“Because you’re forced to go to places emotionally and mentally that you wouldn’t go normally.”
“It has been a dark couple of years for this dude,” he continues.
“It really has.
Josh Duhamel as Staten Kirkland in ‘Ransom Canyon’.Credit:Courtesy Netflix
And for me, yes, you carry it, but you also don’t want to play it.
I’m trying to cover that up.
He wasn’t sure if he was even ready.”
Eoin Macken as Davis Collins and Josh Duhamel as Staten Kirkland in ‘Ransom Canyon’.Courtesy Netflix
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Staten can’t get Quinn out of his head.
Where does this obsession come from?
JOSH DUHAMEL:One of the things about that relationship is that he’s known her forever.
Josh Duhamel as Staten Kirkland in ‘Ransom Canyon’.Anna Kooris/Netflix
So he doesn’t ever think of her as anything other than just a friend.
He sees her through a different lens and he doesn’t know how to deal with that.
He doesn’t know how to deal with much in that regard, especially her.
So that’s also fun.
I want to play a guy who’s pretty f—ed up, and he is.
Staten makes this offer to Davis that they merge and fight back against AWP.
Do you think he genuinely wants to work with him, or is that just a last-ditch olive branch?
These two families have been at each other’s throats forever.
So it is an olive branch.
Josh Duhamel as Staten Kirkland in ‘Ransom Canyon’.Courtesy Netflix
His intentions are true.
If there is a season 2, how might that friendship continue to develop?
What is it that Staten sees in Yancy?
Minka Kelly as Quinn O’Grady, Josh Duhamel as Staten Kirkland.Courtesy Netflix
Or even offering to join powers with Davis.
He’s willing to extend an olive branch to people you wouldn’t expect him to.
Why can’t Staten just be supportive of Quinn’s New York offer?
Does he have any concept of the damage that reaction is doing?
No, he doesn’t.
It’s because he doesn’t know how to properly express what he’s feeling.
He doesn’t want her to go but he doesn’t know how to say that straight out.
He has to be an a–hole about it to cover his own insecurities.
I don’t know.
That would do him a lot of good.
Living in that impulsive, reactive state, he takes a swing at Davis.
What repercussions might that have for him going forward?
I don’t think he’s worried about that.
His mistake is not the punching, it’s letting Davis get under his skin.
That’s what he’s more pissed off about.
We learn later that the punch is part of Davis’s plan to attempt to undermine Staten.
Is Staten remotely prepared for what might be coming?
I don’t think so he sees that coming.
I definitely don’t think he thinks his dad is behind it.
There’s a lot going on.
It’s like any small town, to be honest.
Everybody knows everybody’s business and familiarity breeds contempt.
All these things are true, especially when they all have such history.
It is hard to let things go.
Why does he leave his bracelet from Quinn on the bar?
Is there a touch of the martyr about him there?
If he could just tell her what he feels, he’d get a totally different outcome.
He doesn’t talk about feelings.
This is not a guy who is comfortable with any of that.
The person actually responsible for Randall’s death has been arrested.
What does having that person in custody mean for him?
Can that put some of his turmoil to rest?
It’s not going to bring back his kid.
It’s a small victory knowing he’s got some peace of mind and what actually happened.
Knowing that his gut was right.
But I don’t think he takes any real gratification from it.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Ransom Canyonseason 1 is streaming now on Netflix.
