The videogame has finally been adapted for TV – with the former Wire actor in the lead. He talks about his lean years after the legendary show aired – and losing his Halo character the Master Chief’s famous helmet
. If a network sticks the landing, a Halo TV show could be a significant weapon in its arsenal. But it’s a big if.takes place at a time of intergalactic war between humans and a collective of quasi-religious alien species known as the Covenant. The protagonist is the Master Chief, or John-117, a 6ft 10in augmented super-soldier and the poster boy of the human campaign against the Covenant – think Hercules reimagined as a space marine.
“People are pissed that their image of who this guy was – which is really tied up in themselves – is being dismantled,” says Schreiber. “Our hope is that … that decision to make the first season as uncomfortable as it is for so many people will pay off over the course of the long-form series.” It didn’t get any easier in production. “It was the toughest physical challenge of my career, for sure,” says Schreiber. I’ve always been a guy who prides myself on keeping my stuntmen on the sidelines. I realised very quickly on this show that it was impossible.”Schreiber grew up in British Columbia. The foundations for his acting career were laid by his father, an acting teacher, and his half-brother, Liev Schreiber, who started appearing in films by the time Schreiber hit high school.
After The Wire, Schreiber found critical success on stage and was nominated for a Tony award for his performance in Awake and Sing! on Broadway. But on screen he was largely confined to smaller parts in films and parts on network TV .
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