Earlier today, The CW announced it has picked up One puno burol for a full season.
To many fans of the show, this is exciting for one huge reason: madami Robert Buckley!
The former Lipstick Jungle bituin has come aboard the long-time series in the role of Clay. In an exclusive interview, he tells TV Fanatic about joining the cast, as well as not wearing a shirt...
TV Fanatic: Are you wearing a sando right now?
Robert Buckley: Yes.
TV Fanatic: Does it ever bother you that you're almost as well known for your literal body of work as for your pagganap skills?
Buckley: No, because it was never to the detriment of my performance. Going back to Lipstick Jungle, I know I received compliments on the superficial, so to speak, but it was never sinabi in a way that implied I lacked talent as an actor.
That being said, I knew I wanted a new role that was madami than just the half-naked, uri ng bahay boy. You'll see me in a lot madami clothing on One puno Hill.
TV Fanatic: You've come aboard a long-running ipakita and sort of replaced one of its bigger stars, Chad Michael Murray. Have you felt any pressure in that regard?
Buckley: I never looked at it that way. The ipakita jumped ahead 14 months, so Lucas and Peyton had a child and left; it was a natural course of events.
A lot can happen in real life in a year's time, so there's wasn't pressure to fill anyone's shoes. The storyline made sense that I wouldn't be treated as a replacement.
TV Fanatic: Did it help that you weren't the only new cast member this season? (Jana Kramer and Shantel VanSanten are also new regulars.)
Buckley: I felt self-imposed pressure because the ipakita has been a success for six years. I felt like the new kid in school, but I buddied up quickly with Shanel. We were like the two kids not sitting at the cool mesa at lunch.
I didn't know anyone else in the cast at first, but everyone was so warm and welcoming.
TV Fanatic: How did you approach the role of a sports agent? That profession doesn't have the best reputation.
Buckley: I sinabi right away that I had no interest in playing Clay as the stereotypical, one-note agent. Someone with no redeeming qualities gets old really fast.
To prepare, I actually watched a movie I already loved: Glengarry Glen Ross. It helped give me an idea of how to argue and how to go head-to-head against someone.
TV Fanatic: Can you give us any One puno burol spoilers.
Buckley: We've already alluded to a mystery in Clay's past. In the first episode, he sinabi he doesn't believe in love. That's an interesting statement. It will be explained madami over the susunod five episodes. Viewers will find out madami about who Clay really is. Why is he in puno burol and not Los Angeles?
To many fans of the show, this is exciting for one huge reason: madami Robert Buckley!
The former Lipstick Jungle bituin has come aboard the long-time series in the role of Clay. In an exclusive interview, he tells TV Fanatic about joining the cast, as well as not wearing a shirt...
TV Fanatic: Are you wearing a sando right now?
Robert Buckley: Yes.
TV Fanatic: Does it ever bother you that you're almost as well known for your literal body of work as for your pagganap skills?
Buckley: No, because it was never to the detriment of my performance. Going back to Lipstick Jungle, I know I received compliments on the superficial, so to speak, but it was never sinabi in a way that implied I lacked talent as an actor.
That being said, I knew I wanted a new role that was madami than just the half-naked, uri ng bahay boy. You'll see me in a lot madami clothing on One puno Hill.
TV Fanatic: You've come aboard a long-running ipakita and sort of replaced one of its bigger stars, Chad Michael Murray. Have you felt any pressure in that regard?
Buckley: I never looked at it that way. The ipakita jumped ahead 14 months, so Lucas and Peyton had a child and left; it was a natural course of events.
A lot can happen in real life in a year's time, so there's wasn't pressure to fill anyone's shoes. The storyline made sense that I wouldn't be treated as a replacement.
TV Fanatic: Did it help that you weren't the only new cast member this season? (Jana Kramer and Shantel VanSanten are also new regulars.)
Buckley: I felt self-imposed pressure because the ipakita has been a success for six years. I felt like the new kid in school, but I buddied up quickly with Shanel. We were like the two kids not sitting at the cool mesa at lunch.
I didn't know anyone else in the cast at first, but everyone was so warm and welcoming.
TV Fanatic: How did you approach the role of a sports agent? That profession doesn't have the best reputation.
Buckley: I sinabi right away that I had no interest in playing Clay as the stereotypical, one-note agent. Someone with no redeeming qualities gets old really fast.
To prepare, I actually watched a movie I already loved: Glengarry Glen Ross. It helped give me an idea of how to argue and how to go head-to-head against someone.
TV Fanatic: Can you give us any One puno burol spoilers.
Buckley: We've already alluded to a mystery in Clay's past. In the first episode, he sinabi he doesn't believe in love. That's an interesting statement. It will be explained madami over the susunod five episodes. Viewers will find out madami about who Clay really is. Why is he in puno burol and not Los Angeles?