Who likes to watch shows on Netflix or Amazon Prime, met often, German actors. Apart of course from the few represented in the German series as “Dark”. Therefore, one or the other is likely to have been quite surprised, as in the popular series, “Better Call Saul”, since 2015 is a very successful ongoing Spin-off of “Breaking Bad”, suddenly, the German architect Werner Ziegler (Rainer Bock) and his Team showed up.
Ziegler and his Crew love beer and watching Football, like to run once in a BVB shirt through there and talk in the Original German, while they build for the world boss, Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito), an underground Meth lab. At the end of the third season of the series has been developed as a spectator, a big heart for the friendly-pragmatic Werner Ziegler. In the star Interview, the actor, Rainer Bock, 64, talks about this unusual role.
Mr buck, how does it feel to be suddenly one of the most relevant German actors for an audience, look no linear television and more?
With such questions, I’m not at all big. But one thing is true: We get little Feedback, unlike at the theatre. If I get time, mostly by people who are between 55 and 75 years old. But the other day, that was at the main train station in Berlin, has addressed me a young man, perhaps 25, half-long hair, almost exactly the target audience, and he asked: “Have you played along with “Better Call Saul”?”
How did you get the role of the “Werner Ziegler”?
The casting Director, Sharon Bialy, had turned to the three, four relevant German actors agencies, and suggestions asked. So something like that. Be made per Agency, but not a hundred, but rather two or three proposals. I then made an E-Casting, so I performed some scenes at home and filmed me. The nice way, my son with me. And apparently it was well received.
did you Know that you want to play this role, or was there a doubt?
no, I was not content at all. But I hesitated for a different reason: I’m a crazy native man and three months in Albuquerque – and that got me thinking. Since my son had just finished his studies in Berlin, he and my wife come with me. So the decision was ultimately a lot easier and it was a really nice time.
As one of the few German players, they seem to have for American producers in a good position. You were in “Inglorious Basterds,” “A Most Wanted Man” or “Homeland”. How do you explain that?
competition, I don’t like to think. But a prerequisite is to be sure that I can do passable English, and me, well to an English-speaking Set to find. In addition, a work probably of the other. As I turned with Steven Spielberg’s “Warhorse”, he told me that he had seen me in the “White Band” and the movie is great. If you had the luck, in such a Film, have a certain amount of people just on the Radar.
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Rainer Bock, Herbert Grönemeyer and Director Anton Corbijn at the Premiere of “A Most Wanted Man”
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they Had seen “Better Call Saul” or “Breaking Bad” before?
Since you put the Finger in the wound … no, I had not both seen, I’m not a big series watcher. Even though my son had given me has always been to “Breaking Bad”. I have it rescheduled then, in one piece, as we had arrived in Albuquerque. 62 follow in three Aresbet weeks. That was some of the very bizarre: I came out of the front door, looked around and thought: Ups, this Location, you know. You’ve just seen on the screen!
Could you mitfeilen during the filming of the series on the dialogues or the German characteristics of the characters?
in a Very limited way, but that was almost necessary. Only the German texts were part of some papers, because I was able to make suggestions for improvement, which were accepted.
We work on US is different series by the German series?
The difference is that you could not feel the presence of vanity. You can make suggestions that will be listened to, carefully and not only with half an ear. Also, there are in series, Yes, this dream of “Writers’ Room”, where the authors deal with the Storylines. You can, therefore, be very accurately, quickly and flexibly. This is a Tradition that we need to implement with us urgently. The influence of the editors is become very large – I don’t want to deny them even the quality or Knowledge, but listening and working towards a common goal, the missing. Work together regardless of personal feelings.
How did you feel during the filming of the last scene? That was very dramatic.
That was quite touching. Because during the filming of real friendships work, just to Jonathan Banks who plays Mike. I was invited with my family for eight days at his home in Malibu, there’s a real closeness and warmth was created. We were built in the first talk of the scene really close to the water because it wasn’t just my last scene, it was also a farewell for us. And a nice anecdote I can tell you: During the shoot, we were practically alone in the desert. But by 10 PM Bob Odenkirk, Rhea seahorn, Patrick Fabian and Michael Mando – the Saul, Kim Wexler, Kim’s former boss suddenly appeared, and the Nacho to play on the Set. Kim told me that they were together been to the Baseball, as someone said, that today is my last scene is filmed. And all decided at once that you come here with me to celebrate. Even though I had none of them previously a common scene.
do you still Have contact to colleagues?
Oh, Yes, Jonathan Banks, I still have contact, and also to two, three others.
How would you judge the current series of landscape in Germany?
I don’t want to comment because there is big to, let’s say: We’re working on it. It gives very acceptable results, but we need to make us even more thoughts, if we want to reach a young audience. The Generation that is around the age of my son, watching almost no television anymore.
your next project is a movie called “Atlas”. What is it about?
Yes, the Film had on 24. Days of October, will have its world premiere at the Hof film festival. It’s about a 60-year-oldmembered Ex-weightlifter, now works as a furniture packer. His family is torn apart for 30 years, since he spent a day with his son, even though he actually was forbidden to see him. Than the police expected, he fails, two officers in the hospital. Everything, what I am describing now, you will not see in the movie. It is the setup for what happens then, and procured him a well-Known false papers, put him in a small Apartment, so he escapes the police. He is in the real estate business and says: Such a strong guy like you can I need, I need you to work for me.
Just this boss is mired, unfortunately, in mafia-like organizations. In a house, to be renovated and expensive re-sold, lives and then one day, a young family who just don’t want to take off. So my character is sent there – and he recognizes in the young man his son, whom he has not seen for many years. The does not recognize him. Now is the decision to take responsibility. Just because he knows which methods apply to be chief in similar cases, otherwise. In short – it is certainly not Mainstream, but an important Film. Because it’s about two relevant topics: gentrification and the father-son conflict.
“Better Call Saul” is on Netflix.
“Atlas” is supposed to open in 2019 in the cinemas.
