The other storyline that I found fascinating was with Drummer, because she gets to expose herself in ways that you would not expect. I knew that everything had to revolve around that. People have been waiting for this moment for a long time.” So that was the focus creatively. When the writers sat me down, producers sat me down and said, “Listen, this episode’s about one thing. Well, we’ve been talking about meeting Naomi’s kid forever. Did you have one that ended up being your favorite to shoot? I think every episode of The Expanse is an ambitious one, but there’s so many storylines for you to work with in this episode. If you’re good at it, you got something to offer, well, it’s my duty to do it. Of course, I learned so much on that film, but it also solidified the fact that I am a director and I’m good at it. I directed a film about 10 years ago called Dark Country. I loved that world and I’ve always wanted to move into directing. That sensibility where space becomes so internalized into Earth’s society, and it’s literally like being a coal miner or an electrician.
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The show is unique and showed essentially, if you remember the movie Alien and you remember Parker and Brett, they were the coal miners, they were just work-a-day mechanics. Science fiction is something that I have grown up with and loved my entire life. I was the first actor they brought on board and because they got me on board, they were able to kick the show off. For me, this was a great way to pop my cherry in television, because I’ve been with this crew as a family for five years. I’ve got something to offer actors and the storytellers. But after 25 years in the business, I’ve got something to offer. Of course, I love acting and will continue to do it. This has always been part of my master plan, which was to move into producing and directing. We have already got three films in the can, and we’re working on a television show that I’m going to shoot in Australia with a huge streamer attached. Thomas Jane: I started a production company called Renegade with my producing partner, Courtney Lauren Penn, and we hit the ground running. We talked to the director of the episode-none other than Thomas Jane (aka Miller) himself-about how the climactic scene came together, as well as, generally, what it was like to step behind the camera for an episode of The Expanse.ĭen of Geek: I am curious how this all came about? What made you want to direct an episode of The Expanse? This feels like the sort of thing that maybe you talked about for a while and it’s finally happening? The last of the three installments, “Mother,” ends with one of the stealth asteroids Marco Inaros launched at Earth at the end of Season 4 finally hitting the planet. While most of The Expanse Season 5 will be dropped on a weekly basis, we got the first three episodes of the all new season all in one go-and what a three episodes they are. Warning: This The Expanse article contains MAJOR spoilers for Season 5, Episode 3.
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