Conf Call: Grimm’s David Giuntoli Talks About Season 3 and Clip from “Krampus”

While I didn’t get a chance to participate on the Grimm/David Giuntoli call due to my day job…grrr…I was able to procure a copy of the transcript for your reading pleasure. The only thing that bugs me about not being on the call is not being able to hear the laughter or sarcasm. That’s some of the best stuff on conference calls. Transcripts don’t translate that witty banter or the chuckles between answering questions. I’ve met David briefly at San Diego Comic Con this year and had a chance to ask him questions in person – he’s so freaking handsome! I know he was just as charming on this call as he was at SDCC.

Also, here’s a clip from the upcoming two part mid-season finale; “Twelve Days of Krampus.” I’ve seen the episode and let me just say, this Santa enjoys having naughty kids…for dinner.

 
“Twelve Days of Krampus”: Don’t be naughty this holiday.
As David says in a conference call, “We ruin Christmas for everybody and it’s gory and it’s wonderful.”

 

Here is the transcript and if you want to see our interviews with the cast of Grimm at this years 2013 SDCC, click here.

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GRIMM Season 3

Conference call with David Giuntoli

Monday, December 9, 2013

 

Operator:             Ladies and gentlemen thank you for standing by and welcome to the David Giuntoli Grimm Press and Media conference call.

 

Akiva Griffith:    Hi. Thanks everyone for joining. Of course we have David here to speak about the two episodes that will be airing this week, Cold Blooded and 12 Days of Krampus. These two episodes will serve as our fall finale and we’ll be back with new episodes on January 3rd, the beginning of the year. I’ll now turn the call over for questions.

 

Operator:             Thank you. Our first question is from the line of Jamie. Please go ahead.

 

Jamie:                 Hi. Thanks so much for talking to us today.

 

David Giuntoli:  Thank you for talking to me.

 

Jamie:                 Okay, great. And I got to say I really loved the finale, especially the Krampus episode. It’s nice to see something completely different for a Christmas story.

 

David Giuntoli:  Who knew Santa had horns?

 

Jamie:                 Yes. Who knew?

 

David Giuntoli:  Who knew?

 

Jamie:                 I was going to ask, a lot – obviously, most of the stories are based on fairy tales and folklore and all that, but recently you had the episode with the boy who seemed to be possessed originally.

 

David Giuntoli:  Sure.

 

Jamie:                 Do you like that they’ve done something different? Like are you looking forward to more of that, or do you prefer the more normal type folklore stories?

 

David Giuntoli:  Well I think the thing that kind of throws a curve ball into what the audience is expecting is good for the show. I think that what we’ve done on Grimm is originally I was passed a book that had all these fairy tales in it, and that was what our episodes were based on.

But as the show grows, as does the character Nick, and you discover that some of these other phenomena that take place in the world haven’t yet been added to the book of fairy tales, but they are being added by Nick now. So we are taking other myths and folklore and otherwise just kind of stories that have been told and putting the little Grimm spin behind them now, so I enjoy that.

To answer your question, I like it.

 

Jamie:                 Yes. Great. And then for a follow-up I’m curious, the first part of the finale is about alligators in the sewers, and obviously that kind of plays on you know a childhood fear of certain people. So I’m curious, is there any kind of like thing like that growing up that maybe you were scared of when you were little?

 

David Giuntoli:  What was I afraid of? I mean – I get this question so much. I – what was I afraid of? I was just afraid of ghosts. I couldn’t handle the thought of them and I thought – I felt constantly watched and it was like the worst thing in the world. But no, I didn’t have the fear of that – of like creatures coming in through the toilet.

 

Jamie:                 Okay, great. Well, thank you.

 

David Giuntoli:  Thank you.

 

Operator:             Thank you. And our next question is from the line of Carlos. Please go ahead.

 

Carlos:                Hi. Good afternoon over there and overseas too. I was reading about the things that make you uncomfortable as a child, and you were telling like – you know, you were being growing up watching movies like Carrie and all that stuff. And make you stronger for this character perhaps I would guess.

But what do you think is the most strongest thing that you have happen – or you have had happen in this – (unintelligible) in this episode in the third season?

 

David Giuntoli:  What do I think the – can you say the question again?

 

Carlos:                What is the hardest thing that – or your character has been to – or has to deal with in this series? I mean in terms of – I don’t know (unintelligible) and stuff like that.

 

David Giuntoli:  You know, I mean there’s creatures and you know the creatures get more difficult and more difficult to deal with. I’m trying to think of what the strongest creature would be. You know, it’s like – our show’s much like Mario Brothers. But just like every level, they just get stronger, and stronger, and stronger, so obviously Season 3 I’m dealing with some over-the-top, you know, resilient ruthless Wesen.

Krampus is pretty wild. That guy. I mean he was – when I walked onto set and I saw the actor dressed – I mean first of all, we hired a gigantic guy to play this character. And then when I saw him as Santa with these horns, I actually had like a visceral reaction to him. I was kind of frightened in a way. It was a disturbing thing.

As far as Nick goes, I think the hardest thing he’s had to deal with is – no, that’s not your question. You want creatures.

I think that some of the grossest things I’ve seen are like the corpse when they’re all set and bloodied. I remember in Season 1 this – the craziest thing I ever saw was walking on the set and seeing in a car a body being eaten alive from the inside by live rats, and rats were pouring out of this mouth of this dummy and it was awful. And my colleague Russell Hornsby like ran away like a little – scared little boy.

 

Carlos:                Yes. But you also are telling about (unintelligible) creature (unintelligible) right?

