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2012 Twilight: New Moon Planet 51 The Blind Side Mammoth Red Cliff Dare The Messenger Pirate Radio Precious The Fourth Kind The Box A Christmas Carol Men Who Stare at Goats The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day Recently Added Spotlights Paul Rudd Jason Segel Nicolas Cage Rose Byrne Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore Jared Padalecki Amanda Righetti Clive Owen Naomi Watts Joaquin Phoenix Steve Martin Renee Zellweger Liam Neeson Maggie Grace Dustin Hoffman |
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 "You get that same Law & Order sense in that there's a case — there's an open and close — but it's less so about the actual case and much more about our lives. So as an actor, you get to do this great courtroom stuff. You think of Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men or Denzel Washington in Philadelphia. Getting to be a part of that lineage, especially in the Dick Wolf camp, is the best of both worlds because you're not locked in the procedural stuff every week. I have this, huge storyline with me and my ex-girlfriend and there's also this thing between me and Julianne Nicholson's character, who have sexual overtones to our friendship. I think it caught people in a really good way. It's never over the top. It's never out of the realm of possibility." Viewers have cottoned to the larger human interest aspect in Conviction and the ratings are beginning to reflect this. While Balfour admits the series premiere wasn't exactly overwhelming, Conviction did strongly enough. Slight ratings dip was expected, but Conviction proved its mettle on St. Patrick's Day with its third episode. "The third week came and we're like, 'we're fucked': there's the NCAA tournament on CBS; it's St. Patrick's-fucking-Day and all they [the network] want is the 18-49 demographic. That's all they care about! But the 18-49 demographic is going out on St. Patrick's Day, getting drunk, and watching the NCAA tournament, all at the same time. And NBC's going to us, 'No, it's OK. We know it might take a little hit this week. It's OK. We understand that.' We're going, uh huh, sure. And Saturday morning, my manager calls me and he's like, 'So listen, let's talk about that other thing.' And I don't want to listen. I'm just afraid to know. And we go up. We went up on the ratings!" Balfour practically gushes at this last bit, proud of this latest success — and he's not alone. Apparently, his mother couldn't be prouder. "My mother is my biggest fan, but she's so weird sometimes!" he says with a chuckle. "She would drive me nuts. ... I'll be in the middle of shooting and she'll be like, 'Listen, I need you to come home this weekend, but I need you to come home on Thursday. I'm like, 'I'm shooting mom.' She's like, 'OK. Just ask Dick.' I'm like, 'Ask Dick?' 'Just ask Dick so you can get the day off,' she says. 'I need you to come to this luncheon thing.' But it doesn't work that way, I tell her. I can't do that! 'Why not?' I need you to come home. Do you want me to call him?' I'm like, 'No. ... |
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