NEXT
NEXT "ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT." KRISTEN: THE NEW SHOW "CLARICE"
TAKES A DEEP DIVE INTO THE
UNTOLD STORY OF CLARICE
STARLING.
STARLING.
STARLING. WHO RETURNS TO THE FIELD IN
1993, ONE YEAR AFTER THE
EVENTS OF "
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS.
>> HE WAS PROUD OF HOW WE
CONDUCTED OUR INVESTIGATION.
YOU'RE NOT ASKING WHAT WE
OFFERED.
OFFERED.
OFFERED. THREE WOMEN ARE MURDERED.
I WILL NEVER ACCEPT IT.
>> NEITHER WILL I.
YOU SHOULD TRUST HIM.
>> EVER SINCE I GOT HERE I HEARD
A LOT ABOUT WHAT I SHOULD TRUST.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON THE
SUCCESS OF "CLARICE."
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ROCKING AND
ROLLING EVERY WEEK.
WE KNOW YOU FOR A LOT MORE
COMEDIC ROLES.
COMEDIC ROLES. WHAT HAS BEEN LIKE THE JOURNEY
OF DELVING INTO THIS CHARACTER?
>> IT HAS BEEN FUN.
IT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I
WANTED TO DO THIS PROJECT.
EITHER THE CHANCE TO WORK ON A
COMEDY LAST SEASON CALLED "
SUNNYSIDE."
SUNNYSIDE." THIS SEASON, WHAT IS SOMETHING
DIFFERENT I CAN DO?
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT ACTING.
YOU GOT TO ME KIDDING ME.
I GET TO PLAY AND THE WORLD A
YEAR AFTER "THE SILENCE OF THE
LAMBS."
LAMBS."
LAMBS." IT TAKES OFF ON ITS OWN AS A
SERIES.
SERIES.
SERIES. THAT WAS THE REASON BEHIND
JOINING.
JOINING.
JOINING. WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE REST OF
THE AMAZING CAST.
JUST AN INCREDIBLE GROUP OF
PEOPLE TO SPEND EVERY DAY WITH.
KRISTEN: WITH THIS SEASON OF
"CLARICE."
"CLARICE." WE KNOW THE STORY "SILENCE OF
THE LAMBS."
THE LAMBS." BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO
EXPERIENCE WITH YOU?
>> WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THIS
SERIES, WE FOLLOW CLARICA, IT
IS HER STORY.
IN 1993, YOU HAVE GOT THIS
INCREDIBLE YOUNG WOMAN WHO
SACRIFICED SO MUCH OF HER
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND
PROFESSIONAL ONES WHICH WE SEE
IN "SILENCE OF THE LAMBS."
TO TRACK YOUR STORY WHEN SHE
JOINS THE VIOLENT CRIME DIVISION
OF THE FBI AND REALLY IS NOT
TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY MOST OF HER
KIND OF ARROGANT MALE
COLLEAGUES, IT IS DONE IN A WAY
THAT IS SO INTERESTING AND SMART
AND COMPELLING, BECAUSE THEY ARE
NONSTOP CHARACTERS.
NONSTOP CHARACTERS. -- NOT STOCK CHARACTERS WITH THE
BRAND YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
I AM CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THE ARC
OF THE SEASON UNFOLDS.
IT IS A LOT MORE PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS THAN IT IS
PROCEDURAL DRAMA.
PROCEDURAL DRAMA. AS AN ACTOR AND A FAN OF THIS
KIND OF GENRE, THAT IS WHAT
DRAWS ME IN.
KRISTEN: LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR
CHARACTER.
CHARACTER. WHO IS HE?
WHAT DOES HE BRING TO THIS TEAM?
>> SEAN IS AN FBI AGENT WHO HAS
KIND OF A UNIQUE BACKGROUND
HIMSELF.
HIMSELF.
HIMSELF. HIS BACK STORY IS THAT HE MAYBE
GOT A PHD IN LIBRARY SCIENCES
AND MIGHT'VE WORKED AT THE
SMITHSONIAN FOR YEARS BEFORE
JOINING THE FBI.
HIS APPROACH IS NOT TRADITIONAL,
JUST LIKE CLARICE.
WHAT IS THE STORY ABOUT THE
VICTIM, THE STORY ABOUT A
POTENTIAL SUSPECT?
POTENTIAL SUSPECT? FOR CLARIC
POTENTIAL SUSPECT? FOR CLARICE, IT IS MORE ABOUT
THE PSYCHOLOGY.
THE PSYCHOLOGY. HE TRUSTS HER EARLY ON.
AND, SINCE IT'S VERY CINEMATIC
THE WAY THEY PUT THE SERIES
TOGETHER, WE DO NOT FIND OUT
WHOLE LOT ABOUT THEM UNTIL
HALFWAY THROUGH THE FIRST SEASON
WHERE YOU REALIZE THERE IS A
WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF GOING ON
WITH HIS FAMILY AND HIS BACK
STORY THAT REALLY INFORMS THE
SENSITIVITY HE BRINGS TO THE
TEAM.
TEAM.
TEAM. THAT HAS BEEN FUN TO DISCOVER AS
THE EPISODES GO ON.
KRISTEN: I LOVE THIS UNIQUE TAKE
ON THE STORY THAT WE KNOW SO
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. BEFORE LET YOU GO, YOU SPENT
SOME TIME IN D.C.
YOU WORKED ON THE OBAMA BIDEN
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. IS THERE A FUTURE IN POLITICS
FOR YOU?
FOR YOU?
FOR YOU? WHAT YOU CALL A PRESIDENT BIDEN
AND SAY, I'M HERE, USE ME.
>> I'M VERY HAPPY AND PROUD OF
WHAT HE AND VICE PRESIDENT
HARRIS HAVE BEEN DOING.
I WILL NEVER SAY NO, IF YOU'RE
CALLED TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
THE SECOND HALF OF MY STINT IN
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION I HAD A
CHANCE TO WORK ON THE
PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON THE
ARTS AND HUMANITIES WHICH MEANS
I COULD KEEP MY ACTING DAY JOB
AND HELP OUT ON THE SIDE.
LOOK, ANYTHING THAT GETS ME BACK
THERE TO HIT UP GREAT WALL ON
14TH STREET.
14TH STREET. I NEED THAT CHINESE FOOD BACK IN
MY BELLY.
MY BELLY.
MY BELLY. KRISTEN: GET IN MY BELLY.
THANK