-rated move than a PG-rated TV show."
I told him that to me, his character, Chance, doesn't seem happy in his relationship. Here's his take: "Me, Doug, thinks Chance got into the relationship because he's afraid to be alone. I think that's why it went really fast. I love having that to play because if you can play somebody's fears, it motivates you in a completely different way. I love that and it makes Chance more than just the uptight professor. It's something to chew on. But If I were speaking from Chance's point of view, I think he would just tell you that all relationships take work. I'm gonna stay in this and I'm gonna work at it. I think he's a bedrock kind of guy."