#farpoint 24

[dailyenvergjokaj]

A man and his dog

Enver kind of melted when I asked him what his dog’s name was.  “Sawyer,” he crooned.  “Want to see a picture?”   He showed us an adorable picture of Sawyer, gushing about how cute he was, and then showed us an oil painting he had done of his pup (referred to in this tweet).

I asked where he hung the painting.  “My living room, of course.  Where else would you hang it?”

Reader, my mind went to the bad place.  I asked him if he had seen the thing.  “No! Show it to me!”  I showed him @scullyscreamcheesebagel‘s masterpiece.

He thought it was hilarious.  “Can you send it to me?” Uh, yeah I can.   And so our meet and greet ended when the guest services person returned and I was frantically trying to remember how to use airdrop.

[lillianfromaccounting]

We met the lovely ladies at this booth Jettison Jane (they were apparently at Philly last year too, but I didn't get a chance to check out all the vendor tables). Anyway, they're awesome and sell cool stuff. Check out her skirt though!!!!! They can be found @jettisonjane or at jettisonjane.etsy.com go check them out!

[katiekeysburg]

It's your job as an author to make the audience want what you want.

Nicholas Myer, Farpoint 24 February 17, 2017

[dailyenvergjokaj]

On Dollhouse

Enver said he wished he had taken the time to appreciate the process of playing so many different characters on Dollhouse.  Instead, he was constantly convinced he was going to get fired from his first TV job.  His education was in theater--where you get months to prepare--and he would get more like a day to prepare the characters. 

He named the Topher imprint as one of his favorites looking back, but the reason he chose that one was because it successfully contributed to Topher’s character arc.  The character Topher imprints himself on Victor because he’s a micromanager, and then he starts to enjoy talking to himself, but ultimately realizes his micromanaging tendencies are annoying! 

Our meet and greet was full of similar examples. Enver really strives for the parts he plays to contribute to the arc of other characters.  It was neat to realize that his dedication is really not to his own part but to the center characters or purpose of the story.

He went on to claim how he “doesn’t really do impressions” but that after he did Reed Diamond’s character the writers added this.  He likes TV because it gives the writers more of a chance to use a particular actor’s skill set. 

Similarly, everyone’s favorite role of Kiki was written just because he was out with Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen (then staff writers on DH) and they saw him dancing.  They wrote that entire part just to make him do it on TV.

[dailyenvergjokaj]

What prop would you steal, if you could?

“The crutch.  I earned it!” Enver described the many “walk and talks” they had to film over the course of Agent Carter.  The direction on these was often “talk faster” which translates to walking faster.  Filming such a scene might take half a day, which is a lot of crutch time.  “By the end it was really messing with my back.  If we had gone seven seasons, I might have ended up in physical therapy or something.”

There was also the constant need to figure out how juggle multiple props with with the crutch, always going back and forth between a gun and a flashlight or what have you.  “I swear, they were just doing it to mess with me, but I always thought that ... the writers on that show were crazy.”  He described the pranks they pulled, which included stretching tape across doorways,  sometimes even waiting for people to go into the bathroom and then taping the door so people would get clotheslined coming out when they weren’t expecting it.  

The constant pranks were why he was convinced the musical episode was one.  “These people are dedicated.  They would totally set up a fake rehearsal for a musical episode that wasn’t going to happen."  

[dailyenvergjokaj]

Enver discusses the picture on Hayley Atwell’s phone case complete with a little impression of Dominic Cooper. 

video courtesy of @lillianfromaccounting  

Watch Dominic’s version of the tale here. 

[dailyenvergjokaj]

On filming The Walking Dead

After a short bit about how hot it is to film in L.A. in a sweater vest, Enver shared that only The Walking Dead really immerses the actors in a realistic environment.  He described having to hike through the woods to get to set, where there isn’t even a trail and just kind of running into the poor sound guys dragging their carts through the brush. The aides were always sneaking up behind him and putting cold packs on the back of his neck, which he didn’t care for.  Guest stars on that show apparently have a tendency to pass out working in the heat when they aren’t used to it.

[dailyenvergjokaj]

The Kiss

I had several followers request that I ask about the kiss scene. He played it up both in person and on stage how it was a “terrible” job and he “hates” kissing Hayley. “Make sure you get the sarcasm!” he said.  He clearly adored working with her.

They did not fall out of the chair. There’s no bloopers. He said they filmed it “quite a few times” and his lips got very irritated from removing the lipstick “but they really wanted them to go at it!”

He also mentioned that it was a little weird--just like kissing Dichen on Dollhouse--because they are friends and co-workers. He personally finds it less awkward if he’s just a guest star or something and doesn’t really know the person. “Oh, okay, you’re attractive, I’ll give it a shot.”