Warning: This story contains spoilers forBlood & Treasureseason 2, episode 3.
Danny McNamara (Matt Barr) is finding it hard to trust.
How has Danny been affected by what happened while hunting for Farouk?
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Kate has her own agenda, but she’s also a figure from Danny’s past.
Can you speak to how she impacts Danny both in terms of the mission and his relationship with Lexi?
One of my favorite dynamics is Danny and Father Chuck (Mark Gagliardi).
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This season, we see Chuck with the team more.
What’s it like to bring that dynamic on the road?
What I love about season 2 is our gang goes rogue.
It makes for a much richer character palette.
Even Chuck, a man of church, has even gone rogue.
It makes for a much more dynamic season in that sense.
Danny seems more relaxed this season in terms of what he’s willing to do.
In this episode, he pulls a sting on the CIA.
Do you see this shift as Lexi rubbing off on him or something else?
Danny gets very excited while in Stalin’s bunker, which tracks with his character.
It’s a great question.
That’s something we talk about everyday on this series.
As Matt, I want to be Indiana Jones, so I get to live vicariously through Danny.
I’m a big history buff and that’s one of my biggest attractions to this project.
I get to live the experience I imagined as a kid, the life of Indiana Jones.
This episode brings Simon back into play.
How is it different for you playing opposite the real version of the character?
He’s playing himself, but he’s essentially a new character.
All facades aside, unlike in season 1, they can’t bulls— each other now.
It makes them both dangerous in a way.
The character, and also James Callis' performance, because he’s a genius in that way.
It’s funny to see Danny caught off guard by him at times.
This episode ends with Danny and Lexi making a dangerous ally in Simon’s contact Andre Levchenko.
What can you share about the next stop on the duo’s quest?
They’re going to the Lion’s den with him.
What is it like to tell a period piece in this Western?
The closest we get is in this line of work.
I’m actually in Santa Fe right now and they built this old Western town.
It’s like you walk right into 1871.
There’s a salon and bank; goats, cattle, horses.
It’s a trip walking back in time.
You put on the boots and the hats, everyone’s in their wardrobe.
It’s maybe the closest we get to touching that experience.
That’s part of the thrill of being an actor.
This interview has been edited and condensedfor length and clarity.
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