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How dead is Reaper? Although star Bret Harrison tells us a comic book about the canceled CW series is in the works, that’s the only way the hellish adventures of Sam and Sock are likely to continue anytime soon. Tyler Labine, who played Sock to Harrison’s Sam, says syndication speculation is groundless: “I think it’s not officially, officially dead but as far as everyone is concerned, it’s over,” he says. Of course, the two would happily reunite for a movie. “Yeah, the R-rated version of Reaper,” Harrison says. “There’s a lot of things you do on set before you shoot the actual taping that would be a lot of fun.” To mark the second and final season’s recent release on DVD, the pair also talked about why they wish the show had gone to hell.

TVGuide.com: Reaper’s season finale left us hanging. Viewers aren’t sure where the show would have gone if it were renewed. Any guesses?
Harrison: I feel like we could have had a better finale but we were — to give the writers credit — we didn’t necessarily know if we were coming back or not. I think there’s some really good things to the finale. I really liked the idea that they were hinting at Andi, Missy Peregrym’s character, that she was going to probably be a reaper in the next season. I thought there was some really good stuff. At the same time, we weren’t able to necessarily answer a lot of questions that we probably wanted to.

TVGuide.com: What questions did you want answered?
Labine: I always wanted to know, especially by the time we got to the finale, how much Ben and Sock were going to fit into the whole reaping thing, and whether we would ever get to meet the devil, and work with the devil… and also at the end of the finale I really liked the idea that they opened up the whole heaven-and-hell aspect, and that Michael Ian Black was going to basically become Bret’s guardian angel. I thought that could have been really cool, if they’d blown that out on a massive scale, made it more of a heaven-versus-hell storyline. But we’ll never know.

TVGuide.com: We get asked a lot about Tyler’s new show, Sons of Tucson. How’s that going?
Labine: Great — the pilot turned out really, really well. Fox is really behind it. They’ve put us in an amazing timeslot after The Simpsons and before Family Guy, which is great, on their Sunday night Animation Domination bloc. We’re clearly not an animated show, but whatever. I will be very, very animated on the show — like watching a Linklater film. We’ve been picked up for a midseason order, which is great too. … We’ve got a really good show on our hands. It’s a great character. It’s not Sock, which is sad now, because I’m just mourning the death of Sock, but it’s great to not be playing the same character.

TVGuide.com: And Bret, what’s next for you?
Harrison: I’m doing reshoots on a movie I shot about six months ago called Mardi Gras for Sony Screen Gems and I’m just doing some development stuff, working with a few different writers on some projects. We’re going to go into NBC and pitch after the end of the month.

TVGuide.com: This show was a big breakthrough for all the major characters except Ray Wise. How did it change your lives?
Labine: It was not a breakthrough for Ray, but it was a nice resurgence for Ray.

Harrison: Ray got a lot of love for this show. He should have gotten an Emmy. … I mean, that said, it was great for all our careers. It was really cool for me because I was always kind of looked at as a half-hour guy. I would go into meetings and it was like, “Well, you know. You’re a half-hour guy. You’re a sitcom guy.” … This was a chance for me to do something different, and still there was a lot of comedy in it.

Labine: For me, I was kind of the king of the dipsh–s for failed hour-long shows. I’d been on a bit of a warpath with hour-long shows. … You never know what show is going to hit people the right way and what show is the one that’s going to open doors for you. But I’d been sort of working away for a long time in hour-long and honestly didn’t know — I think a lot of us signed on to do the pilot because the script was good and Kevin Smith was attached. I’ll do anything with Kevin. We shot the pilot, and lo and behold it was the one that did end up opening doors. I owe a lot to Reaper for letting me showcase things that a lot of other people wouldn’t.  {source}

As hardcore fans know, the CW discontinued the cult series Reaper as of this June. All they are left with is the DVD collections for the show’s two seasons, the second of which is hitting the market right now.

Then again, there were many who were pleasantly surprised when the CW even picked up Reaper to begin with. Among them were the show’s stars, Bret Harrison (Sam Oliver, right) and Tyler Labine (Bert “Sock” Wyzocki, left).

