Nova Scotia actor dishes on Homeland
Homeland Time and channel: Sunday at 11 p.m. on Superchannel 1
Diego Klattenhoff has been working on Homeland long enough to know not to take anything for granted.
“You think you might know the truth,” says the man better known to fans of the TV series as straitlaced Major Mike Faber, “but then wait a few months.”
Playing Faber, the Nova Scotia-born actor should know a thing or two about unexpected surprises. The closest thing Homeland has to a moral compass, Faber has spent the majority of two seasons playing a family friend, while secretly pining for his marine buddy Nicholas Brody’s wife, Jessica, with whom he’d shacked up when the world assumed Brody had perished overseas.
Faber finally appears set to resume his place as the head of the Brody clan as the TV thriller wraps up its contentious second season this Sunday. Postmedia caught up with Klattenhoff to discuss Homeland’s critical reception, his character’s fate and what Sunday’s finale has in store. Q: What can you tell us about Sunday’s finale? A: I really can’t tell you too much. Expect big things, but it’s definitely going to raise some questions. Q: In the episode description, it says Mike and Brody share a drink. A: We reconnect ... Q: From the first season, Mike Faber’s role has been the polar opposite of his consistently inconsistent best friend. A: I think Mike’s motivation is pretty simple: I try to do the right thing in as many situations as possible. I think I’ll always be there for the family because I’m still in love with Jessica. There’s a code that comes with being a marine. Q: With that in mind, this season Mike began to see that Brody wasn’t exactly the American hero that both he and the government wanted him to believe. More specifically, he began digging into the death of Brody’s fellow marine turned terrorist Tom Walker. Do you think Mike is done with that search? A: I don’t know to be honest. I think it was pretty much dead in the water when (CIA operative and Brody paramour) Carrie (Claire Danes) came to Mike and said, “Stand the f--down. If you want to do right by the family this is the right thing to do.” I’m not exactly sure how much Mr. Faber bought that but we’ll see ... Q: This season has come under fire, especially from critics who feel the latter has felt more like creators Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa’s previous series, 24. Do you ever feel the need to defend the series? A: I don’t feel a need to defend the show. Q: What can viewers expect for Season 3? A: The writers are off right now hashing out the possibilities for Season 3 and you wouldn’t be able to get a straight answer out of them if you started water boarding or shocking them.