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Entertainment Spotlight: Adrian Holmes, V Wars

With over 100 film and television credits to his name, Adrian Holmes can next be seen starring in Netflix’s highly anticipated, vampire-drama series, V Wars. He is  well-known for his portrayal of Captain Pike on Arrow, and for starring as Nick Barron on Bravo's original series, 19-2, for which he won the 2017 Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Male in a Dramatic Series. In addition to working in front of the camera, Adrian has also tried his hand in producing and co-produced (alongside Step by Step Productions) the docudrama Barrow: Freedom Fighter. Adrian took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to chat with us. Check it out: 

How would you describe V Wars to a five year old?

I probably wouldn’t because it’s pretty dark and not suitable for a 5-year-old. Hahaha! He wouldn’t look at me the same after that’s for damn sure. Ok, well let’s see, “It's about a man trying to find a vaccine for a virus that has infected his best friend forcing him to harm people against his will.” There, how’s that?

What was the first thing you remember being a fan of?

Music, Michael Jackson, for sure. Movies would probably have been Star Wars.

How do you prepare for a scene?

Get familiar with the lines, find the truth in the scene, then once I have that, I find the energy or the mood of the character, and then I throw it all away. You’re then free to listen, play, and have fun, and that’s where you wanna be so you can fly.

Do you have any fun facts about the filming of V Wars that fans would be surprised to know?

Well, the blood was surprisingly quite tasty. Hahaha! It was like a cinnamon flavour which helped since I had to consume quite a bit of it.

What drew you to your role in V Wars?

Besides the genre, I just loved the character of Michael l. He’s a regular guy that’s faced with an inner struggle that he has to somehow deal with. He’s a very conflicted, multi-layered character. I love a challenge, and all those qualities make for a great experience as an actor.

If you could take a masterclass on any subject, what would you learn and who would you want to teach you?

Alive or dead? Haha! Dead would be a toss-up between learning Martial arts with Bruce Lee and Dance with Michael Jackson. Alive would be golf lessons with Tiger Woods or F1 racing with Lewis Hamilton. I definitely have the need for speed. :)

What do you do in your free time?

I enjoy going to the movies, working out, boxing, walks, playing pool, catching up on my library of books that I’ve been promising myself I’d eventually read, but playing golf is definitely my happy place, my sanctuary. It’s very therapeutic to me indeed. I love it!

What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?

Would be from one of my Uncles.  To not worry or stress yourself too much in life. Especially about things you have no control over. Stress is the silent killer. The serenity prayer has thus been my mantra: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

If you woke up tomorrow morning in the world of V Wars, what would you do?

Hahaha! Well, I’d probably RUN!! Hope to find Luther Swann and stay pretty close.

Do you have any secret skills or talents?

Hmmm well... I can juggle three balls, and I’ve got a pretty competitive table tennis game as well, so... Always ready for a good match. ;)

Thanks so much, Adrian! V Wars premieres on Netflix on December 5th.

Sorry, I had to back up. So...a werewolf who was Embraced is called an Abomination. They don’t inherit the regular gambit of Kindred Disciplines, only the ones that align with chaos, if I’m reading this wiki right? It’s a bit confusing because IDK about World of Darkness werewolf lore. Pale Ones lose sanity and humanity at an alarming rate. Oof, that about sucks a duck.

I’ve only encountered two fictional worlds where vampires evolved like any other creature. Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga and Deborah Harkness’s All Souls Trilogy both posit that magical creatures, such as werewolves/shapeshifters, vampires, and witches, evolved through speciation with a common ancestor with humans. In both those worlds, magic is a force of the universe that can be tapped into, same as a water wheel taps into a river’s current to grind wheat into flour. I vaguely remember some short story where vampirism is literally a virus, but I don’t think that concept has been fully explored until Netflix’s V-Wars.

In every other piece of vampire media, vampires are labeled as “unnatural,” whatever the author deems unnatural to mean. Dracula disavowed the Church & was cursed; vampires are demonic/fallen angels; vampires are a type of fae; vampires are lil gremlins that snatch children; vampires are ghostly white ice spirits that haunt the cracks in icebergs; vampirism is an immortality spell gone WAY off the rails. That sort of thing. I must say that vampires as the children of Caine was a new one for me. When I first heard about it, I was very puzzled. Before this year, I hadn’t really encountered Caine as a character in fiction. Besides, like, in metaphor. Now, he’s drivin’ taxis and buying a house in the suburbs with the devil.