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Christian Slater, Patrick Gibson talk “Dexter” prequel and playing a serial killer
Christian Slater and Patrick Gibson star in the highly-anticipated prequel “Dexter: Original Sin.” The series takes place 15 years before audiences first met Dexter, from the original award-winning series starring Michael C. Hall.
The new series, which will air on Paramount+, follows young Dexter, played by Gibson, as he evolves from college student to serial killing vigilante. Slater stars as Dexter’s father, Harry, a homicide detective who teaches his son an ethical code for killing.
In the series premiere, Dexter comes clean with his dad.
“Harry, he’s a cop. He’s seen a lot of people get away with things they shouldn’t have gotten away with, so he tries to channel Dexter’s blood lust in that kind of direction. When you think about it, imagine how many more serial killers there would be in Miami if not for Dexter,” Slater said.
“See he’s already justifying it,” Gibson responded, laughing.
The duo said they worked together ahead of time to get into their father and son roles.
“I figured out how he likes to work. He figured out how I like to work and we basically like just to have a good time,” Slater said.
Both Gibson and Slater credit the writing of the series that helped them to channel their characters.
“It’s so fun to play a character who is kind of constrained by society’s expectations of him day-to-day, and then when you do these kill scenes, he is finally able to be himself,” Gibson said. “So there’s like an ugly, liberating quality about it, which is a bizarre thing to say when you’re a serial killer.”
For Slater, he said the prequel offers an opportunity to learn more about his character Harry and his love for his son.
“In the original show he was a character that you would get glimpses of, somebody who was in Dexter’s mind,” he said. “Now you actually get to learn more about his past, what kind of motivates him and the traumas he’s suffered which lead to I think his unconditional love of Dexter.”
“Dexter: Original Sin” premieres Friday Dec. 13 on Paramount+ with Showtime.
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Trump trolls Justin Trudeau as “governor” of the “great state” of Canada
President-elect Donald Trump called Canadian Prime Minister “Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada” on Tuesday, after threatening to impose massive tariffs on imports from Canada.
“It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada,” Trump wrote on Truth Social early Tuesday. “I look forward to seeing the Governor again soon so that we may continue our in depth talks on Tariffs and Trade, the results of which will be truly spectacular for all!”
His remark came a day after the Canadian prime minister had commented on Trump’s tariff threat and what it could mean to U.S. consumers. “Trump got elected on a commitment to make life better and more affordable for Americans, and I think people south of the border are beginning to wake up to the real reality that tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive,” Trudeau said at an event at the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, according to the Associated Press.
Trump said in an interview with NBC News that he told Trudeau Canada needs to “close” its borders to prevent migrants and drugs from “pouring in.” And if he doesn’t close the Canadian border, Trump said he would impose a 25% tariff on imports from Canada. He leveled the same threats against Mexico.
Trump has complained about fentanyl coming into the U.S. from Mexico and Canada, even though there have been fewer seizures from across the Canadian border than from the Mexican border. U.S. customs agents seized 43 pounds of fentanyl at the Canadian border last fiscal year, compared with 21,100 pounds at the Mexican border.
Canadian officials say lumping Canada in with Mexico is unfair, but they’ve also said they’re ready to make new investments in border security.
Trump and Trudeau dined at Mar-a-Lago in late November, at the urging of Canadian officials.
Trudeau is no stranger to Trump’s social media posts and negotiating tactics. Trudeau was prime minister during Trump’s first term. In 2019, Trump called Trudeau “two-faced” and canceled a NATO press conference, after a video emerged of Trudeau appearing to mock Trump while talking to the leaders of France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
Trump has long threatened to impose steep tariffs on international trading partners, including allies.