Victor Garber is a Canadian actor with more than 50 years of career in theater, film and television.
At 73 years old, he acknowledges that his theatrical training opened the doors to the small and big screen. We have seen him in series like ‘Fraiser’ and ‘Law and Order’, but also in movies like ‘Milk’ (2008) and ‘Argo’ (2012) for which he won a Music Syndicate Award. actors in the Outstanding Cast category. In fact, he has also been nominated many times for the Emmy.
However, one of his most iconic characters was the one he assumed in the multi-award-winning movie ‘Titanic’ where he played Thomas Andrews, the person in charge of planning and building the ocean liner that sank in 1912 and tells the love story between Jack (Leonardo Dicaprio) and Rose (Kate Winslet).
Now, Garber, assumes the leading role in the series ‘Family Law’, which premiered this weekend on Universal TV (10.50pm with new episodes every Thursday). In this story he is Harry Svensson, head of a family of lawyers and father of three children from three different mothers. We talked with the interpreter through Zoom.
—It’s not the first time you’ve played a lawyer in fiction, we saw it in ‘Legally Blonde’ and ‘Justice’. But, how would you define his character in ‘Family Law’?
-He is a father and lawyer, an interesting character, very human and like all people, imperfect. He has a fractured family, which he is trying, in his own unsuccessful way, to put back together. It’s not turning out the way he thought it would, but that’s what makes it funny and dramatic at the same time.
—What is the first thing you take into account when agreeing to participate in a story?
-The script. In the case of ‘Family Law’, I think it’s very well written. I love the character because he is doing everything he can to make up for the wrongs he has done in the past and he cares a lot about his teammates. I like that.
—What do you think is the leading theme of the series?
—That we are all human, that we have problems and a trauma that we are trying to solve. That is the message, that we are all basically the same.
—It is inevitable to talk about Titanic. What memories do you have of the movie and the iconic scene when Thomas Andrews is standing in front of the clock and saying goodbye to Rose?
-I feel very proud to have played that role, I think he was an extraordinary man. I don’t really think much of Titanic, but I feel privileged to have been asked to do the character. I loved the role, I loved the cast, I loved working there, except that it was a very difficult recording.
—You are a respected theater actor, you have even been nominated many times for the Tony awards. What has the theater contributed to your career?
-The theater it was everything to me. I feel privileged to have had experiences in theater because that’s where I learned everything. I’m a little impatient with people sometimes, and I shouldn’t because I think everything I know how to do comes from the theater, in terms of rhythm, from keeping the scene alive. So, I have this feeling that I wouldn’t be able to do what I do now, if it hadn’t been for the theater and if I hadn’t spent all those years on stage.
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