In the fifth and final season of ALLBLK’s show “Double Cross,” Jeff Logan, who plays Eric Cross. is on a mission to take down the person who kidnapped his newborn son. Logan spoke with rolling out about the final season and what to expect, his growth from the first season, and tips for aspiring actors.
What’s the biggest thing you’ve seen change from season one to season five?
The characters get to have depth to them. You get to see what makes them tick and why they do what they do. Then you get to connect certain things. You’re like, “He feels this way because it has happened. She’s like that because this happened in her childhood.” Then you get to kind of connect all these dots. Just like any show that has multiple seasons. As you progress, you get to connect dots and you figure stuff out on your own. Or you take guesses and you’re like, “I think he did it.” I would say it connects the dots and it answers those questions that anybody has.
What should people expect from your character in the final season?
A– kicking, pistol-whipping, shooting, yelling and a range of emotions. This guy gets his kid taken at the end of Season 4, and he finds out who did it and he goes [after that person]. It’s vigilante justice the wrong way.
What’s the one thing aspiring actors should know when they get into the industry?
One, that they’re better than they think, and the people that they look up to are just humans, but they’re also technicians. They have to see how seriously the person takes it. Are going to show up to work? Are you going to get into character? Are you just going to say the words or are you going to birth the words? Everything in between the lines is the most important part.
Two, just study people. There are about 50 billion characters in a grocery store. I’m talking about the old dude or lady, the young dude, the kid running around grabbing stuff, this life is a scene if you just pay attention. You can act like people. If someone says act like your uncle, you would get into character. So it’s the same thing. Kids do the best impersonation because they don’t care about anything. When you take the youthful presence out of it and stop having fun and make it like a rigid job, then it’s going to turn out whack versus if you flip the switch, get into character, and have that fun with it. I would say that the best people are youth-like: they’re flexible, and they can just get into character.
You also have the best opportunity when you’re on set. If you’re in this industry and you’re an extra getting paid $100 a day, you get to be on set and just watch.
