Friday Syfy premieres its new drama,
12 Monkeys. The series is based on the idea from the film of the same name and follows James Cole, played by Aaron Stanford, who comes from a future in which a virus has wiped out most of humanity. He travels back in time and with the help of virologist Dr. Cassandra Railly, played by Amanda Schull, tries to stop the Army of the 12 Monkeys from releasing the virus.
Recently the two stars talked to the digital media about the new series, which premieres Friday on Syfy.
According to the actors, the series is different from the film in many ways, but there were some things they pulled from the movie for their characters. Stanford told SciFi Vision, “For me, you know, it was a really interesting role for Bruce Willis, what he did with it. He’s generally remembered for really his action roles, just remember the John McClane, and he really brought this child-like innocence to the role in
12 Monkeys, and it was expressed in his experience of our presence, you know, of our roles. This was a man coming [from an] unimaginably unpleasant, difficult place, where all of the pleasures, comforts, and everything, art, it was all taken – stripped away from him.