Okay Dexter fans, this is serious business!
There are only a few days left to vote for Dexter on Hulu’s Best in Show 2011.
Dexter is up against the likes of Chuck, and so far, Chuck is murdering Dexter in votes!
This is simply unacceptable!
We must unite together and ensure our favorite blood spatter analyst crosses the finishing line.
So go VOTE, VOTE now!
Michael C Hall is an American actor whose television roles include David Fisher in ‘Six Feet Under’ and Dexter Morgan on the showtime series ‘Dexter’ on Star World. Having won a Golden Globe in 2009 and a Screen Actors Guild award for his role in ‘Dexter’, he feels that Dexter’s character is unique and a TV role is time consuming.
■ How did Dexter happen and why did you take it up?
I took a couple of weeks to think about it before I agreed to do it. I had just finished a television series that lasted for five years and I knew it was an open-ended commitment I was making. The character was something that would require a great deal of focus and energy. Also when I first saw Dexter on paper, I thought huh, how? How? How do I approach this? So I took some time just to think about those kinds of questions. I didn’t just jump right on board, I took some time to think about it, but ultimately the challenges of the character and the challenges as an actor the character presented, and the people I would be working with, some of whom I’d worked with on ‘Six Feet Under’, all together allowed me to make the leap of faith.
■ Did you study anything? Did you read up on serial killers?
Yeah, I read some transcripts of interviews with serial killers and also some books by FBI profilers who dedicated their work to pinpointing what makes up a serial killer. I think Dexter himself would have familiarised himself with those things in his attempt to avoid that profile. And I was able to meet with a blood spatter analyst in Miami, when we shot the pilot, and talked to him about the work he does and also the sort of inter-office politics that exists between a civilian working with the police department. But ultimately, the role required an imaginative leap. I didn’t abduct or kill anyone in preparation for the part [he laughs].
Michael C. Hall – best known as serial killer star of Showtime’s “Dexter” but also a stage star in hits such as CHICAGO – has been named as the new ambassador for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Hall’s acting career began in the theater. Off-Broadway, he appeared in Macbeth and Cymbeline at the New York Shakespeare Festival, and in Timon of Athens and Henry V at New York Public Theater, The English Teachers at the Manhattan Class Company (MCC), and the controversial play Corpus Christi at the Manhattan Theatre Club. He also performed in the workshop production of what was then known as Sondheim’s Wise Guys, later versions of which were titled Bounce and, finally, Road Show. He sang the role of Paris Singer; this character’s songs and function in the play were transferred to the character Hollis Bessamer in the final version of the play. In Los Angeles, he appeared in Skylight at the Mark Taper Forum.
“The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society pours a tremendous amount of money directly into cutting-edge cancer research- research that I’ve certainly benefited from,” Hall said in a statement. The statement goes on to say that successfully treated for Hodgkin lymphoma in 2010, Hall shares his personal experience and encourages people to walk in support of this important cancer fundraiser: “It’s an organization that you can be confident is at the forefront of moving things forward.”
“We are so grateful for Michael C. Hall’s participation in this year’s Light The Night fundraiser for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society,” said Nancy L. Klein, LLS’s chief marketing and revenue officer. “His empowering message inspires us and strengthens our dedication to help patients live longer, better lives,” Klein said.
(From all the sources I’ve read, it appears that Dexter will still be available via Netflix DVD, but will simply no longer be available on their streaming service.)
As the relationship between television networks and studios and Netflix grows increasingly tense, communication is apparently suffering as well.
The latest flap started Tuesday, when Showtime Networks said that as part of a recently completed deal renewal with Netflix that takes effect this summer, it would no longer make original series such as “Dexter” and “Californication” available on the company’s Internet streaming service.
Asked to respond midday Wednesday, a Netflix spokesman said that he was not only surprised by the announcement, but that he believed it was incorrect.
“We’re perplexed,” Netflix spokesman Steve Swasey said. “We’re negotiating to renew the Showtime license and we expect these titles will still be available.”
By Wednesday afternoon, however, Swasey said the situation had changed. “Netflix may or not renew with Showtime,” he wrote in an email. “Titles expire and migrate on and off Netflix as part of the ebb and flow of licensing.”
The new statement demonstrates a more assertive public position by Netflix toward Showtime and is the first sign that it would be willing to do without the premium cable channels’ original programs.
If Showtime does withdraw its shows this summer, it would be in line with the stance of its parent, CBS Corp. In February, the company struck a $200-million deal to provide to Netflix only older programs no longer on the air. CBS Chief Executive Les Moonves wants viewers to first come to his networks to see the shows the company produces.