“Kind of, actually,” Harrison admits. “From what I heard, when they finished the pilot and were testing it, everybody raised their hand to say they liked it…except THE one person. That was a huge thing for me to hear because I didn’t really see Reaper anywhere on the CW.” Read the rest of this entry »

After coming back from the brink of TV Hell due to the Writers Guild of America strike during its first season, the popular CW series, Reaper, found its on-air legs along with a loyal audience, which helped to give the series a second season. Starring Bret Harrison in the role of Sam Oliver who works for the Devil to track down escaped souls from Hell, Reaper became a uniquely original series that appealed to both genders in a CW line-up dominated by such wildly popular female teen shows as Gossip Girl and 90210. Amid an rapidly changing television landscape where even some of the most popular shows with loyal fans are falling victim to the ratings axe, the cast of Reaper, which includes Bret Harrison, Tyler Labine, Ray Wise, Rick Gonzalez, Missy Peregrym, and Andrew Airlie, haven’t quite been able to escape TV Hell to see Reaper live on for a third season.

Now out on DVD as of June 9, Reaper: Season 2 may very well be the last run hellish fans will see of Reaper unless another network picks the series up, which looks unlikely. To celebrate the Season 2 DVD release of Reaper, The Deadbolt souls escaped online entertainment Hell long enough to relive Reaper with show star Bret Harrison who filled us in on everything from the status of Reaper, Sam Oliver going to the dark side, how Reaper fit into The CW line-up next to Gossip Girl and 90210, and whether he could really beat the Devil in a game of quarters.

THE DEADBOLT: I really like the DVD cover with you in the Karate pose.

BRET HARRISON: Yeah, I haven’t seen that. Friends keep telling me I’m doing a crazy looking Karate pose or something.

THE DEADBOLT: I also loved the “Rocky” episode where you were training in the warehouse. How tough or fun were the physical aspects of the show for you?

HARRISON: Actually, in the second season that was my favorite because it was so physical, especially with the boxing. We brought in a choreographer and we had to figure out that challenge. It sounds like it wasn’t just a few shifts to kind of capture my abilities, kind of do our research to get it done, we put a lot into specifically that episode and a lot of time to get the physical aspects down and it was a physically demanding episode.

I mean, during the season I was riding around on Tyler’s shoulders, or something, because he had to hold me up, otherwise I was going to die because there was this invisible noose around my neck. You get done and you just feel, “All right, man. I worked my ass off today and that’s what it’s all about.” Read the rest of this entry »

Nine years ago, a 17-year-old Bret Harrison left his Oregon home and headed to LA in search of fame. “I just went after what I wanted,” he recalls. “Ignorance is bliss. I didn’t think of all the variables. I just hopped in my car and drove.”
Before long, the go-getting teen was landing guest gigs on such high-profile dramas as Law & Order: S.V.U. and The O.C. In 2004, Harrison tested his comedy skills with a recurring role in the sitcom, Grounded For Life.
Now the 26-year-old has finally gained leading-man status with his lead turn in the offbeat fantasy, Reaper. The sitcom casts Harrison as Sam Oliver, a clueless college dropout who, on his 21st birthday, learns that his parents sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his dad’s life. Bret Harrison speaks about his role in Reaper (to go on air on Star World).

What attracted you to Reaper?
Working for the Devil was kind of an attractive thing. I also get to work with Kevin Smith (the cult director who helmed the pilot and serves as a consultant on the series). I felt fortunate enough to be a part of this because I had also worked with the show’s writers Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters on Law & Order: S.V.U.

Sam is drawn into a fantasy world, dealing with demons and the Devil. How can you relate to a character like that?
I relate to Sam in the sense that he has a lot going on. He’s holding down a job (at a hardware store) as well as a job with the Devil. He’s got Andi (Missy Peregrym, Life As We Know It) that he’s in love with and he doesn’t want to tell her. Sam feels like he’s all over the place, and I often feel the same. I think he needs to go meditate ~ and I can definitely relate to that!

Is there pressure being the lead of the show?
Yeah, a little bit! What freaks me out is that the shooting hours are crazy. But at the same time, I wouldn’t want it any other way.

Why does the Devil choose Sam?
I think maybe the Devil might not be who he is! The Devil might not be the real deal, and we’ve only hinted at stuff like that. The devil is somewhat of a fatherly figure and he’s teaching Sam. He hasn’t had to do anything for the last 21 years, so now he’s turning Sam into a man.

How do you see your character changing over the season?
I’d like to see him a little more motivated. He’s a slacker, but I think he has to get excited by these new powers. When Spiderman turns into Spiderman, he starts to appreciate the fact that webs are coming out of his hands. I think Sam will eventually accept his power and be thrilled to be reaping souls.

(Reaper premieres on Star World on 13 April at 10 p.m.)