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JOHN SHEA TALKS MUTANT X'S SEASON 2
Season 2 of the syndicated Mutant X television series promises to be more realistic and full of surprises, star John Shea said.
Shea, who plays Adam, appeared at the recent Comic-Con International in San Diego with castmates Forbes March (Jesse), Victoria Pratt (Shalimar) and Lauren Lee Smith (Emma), as well as Tribune Entertainment's Seth Howard.
"We're having fun," Shea said. "My favorite poet, Wallace Stevens said, 'We climb to heaven on a stairway of surprise.' The only thing I can tell you is that there are all kinds of surprises in store for you in Season 2.
"One of the best things about the Mutant X world is that it's changing, it's mutating, it is evolving. The Sanctuary, where we all hang out, is transformed. I won't tell you exactly how. But stuff is gone. The world that was so completely clean-surfaced is now littered with real life.
"The world of Genomex that you know is no longer that much of a threat. So what happened in the time between Season 1 and Season 2 is that we were able to rethink our environment. We redesigned everything. We've changed things around to make it much more like real life."
Shea said that the changes will involve his character as well.
"What you discover about Adam is that things are not what they seem," Shea said. "This guy who is always sort of noble and heroic and always this kind of purer-than-life, charismatic leader, has some hidden sides as well. It turns out that he wasn't just in genetics, but he also had his fingers in all kinds of parts of the military industrial complex. He's working with the government, he's working with CIA, he's working with Interpol.
"He's a genius, and he's really rich. The question is: How did he make that money and what did he do with his brains? And we're going to find that stuff out as Season 2 goes by."
The first season ended with Gabriel Ashlocke, the first New Mutant, taking over Genomex. Played by Michael Easton, Gabriel will be featured in three episodes of the second season.
"Gabriel Ashlocke, Patient Zero, who is endowed with all those powers in one human being, turns out to be a fairly formidable rival," Shea said. "But he's the first of many to come as people come out of the woodwork and Adam's past comes back to haunt him."
