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We spoke w/ SethMacFarlane about TheOrvilleNewHorizons, directing while acting, why he’s so proud of the newest episode, 'A Tale of Two Topas', and being guarded about what they reveal in the trailers.
If you’re a fan of The Orville: New Horizons and Seth MacFarlane you’re about to be very happy. That’s because I recently landed an exclusive interview with MacFarlane where he shared some great behind-the-scenes stories about how the Hulu series was made.
Finally, while I know you have a lot of choices on what to watch, if you’ve never seen The Orville, I strongly suggest checking it out. MacFarlane’s series really surprised me, and it keeps getting better with every episode.COLLIDER: I want to start with, thank you for making me laugh for many, many years, but I really want to know how do you find time to sleep? Because you work on a lot of stuff.
Well, I can tell you a lot. The episodes were not shot in order. We shot the entire season simultaneously. For example, if we had a set that appeared in several different episodes, we would shoot all the scenes for the season on that set and then tear it down. So the whole season, really in my mind, and I'm sure in the minds of the actors was one unit, was one long piece. Because that's really how we shot it. As far as what would people be surprised to learn...
What was the decision for making the Hulu version of the show or the season three, calling it New Horizons? But there are sequences that were, for the most part, created in editing. Take the drone sequence, for example, in the first episode this season, in Electric Sheep. That was, I mean, on set, we shot Scott Grimes in the Terradon rig and bounced him around and got the footage, but credit where credit is due, that scene was really built and created by Tom Costantino and Brandon Fayette, our editor and our visual effects supervisor.
You guys have tackled some really big issues over the three seasons. Are there one or two that you are especially proud of?MACFARLANE: Certainly A Tale of Two Topas is high on that list. That was a big swing. And it's a swing that's easy to miss. I think there are a billion things that can misfire in a show like that. And I've been immensely gratified at the reception that that episode has gotten. The care that we put into it has paid off and people are really embracing it.
It's funny you say that about trailers. I don't watch movie trailers anymore because they give away everything and it diminishes my enjoyment. Also, you are just like me, someone who watches a lot of content. Any trailer you see, you put the whole thing together. When you are directing an episode and obviously you're one of the stars of the show, do you ever catch yourself when you're directing, cutting down on your lines, so you don't have to act and can focus more on directing? How does that work for you when you're essentially directing yourself?
MACFARLANE: Acting is fun and it's fun to deliver your own material. Obviously I've been doing that for years with the animated shows. For me, directing is more pleasurable. I exist in this weird space where I don't... When I'm acting and I really feel like I'm digging in and making a breakthrough or create a breakthrough of some kind for myself, I'm really glad that I did it and took the swing.
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