Timothy Olyphant has a blast on ‘Justified’ (Exclusive Interview)

Timothy Olyphant has a blast on ‘Justified’
Interview by Michael Aaron Gallagher of StayFamous.Net

The first season of “Justified” drew praise from television critics and audiences alike. Based on a character created by New York Times Best-Selling author Elmore Leonard, the FX original series explores a web of crime in rural Harlan County, Kentucky.

Michael Aaron Gallagher: “There are moments in the show that are unlike anything else you see on TV, whether it’s a grenade launcher blowing up a building, or the question of whether or not there was a bullet in Raylan’s gun when he points it at Boyd [Crowder]. What are some of the moments when you said this is great television?”

Timothy Olyphant: “I’m not a huge fan of every episode, but there’s not an episode that goes by without me finding – there’s something – there’s always something and I’m like, ‘That’s just – that’s good drama, you know, it’s good storytelling.’”

“It’s Art telling me I should get an Uzi and it’s walking into Mags’ store and asking her, ‘How’s business.’ You know for me, from an acting standpoint, it’s fun to be in a scene where me asking Mags, ‘How’s business,’ is both so conversational, small talk, and yet feels so loaded.”

“And I think that’s part of the brilliance of Elmore Leonard, and it’s very difficult to kind of replicate week after week. And I think our writers just do a fantastic job… it seems like small talk. It seems like he’s just kind of meandering, but really everything is kind of like a bullet, you know, headed towards… something very specific. And those moments are a blast, you know?”

“Justified” is produced by SONY Pictures Television and FX Productions and airs at 10 p.m. Wednesdays on FX. Click here to buy season one of “Justified” on DVD.