Northeast Oregon TV Weekly
April 25 - May 1, 2021 l 3
BY JAY BOBBIN
Justin Theroux
OF ‘THE MOSQUITO COAST’ ON APPLE TV+
Those who knew “The Mosquito Coast”
previously did so from the novel written
by your uncle, Paul Theroux, and/or from
the 1988 movie that starred Harrison Ford.
How have you attempted to redefine the
protagonist, Allie Fox, in playing him?
I read the first script (for the series) and adored it.
I obviously knew the character, but I knew sort of
the novel version of it. This is Allie seen through
a slightly different prism. As with any great
character, I think you’ll see an evolution to this.
Since your uncle did write “The Mosquito
Coast,” did you have conversations with
him about starring in the series?
I absolutely called my Uncle Paul, because it
would be foolish not to sort of dip my cup into
the well of the source material and the man
who wrote it. I also, sort of anecdotally, have
an intimate knowledge of certain aspects of
Allie Fox because it’s my suspicion – and it’s
been corroborated – that it’s based loosely on
certain members of our family, (partiicularly) my
grandfather, who had a certain thriftiness to him.
So, yeah, I had several long conversations with Paul once I got the script.
Have you encountered Harrison Ford and compared notes on playing the lead role?
I had the good fortune of meeting him just by coincidence, actually, while we were shooting when
we were in Mexico City ... and we had a fabulous, sort of tequila-fueled dinner, but we didn’t
really talk so much about the character. We just talked about his experience in making the film,
which he says was one of the most joyous experiences he’s ever had, as far as (being on) location
and things like that.
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