Fringe Spoilers: Kirk Acevedo Unleashed

Sci Fi Wire spoke with Kirk Acevedo who reveals some huge spoilers about tonight's Fringe episode "Unleashed", and the plans for the show's future.

On Unleashed:

Q: Now Charlie's a trained agent. How does he let this griffin take him down?

Acevedo: It's a monster. I don't care how well trained you are, it's the world of Fringe, so there are bigger and badder things than yourselves.

Q: What does this griffin look like?

Acevedo: Do you know the mythological creature the griffin? The tail of it is like a snake. He's got the head of an eagle, the body of a lion, the wings of a dragon. That's what it sort of is. I haven't actually seen it, because I haven't seen the final special effect of it. It's CGI. We just had to use the imagination.

Q: How did you do the attack scene without a creature to work with?

Acevedo: I sort of just get attacked from behind, and the monster sort of impregnates me. Sort of like Aliens.

Q: Are you playing the deathbed for the episode?

Acevedo: Yeah, I'm pretty much fighting for my life for an hour. Just conversations with the wife and saying "I love you" and everything like that, and a lot of pain. Just trying to be Charlie and control the emotions and not let them overwhelm.

Q: How does Walter help find a cure for griffin impregnation?

Acevedo: Because Walter sort of created this monster. He sort of realizes it. This was part of Walter's research.

On the rest of the season

Q: When do you wrap for the season?

Acevedo: We finish up in about six days. We just finished the finale. We're actually working on a stand-alone episode for season two.

Q: When do you come back for next season?

Acevedo: You know, I was told we come back on June 24th, is supposed to be our start date.

Q: What could you tease about the finale and next season?

Acevedo: Well, I'm sure you heard about who might be playing William Bell. Leonard Nimoy, so we pretty much meet William Bell in the finale, which is really cool. Just, you learn a lot more about Massive Dynamic and what's going on with the whole mythology of the show, so it's pretty much more cemented in the final two episodes. Then the stand-alone episode is pretty much a stand-alone episode. It doesn't delve into the mythology of the show or anything.

Q: Did you get to work with Nimoy?

Acevedo: No, it's just Olivia meets him. I've got to be honest with you, I never thought of Leonard Nimoy to play William Bell, [but] of all the people I thought of down the line, I think he's actually perfect. People remember him as Spock on Star Trek, but he did tons of other stuff, [like] the Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake. I think he has the age, the depth, and that beautiful voice of his would be a perfect foil for John Noble.

Q: What sort of case is the stand-alone episode?

Acevedo: There's a little bit of Ghost Whisperer in that episode. That's all I'll say.

UPDATE: The LA Times also interviewed Kirk.