After spending most of his career on the big screen in such films as Heathers, Young Guns II, Pump Up the Volume Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, True Romance, Jimmy Hollywood, The Good Shepherd and most recently a voice role in the animated Igor, Christian Slater makes his debut as the lead on the small-screen in My Own Worst Enemy. Debuting Monday, October 13 at 10pm on NBC, Slater plays the dual role of average office worker Henry Spivey and deadly covert operative Edward Albright who unknowingly inhabit one body. With its geeky appeal, covert ops, and explosive action, Slater looks right at home on the small-screen.

With My Own Worst Enemy about to makes its series debut, we hopped on the line with Christian Slater to find out who he likes playing more, Henry or Edward, and how the show has a similar parallel to his former big screen hit Pump Up the Volume.

Christian Slater on covering all of Edward’s 13 languages during this season:

"I can imagine that there will be hints and glimpses of the languages he speaks. I mean, obviously I will do my best to the best of my ability to give the writers specifically what they want, and I will work as hard as I possibly can to achieve and make Edward as believable and realistic as possible. But, you know, it’s going to be a challenge and I don’t think I would’ve responded to the material if it weren’t going to be as challenging as it is."

Slater on playing the two stars of the show:

"When I go to work, I love to work. It’s difficult when you show up to work and you end up sitting in a trailer all day and you feel like, ‘Wow. Well, what was the point of this?’ So for this I can honestly say I haven’t spent a lot of time hanging out, sitting still, and it’s been like jumping on board of a very fast moving train and just hanging on and keeping up and enjoying the ride as much as possible. There is a lot of bouncing back and forth and a lot of twists and turns and it never stops moving, and I seem to really respond to that kind of atmosphere."

Slater’s plans on maintaining that energy level throughout 22 episodes:

"I think, just take care of myself, hang out with people that are supportive and caring and nurturing. And when you go to work it feels much more like a [family], because the crew is so great and I’m really enjoying working with all of these people. It hasn’t felt tedious or agonizing. It’s felt pleasurable and like a real fun experience. I mean, we’re spending a lot of time laughing and being creative and the directors that have come in have been phenomenal, wonderful, and incredibly easy to work with. So that makes the job that much easier."

On whether he’s more like Henry or Edward and who he likes to play the most and who is easier to play:

"It’s interesting, as we’ve gone along I think in the beginning when I first read the pilot and we started filming I thought, ‘Gosh, I really want to be Edward.’ Edward is this cool guy, you know, tough guy, and as we’ve gone along I discovered that I really like Henry and find him to be a very relatable character, a very human guy. And I’m certainly enjoying, as we go along, discovering more and more things about that particular character. For me, hopefully, I’m - Well, I don’t ever want to be the extreme of Edward, so I’m somewhere in the middle between the two. If I could hang out with one in particular I’d feel a lot safer with Henry."

On whether he feels a TV show can have the same impact and staying power of his films like Pump Up the Volume and True Romance:

"I think so. I mean, certain shows have been quite historic. A lot of the shows that I grew up with - Well, I mean come on - Star Trek is certainly a show that has staying power and I was a huge fan of. So without a doubt shows if they’re done well, with integrity and interesting charters that people can relate to, certainly have the ability to stand the test of time. And if people are putting their heart and souls into them, it comes across."

Slater on the similarities of Pump Up the Volume and My Own Worst Enemy:

"Well, in Pump Up the Volume I think I played pretty specifically a very shy high school kid, who by night was this guy who had this other personality that he only felt comfortable being inside his own room. So I like the duality of that. I like sort of the Clark Kent/Superman aspects of that particular film."

Christian Slater on whether his past bad boy image helped him get the role:

"I don’t know if it specifically helped me get this particular role. I think you’d probably have to ask the director or producer or somebody in charge. But I don’t know, honestly. I was in London doing a play over there and Terry Weinberg and Katie O’Connell came over and we had a meeting and I think they had seen the play and got a sense that this may be something I could participate in. They told be about this particular story and it sounded very interesting to me and Ben Silverman was relentless in his pursuit. It was just one of those opportunities I think I would’ve been crazy not to agree to."