Post by hollyc on Jan 22, 2013 7:32:33 GMT -5
James did a photoshoot for Esquire magazine recently and an interview
ESQUIRE (noticing Purefoy's interview attire): Nice hooded sweater.
JAMES PUREFOY: It's nice, isn't it?
ESQ: Is it cashmere?
JP: Yes. I like cashmere. Who doesn't like cashmere?
ESQ: We don't see your character on the show wearing a lot of cashmere.
JP: Well, I spend quite a lot of the first half-dozen episodes in a white prison suit with DEATH ROW written on the back.
ESQ: Because he's a serial killer.
JP: It's been a strange part to play, because not only is he a serial killer, he's also a leader of a cult. He's like a combination of Iago in Othello and Macbeth. 'Cause Macbeth, if you think about Macbeth, is a serial killer. Shocking serial killer. And Iago in Othello is somebody who has no empathy whatsoever for anybody at all and just f*cks people up because it gives him enormous pleasure. So this character is a really scary combination of both and very, very dark, and I'm just not a very dark person.
ESQ: So why do this show?
JP: I went to L. A. to do pilot season, and I read a bunch of shows, and I went with this one because it's such a great, incredibly written show. If you're deciding to sign up for a TV show that could go on for seven years, you want something that won't just be grabbing-by-your-throat-good television. You want something that is ripping-at-the-entrails-good television. It better be good, and this was.
ESQ: On a typical day, are you more likely to dress up or down?
JP: I'm probably in a T-shirt and jeans, though I really like a good suit. And well-made shoes. My dad has a pair of shoes from Lobb in London that he bought in 1960, and he still wears them now, fifty years later. That is a great return on your investment.
— Interviewed by Anna Peele
www.esquire.com/style/fashion-story/kevin-bacon-james-purefoy-the-following-0213#slide-8
ESQUIRE (noticing Purefoy's interview attire): Nice hooded sweater.
JAMES PUREFOY: It's nice, isn't it?
ESQ: Is it cashmere?
JP: Yes. I like cashmere. Who doesn't like cashmere?
ESQ: We don't see your character on the show wearing a lot of cashmere.
JP: Well, I spend quite a lot of the first half-dozen episodes in a white prison suit with DEATH ROW written on the back.
ESQ: Because he's a serial killer.
JP: It's been a strange part to play, because not only is he a serial killer, he's also a leader of a cult. He's like a combination of Iago in Othello and Macbeth. 'Cause Macbeth, if you think about Macbeth, is a serial killer. Shocking serial killer. And Iago in Othello is somebody who has no empathy whatsoever for anybody at all and just f*cks people up because it gives him enormous pleasure. So this character is a really scary combination of both and very, very dark, and I'm just not a very dark person.
ESQ: So why do this show?
JP: I went to L. A. to do pilot season, and I read a bunch of shows, and I went with this one because it's such a great, incredibly written show. If you're deciding to sign up for a TV show that could go on for seven years, you want something that won't just be grabbing-by-your-throat-good television. You want something that is ripping-at-the-entrails-good television. It better be good, and this was.
ESQ: On a typical day, are you more likely to dress up or down?
JP: I'm probably in a T-shirt and jeans, though I really like a good suit. And well-made shoes. My dad has a pair of shoes from Lobb in London that he bought in 1960, and he still wears them now, fifty years later. That is a great return on your investment.
— Interviewed by Anna Peele
www.esquire.com/style/fashion-story/kevin-bacon-james-purefoy-the-following-0213#slide-8