Interviews Conducted by Robert J. Beck

Last season you started off in Germany with Hiro, Ando and Daphne. Was it fun filming those scenes?

Yeah, it was very fun. It was actually the first time for me working with Hiro and Ando and Daphne and it was the introduction of Daphne to the show and it was a very comedic scene. Unfortunately the Haitian got knocked down by Ando out of everybody, god damn it. But anyway it was fun to film that scene with those guys.

I think you were very good in those scenes with Hiro and Ando because you are a very good physical actor and physical actors are normally very good at comedy aren’t they?

Yeah, yeah that’s true, that’s true.

It was nice to see the Haitian who’s been a pretty serious character for the last two seasons take on a bit of a lighter role.

Yeah, you know what? Really deep inside I really love comedy. I would love to do more comedy. But unfortunately I don’t think that’s the kind of direction they will go with the Haitian.

This season the Haitian’s brother was introduced to the show.

Yes my brother Samedi Baron, they finally introduced a member of my family, who turned out to be a very very bad guy. And as you saw on episodes 10, 11 and 12 I pretty much had to take care of him; which has a direct tie to the two brothers Peter and Nathan.

Was it interesting playing a story line which was about the Haitian?

Yeah, yes it was actually and it was interesting for me to explore the idea of going back to Haiti and also the subject which they have used as far as the voodoo and the cultural subject that they have used to portray Haiti.

Do you think that the version of Haiti on the show was quite accurate to how Haiti really is?

Well we shot it in Pasadena so obviously Pasadena is not Haiti but I have to say that they did a great job trying to really make it look like it was Haiti and some people might believe that it was Haiti and I believe that the set decorators did a good job to try and make it look like it was Haiti. I mean obviously, for me as a Haitian, I can see the difference. I would say straight away that ‘no, maybe that’s not Haiti’ but for the eyes that don’t know they’ll buy it. You have to understand that it would be very expensive to go to Haiti to shoot it.

Yeah and just for those three episodes as well.

Exactly so it wasn’t worth it but at the end I think they really did a good job you know with the very little time that they had to portray Haiti as best as possible.

Also this season it was up to you to save the day at the end wasn’t it?

Yeah, for sure I’m the only one who had the power that could stop the father. And that’s why the brothers went through everything to try and come and get me so I can liberate them from their father. So it’s good for me to do that, I’m the liberator.

The Haitian’s power it really is the trump card, theoretically you could defeat just about anyone on the show if you needed to.

I think so you know, I think so. And unfortunately that’s probably why you don’t get to see very much. And yes we’ve finished volume three and I’m not too much on volume four because they concentrate on specific characters and they’re trying to cover everybody at the same time so I’ve not been called yet for volume four but you know obviously at one point they will probably be calling on him again so he can fixed what needs to be fixed. [laughter]