Logan Marshall-Green, who plays Pete “Cal” Calvin in the TV series "The Marshals," discusses Season 2, which picks up immediately where Season 1 left off with Cal and Belle surviving an attack by Weaver's men. Marshall-Green expresses doubt about the longevity of Cal’s and Belle’s relationship, describing it as dysfunctional due to their dangerous work environment and personal feelings for each other. He also talks about his commitment to performing stunts himself to maintain continuity in the show's action sequences.
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The Marshals Season 2 premiere picks up right where the Season 1 finale left off: Pete “Cal” Calvin (Logan Marshall-Green) and Belle Skinner (Arielle Kebbel) are in the midst of a gunfight with mystery assailants.
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Calvin → pick → assailants
Thankfully, the two survive and quickly work together with their team to figure out that wannabe rancher/ all-around crook Tom Weaver (Chris Mulkey) is behind the attacks on Calvin and Skinner and the raid on East Camp.
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Weaver → survive → Camp
Realizing that Weaver has lured Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) to his stronghold in Wyoming by taking his son, Tate (Brecken Merrill), Cal and the Marshals set off in a chopper to join in Kayce’s fight.
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Cal → realize → fight
One of the perks of working on Marshals for Marshall-Green is the incredible stunt work he gets to do.
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he → work → Green
“I’ve always been an actor who is protective over character,” says Marshall-Green.
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Green → say → character
“I’ve always viewed stunts as part of the job.
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I → view → job
My stunt double’s job is to keep me safe, but also to support me if I want to do certain things myself.”
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I → keep → things
While Marshall-Green stressed the “need” for stuntmen and stuntwomen on-set, he also acknowledged that “if you use a stunt double for certain sequences, it means you have to cut, and it could potentially be a weak edit.”
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it → stress → sequences
That’s why it’s always been “important” for Marshall-Green “to be the guy on the celluloid.”
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Green → ’ → celluloid
In addition to stunts, Marshall-Green continues to delve into Cal’s psyche as he juggles the demands of being a U.S. Marshal with a devastating cancer diagnosis.
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he → continue → diagnosis
“Because he’s a SEAL with this incredible drive, he feels like he can work and go through treatments at the same time,” said Marshall-Green.
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Green → ’ → time
“He’s done hard things before, but I think you’ll see that he’s biting off a little more than he can chew as the season goes on.”
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season → do → more
Marshall-Green hopped on a Zoom to discuss the Season 2 premiere, share his thoughts on Cal’s and Belle’s budding connection, and tease the “devolution” of Cal in the upcoming episodes.
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Green → hop → episodes
What do you think of Season 2 picking right up where Season 1 ended?
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Season → think → What
It felt like just that.
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It → feel → that
I mean, we had a hiatus, but I don’t remember it.
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I → mean → it
We went right back into it with a very similar crew and cast.
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We → go → crew
It just feels like one massive, beautiful season instead of being split into Seasons 1 and 2.
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It → feel → Seasons
I was happy that Cal and Belle survived the sneak attack by Weaver’s men!
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Cal → survive → men
Do you think this is another incident that bonds them together?
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that → think → them
You know, I’ve never looked at it that way.
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I → know → it
Likely, being able to survive by helping each other has indirectly impacted their relationship.
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being → survive → relationship
It’s something that puts a huge magnifying glass on working with someone you have feelings for.
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you → ’ → feelings
It’s not easy, certainly.
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It creates more drama and more stakes and more peril.
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It → create → drama
In their line of work, the person they are next to could die at any time.
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they → die → time
Cal gets to channel his inner Sherlock Holmes as he and the team put together the clues to figure out that Weaver is behind the attacks.
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Weaver → get → attacks
It’s interesting to see him thrive in detective mode.
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him → ’ → mode
Was that a fun side of Cal to get to play?
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that → get → Cal
He’s a team leader among an impressive group of crime fighters.
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He → ’ → fighters
They’re all leaders, but he just happens to be the guy with the office.
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he → ’re → office
You’ll see that the technicians play more of a role in Season 2, which I really love.
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I → see → which
With their help in the premiere episode, Cal is able to put things together and understand that he and Belle were not just randomly attacked; there are much bigger fish to fry.
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he → put → things
Cal rallies the Marshals, and they take off in a chopper for Wyoming to help Kayce save Tate and stop Weaver.
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Kayce → rally → Weaver
Did you get to ride in that chopper?
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you → get → chopper
Yeah, we all worked in the chopper.
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we → work → chopper
Our incredible stunt doubles did the fly-by in the field.
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doubles → do → field
We have a pilot who is just killer and went up and down in the chopper with us to get certain shots.
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who → have → shots
It’s intense when you’ve got the rotors going and you also have lines to deliver.
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you → ’ → lines
It’s also important for me to convey that this is old hat for Cal.
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this → ’ → Cal
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