Conference Call Highlights:

Paul Ben-Victor on his character in In Plain Sight:

"It’s an interesting character because, in the first season, I’m sort of sprinkled in around the show. I’m not as present as I think I’m going to be in the second season. But basically, it’s a comedic character. It’s definitely geared toward the comedy of the show; there’s a lot of terrific banter between the two leads. I’m sort of Mary’s reluctant boss and I think I probably have some sort of fatherly kind of, parental caring for her. I’m sort of like a dad figure and he’s very caring and very careful for Mary, but she definitely wears the pants in the office and we’re all sort of tip-toeing around waiting for her emotional levels to change. So, we’re sort of following her lead."

Ben-Victor on the difference between this character and previous characters, like in The Wire:

"This one is definitely lighter fare. There’s definitely some heavy moments that you have to play, there’s some life-threatening and life-saving moments in the show. Generally, I do gear toward comedic characters. Or, if they’re not, I’ll try to find the comedy in there because I just like making people laugh. It’s just something I need to do. In The Wire, that just wasn’t there. It just wasn’t even hinted at obviously in the writing, so there was nothing funny about that character. And so, I just dive into the drama of it and try to make it as chilling and as scary as I possibly could with doing very little. So, that was my task in The Wire. I was trying to do as much as Michael Corleone, as simple acting as I could but keeping the weight and the power and the danger under it all somehow. Again, I’m not sure how I do it. I just sort of feel it."

Paul Ben-Victor on filming in New Mexico as compared to L.A.:

"Most of the work I’ve done over the years has been on the road. I enjoy being on the road. It’s a calming place to be. You’re away from home; you can really focus on your work. There are so many interruptions when I’m at home with phone calls and meetings and stuff like that, so it’s kind of a pleasant get away to be on the road and working on a show. And Albuquerque, as you may know, you’re right near Santa Fe - beautiful country there and beautiful places to visit - so I enjoyed New Mexico quite a bit. Like I said, I just love being on the road. But the other great thing is that it’s also just a hop, skip, and a jump back to L.A. So, it’s definitely a convenient place to be as opposed to shooting in Canada somewhere, or Europe, or god knows where you could be sent in this business. It’s definitely a wonderful place to shoot and I’m looking forward to it again."

For more on In Plain Sight at The Deadbolt, check out our recent interview with the show's creative gurus David Maples and Paul Stupin.