Mark Proksch:I feel good.
io9: What was the most challenging scene you had to film?
Proksch:Gosh, they all melt together.
Photo: Pari Dukovic/FX
You know, we film in the middle of winter in Toronto and were often filming throughout that night.
So that is usually the most difficult stuff.
Do you think hes the most human of the vampires?
Photo: Russ Martin/FX
Hell drain them, but he wants to keep them alive so he can keep coming back to them.
I think hes a little more enlightened in that sense.
But yeah, I think his feelings can get hurt.
But thats the curse of being an energy vampire.
How close can you get to a person?
io9: I always appreciate his approach to pop culture.
Hes obviously the most pop-culture savvy of the vampires, but he picks up on the weirdest stuff.
Proksch:Yeah, thats usually coming from me.
What is it about their friendship that makes them so non-competitive?
Proksch:Weve talked about it just in passing.
Theyre an odd couple.
So he puts up with Laszlo being a bully and being an idiot.
And I think Laszlo is just so self-involved, he doesnt care who hes around.
We didnt train as actors or anything like that.
So we just do it instead of focusing on the meaning behind it.
Thats probably why it works, is that theyre an odd couple.
Did you draw from any real-life experiences for those scenes?
Proksch:Gosh, yeah.
But yeah, I would soak up their reactions and all of that.
What do you think he keeps in all those file boxes?
And so for that to be hidden behind Colin Robinsons dingy wallsto me that was really funny.
io9: Whats been your favoriteWhat We Do in the Shadowsmoment so far?
Proksch:Its coming up this season, I think.
I liked when I was a teenager, Colin as a teenagerthat was fun.
So I really liked when we did have scenes together.
Im just so happy that were going out on a high note this season.
It really is, I think, the funniest season.
And I think the finale is unlike any finale weve seen on TV, especially in comedy.
io9: What will you miss most aboutWhat We Do in the Shadowsand playing Colin?
It sounds like you made some lasting friendships there.
Were all friends with everyone.
And, you know, its rare in this day and ageI have been so lucky.
I do say no to a lot of stuff, but its not planned when youre offered great stuff.
Ive just been really lucky.
Im going to miss that opportunity until hopefully the next time it comes up.
Its so rare to have a show youre proud to be on these days.
io9: Did you keep anything from the set?
Proksch:I kept a lot of little things here and there.
Some of the cast took rugs or furniture.
Just a small little thing that reminds me ofShadows, stuff like that.
I took just a handful.
I took one of those boxes, actually.
Because it says Colin Robinson on it and has dates.
I have the Baby Colins, they let me take those.
And some of Colin Robinsons journals, I grabbed.
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