The plot of ABC’s ‘Last Resort’ is so deep and murky, even its submariner star doesn’t know what’s going to happen next.
Scott Speedman, who plays Lt. Commander Sam Kendal on the new ABC drama — which follows the adventures of the crew from a renegade nuclear submarine — said he has no clue exactly how the show’s makers will be able to keep the tension going.
“What will the show be after the pilot?” he wondered. “We’re still trying to figure that out.”
On the show's premiere last week, the submarine Colorado received an order to launch nuclear missiles at Pakistan. But when the ship's captain, Marcus Chaplin (Andre Braugher) asked for confirmation, he was relieved of command. His XO, Kendal (Speedman) took over, then questioned the orders himself, and the vessel was attacked by other Navy warships.
The crew sought refuge on a mysterious island in the Indian Ocean and now must figure out who set them up so that they can one day go home.
“It was a great story,” Speedman said.
“Last Resort” comes from producer Shawn Ryan — the celebrated creator of “The Shield,” the FX drama about dirty cops."
“Shawn is pretty dedicated to not having the [overarching plot] of the show set in stone,” Speedman said.
“I signed up with the understanding that the character would develop over time, so it will be interesting to see where it goes.”
Speedman first made waves in 1998 as the on-again, off-again love interest for Keri Russell on “Felicity.”
Soon after the series ended in 2002, he took on movie roles, gaining the most attention for appearing as a half-werewolf, half-vampire in the “Underworld” films.
“But I was getting a little frustrated with nobody seeing the work I was doing,” Speedman said. “This thing [“Last Resort”] came along at the right time.”
Speedman said making the transition back to television wasn’t too hard — although he doesn’t watch much TV himself.
“Doing a TV show is pretty rigorous,” he said. “We’re working crazy hours and trying to do good work. With a film you know it’s going to be over eventually. This has the potential to keep me going for at least eight months straight.”
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