Mark Sheppard will play Anthony Anthros on ‘Bionic Woman’. Anthony is the father of Jaime’s boyfriend, Will Anthros. Interestingly, Mark will appear on the show with prosthetics to make him appear older, which makes me wonder whether his character will undergo some sort of age reversal process at some point? Was he originally on the end of a Bionic experiment gone wrong? Does the mysterious Burket Group have anything to do with this..and what about his son, Will? Bionic Co-Producer Jason Smilovic recently gave an interview to IGN, where he spoke about his excitement on having Sheppard in the show:
IGN TV: When you cast Mark Sheppard, what was the idea to go with an actor his age and then age him through makeup? Why not cast someone older?
Smilovic: He’s a brilliant actor. You know with Mark that you’re going to get a great performance every time, and with that it’s worth it to go through the process of doing the prosthetics and aging the actor because you know you’re going to get a kickass performance.
IGN TV: Will he be on for the full season?
Smilovic: Yes. You know, it’s funny because I was on set. And they were shooting a scene and somebody brought Mark over and he was in the makeup. I said, “You look great.” And he said, “Well this is what I look like now, but when I start doing it…” And he started to sink into the character, and there was just this eerie feeling pervaded the room – immediately. And I said, “You did it. You’re going to be great.” I knew it right then and there. It was awesome he was able, just by lowering his voice, to change the barometric pressure of the room. It was awesome.
Smilovic obviously isn’t giving much away, but I get the feeling that we could see Bionic’s play a slightly different role in Anthony’s storyline. Afterall in the ‘real world’ we have ‘Bionic skin serum’, which is argued to produce an age reducing appearance..perhaps the Burket Group have not only developed a way to make a person ‘better, faster, stronger’..but also younger/older..?
I’m willing to throw that theory into the hat..i’ll build on it once the show actually starts and I have more to go on.