Billy’s like, “I’m going to stay here and face the music.
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Virgil’s trying to take him to the border, over to Canada, to escape going to trial. There is a scene where they get in this tremendous argument, where Billy just lays it out like it is. When he breaks formation with his dad for whatever reason, it’s not cool. And Jack was cool, so long as he followed along.Īnd there may be a little of that with the Lothario that Virgil is.
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It was Lucifer’s story, and Jack had to follow along. Lucifer would probably be the closest, because he was such a narcissist, it was really all about Lucifer. PELLEGRINO: I think Bishop in BEING HUMAN was a caring father, and a guilty one, like so many of us who grew up making mistakes with our kids that never seem to go away. So, there’s nothing really fatherly in my other parts that carries …ĪX: What about Lucifer in SUPERNATURAL and the vampire Bishop in BEING HUMAN? Virgil, I think, has to be dragged kicking and screaming into adulthood, and Grace is the one who does that by reminding him that he has these responsibilities that he easily forfeits for sleeping with whoever will sleep with him, whoever will give him a bed to sleep in for that night. MARK PELLEGRINO: I think that Bill Standall really loved his son, and he made mistakes early on, not really being able to identify with his son, who his son was, but he really tried to be a good father, he was really present, and again, saves his son’s life. Have your previous roles of playing the father of a sulky adult or near-adult son helped prepare you for Virgil’s relationship with Billy?
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Virgil is rather resentful that town sheriff/Grace’s lover Del Harris (Jeff Daniels) is also trying to help Billy.Īdditionally, Pellegrino discusses the ending he would have liked to see for his SUPERNATURAL character Lucifer, and more.ĪSSIGNMENT X: By now, you’ve had a little experience of playing either actual fathers or father figures. Virgil and Billy’s mom Grace (Maura Tierney) are no longer together, and Virgil is not the most responsible person, but in his way, he tries to help his son. Virgil is the father of Billy Poe (Alex Neustaedter), a young man accused of murder in the small town of Buell, Pennsylvania. In Part 2 of our exclusive interview with actor Mark Pellegrino, he talks more about his role on Virgil Poe in AMERICAN RUST, which is on Sunday nights on Showtime. Mark Pellegrino as Virgil Poe in AMERICAN RUST – Season 1 | ©2021 Matthias Clamer/Showtime