Eads On How He Found Being Evel

He plays a character whose line of work often helps bring felons to justice -- but now George Eads (Nick Stokes) would like to be a superhero as well as a super crime-solver.

In an interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer published on INQ7, Eads discussed his recent work voicing 'Captain Atom' on the animated Justice League Unlimited series and his desire to play a live-action superhero. But he was especially excited to portray his childhood hero Evel Knievel in a recent telemovie of the same name.

"Evel Knievel was a TNT original movie that aired last summer. I'll be doing the narration for the DVD in a couple of weeks," said Eads. "My research was very extensive. He's pretty hard on himself. He's got health problems now. I talked to his son Robbie, and he really appreciated the way I played him. He'll appreciate it too."

Playing real-life superhero Knievel isn't the only time he'd like to be perceived as a man of steel – Eads also said that he is "itching" to play a fictional live-action superhero too. "I would like to do an action movie," said Eads. "In between seasons, I can do that. That's one of the things I really want to do."

Eads noted he would love to have voiced Superman in the aforementioned Justice League Unlimited animation, and indeed has auditioned for the new animated Batman series. "I'm an artist," said Eads,"I love doing voice acting like that." But where does this particular artist draw his inspiration from?

Eads credits encouraging parents, as well as inspiration from and admiration for actors such as Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Robert Redford. But more recently, he feels he's learned much from his fellow CSI cast members, particularly William Petersen (Gil Grissom) and Marg Helgenberger (Catherine Willows.

"When I watch [William Petersen's] scenes, it feels so conversational," he said. "I forget the cameras are there. He just does things I file in my memory bank." It's far from the only thing he's learned whilst on set though – the constant technobabble has given him a head for technical language and even an understanding of the concepts behind it.

"Once I actually know what it is, I can act the scene better," said Eads. "It takes five to 10 minutes with the technical instructor. It also expands my vocabulary."

For the full interview, including his real life relationship with Gary Dourdan (Warrick Brown), his thoughts of the future of the show and its spinoffs, plus details of his romantic liaisons, head over to INQ7.net.

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