Interview: Austin Basis Talks Beauty and the Beast

 Austin, Kristin and Jay behind the scenes (source)

SY: Kristin Kreuk plays homicide detective Catherine Chandler, and Jay Ryan portrays Dr. Vincent Koslow, the two title characters on ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ What has working with the two of them been like?

AB: It’s funny, because most of my scenes are just with them. They’re in the pilot and the scenes we’ve shot so far have been great. There’s an ease and relaxation that you don’t always get in work situations. It makes it easier to do your job and act and make believe that this person has been your best friend since childhood. Or make believe that this five-foot, 100-pound woman is a threat to your livelihood.

Both of them, just personality-wise, are just great. We usually shoot all of our scenes in the same day, because they’re usually in the same location. So I get to see them work, and that’s just a fun thing. To watch them work together through a scene, find the ups and downs, ins and outs, things that draw them closer, and the chemistry they have on screen when they work together, will be evident when people watch the show. I think that’s going to be one of the things that people talk about most when the show airs. It’s a tangible thing, their chemistry.

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