John Noble Interview – Comments On Working With Anna

The A.V. Club: You’ve done a lot of wild things on this show. What was the single day you’ve had the most fun while shooting this series?

John Noble: The funniest thing we did actually goes to air [April 28]. The writers keep throwing challenges at me, because I never say no. They said, “Okay, John, you’ll do a scene naked.” I said “Okay.” And so that was a big surprise.

So I do this scene, this strange scene with Anna Torv, without any clothes on. Anna’s staying at the Bishop house with Walter running around with no clothes on except for a pair of slippers, getting breakfast. She comes round the corner and catches him in the full monty, going, “Oh no!” Didn’t know where to look. That was probably one of the most fun things we ever did. Anna’s reaction was priceless to that. I haven’t seen the scene yet, but it was hilarious to do it.

AVC: You and Anna Torv (who plays Olivia) are both Australian. Was there a bond over that? I assume you hadn’t worked with her before this.

JN: Well, apparently we did. Anna tells me there was some series in Australia, that we were in the same series for a while, but we never met. So I knew of her, and I guess she knew of me, but we had no contact. Now probably more than ever, we share a few Australia jokes, but at the beginning, we didn’t. It was just like [Gasps.] there was no time to think. But of late, we do share a few Australianisms, over the last 12 months. I think your nationality disappears when you’re doing something like this. People from everywhere and all over the place cease to exist, except in the function that they play, and that’s been the case with us as well.

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