 

David Giuntoli:  Yes. There’s some other stuff too. There’s – you know, I think the most difficult thing for me was the initial discovery that I was a Grimm and that this whole other world was out there. It’s something we play on in the series a lot. Whenever anybody else finds out who’s not ready to find out about the world of Grimm, it’s very delicate because you know – like mental institutions are lined with people who weren’t ready to see something, and they did.

So that’s the most difficult part I think emotionally of the season – or of the whole show was finding out that I was a Grimm. And then Hank had to find that out. And then later on in the season, maybe someone else is going to find that out. But you think you’re going crazy and that’s the most difficult thing for the character to deal with.

 

Carlos:                So are you referring to a regularly (unintelligible) character?

 

David Giuntoli:  Hey, who knows? Who knows?

 

Carlos:                Okay, thank you.

 

David Giuntoli:  It was a teaser, okay. We’re filming an episode right now where somebody else sees something for the first time.

 

Operator:             And our next question is from the line of Tony. Please go ahead.

 

Tony:                  Hi David. I was one of the many at San Diego Comic Con where you joined our table. It’s good to talk to you again.

 

David Giuntoli:  Hey, Tony. How are you?

 

Tony:                  Good. Good. Now as I understand it, Portland actually does have sewers, and is that case? So did you guys actually do some shooting down there?

 

David Giuntoli:  Is there a city that doesn’t have sewers? You’re saying that like it’s some, “What? That city has sewers? My God! Fire man?”  No. Yes, we did actually. We shot in the – you know, we did a little bit – we did some trickery of course. We went into an actual sewer in Portland and then we shot on a sound stage that we – we built a sewer on a sound stage in Portland. But yes, like I got to be looking like a – you know, I got to look like a actual man for once in my life and had a little like sewer suit on. Little hard hat. Got my little soft city hands down a ladder into a sewer.

 

Tony:                  Yes. I saw that. It looks pretty cool.

 

David Giuntoli:  Yes, it was.

 

Tony:                  And the set looked awesome, but I could tell.

 

David Giuntoli:  Yes. I mean that episode’s going to look great. I think everything’s getting better and better all the time, as far as – you know, it’s one of these shows we’re very lucky to be on the air as long as we are. Any show that’s on the air is lucky to be on the air, and you got to really kind of find how to do it and constantly improve. It’s been fun and I think the seasons better than ever.

 

Tony:                  Yes. Definitely. Now Nick of course kind of went through a big change at the beginning of the season with becoming a zombie, and there’s some…

 

((Crosstalk))

 

David Giuntoli:  (Unintelligible)…

 

Tony:                  …(unintelligible) residual effects of that.

 

David Giuntoli:  Yes.

 

Tony:                  Are we going to get more of that as we come back after the break?

 

David Giuntoli:  Oh, yes. Yes. We’re going to be playing on this one for a little while.

There – it’s like funny. Every time Nick gets harmed, he’s left with this kind of useful side effect and we’re going to definitely be seeing more of that after the break.

 

Tony:                  Oh, cool. Cool. Well thanks, and I really liked – a cool story. I’m Spanish. I also liked (unintelligible) from last year and it’s great to have those legends told on Grimm too.

 

David Giuntoli:  I agree. I absolutely love it, and I love entering them into the – like the Grimm book – the fairytale book.

 

Operator:             Thank you.

 

And our next question comes…

 

David Giuntoli:  Nice speaking with you.

 

Operator:             Our next question is from the line of Bill. Please go ahead.

 

Bill:                    Hey, I was thinking about your show the other day and I was thinking that it was – it really has seemed to have – it feels to me like it is – it’s kind of moved from a niche show, which – and there’s nothing wrong with being a niche show because this is a massive niche with a massive fan base. But it’s also in the wider audience. Seems to be a bit of a slow build show now.

It seems to have gone from niche to slow build. I’m hearing more about it just from people that I talk to. Have you sensed any of that at all? That it is kind of you know found its natural wheel house now and it’s – things are kind of growing in terms of people generally knowing about the show as opposed to just the niche audience?

 

David Giuntoli:  Yes, that’s a really good question. Yes. I have noticed that and I don’t know if it’s completely based upon the fact – you know, it’s been on the show – on the air for two years now, so more and more people have encountered it just based on that.

But I’ve noticed you know when you’re an actor or maybe if you’re you guys – I don’t know if you pay attention to this stuff as much, but like right after we air it, the next morning it’s like, “Oh, what’s our rating,” you know?

And it’s funny. Like our demo is staying more or less the same. You know, it bounces in the same demographic it’s been for a long time, but the total amount of viewers has been going up. Like this last episode we’ve had, it was the most viewers we’ve had since the pilot, and that’s kind of a trend.

So I have noticed that. I have noticed more and more non-sci-fi types you know, and I include myself in the sci-fi type, and I – more and more kind of middle-of-the-roaders coming up to me and talking to me and knowing about the show.

 

Bill:                    Yes. There’s a…

 

David Giuntoli:  So that’s a good question, and I absolutely have noticed that.

 

Bill:                    And you guys do seem to be on the forefront though of it, and you guys have been on, as you said, for a few years now, so it give you kind of a head start. But there’s a real trend I feel towards almost what I would call creepy TV right now. Just that kind of suspenseful TV.

 

David Giuntoli:  Yes.

 

Bill:                    And, you guys are kind of at the forefront of that. Is that – and you guys have seemed to – it actually seems like you’ve gotten creepier, if that makes any sense. Is that…

 

David Giuntoli:  That’s our only rule. That’s our only rule is we want to be that brand of creepy, and we love being a Friday night, you know stay in and you know kind of freak out the kids kind of show. It’s what we love.

And yet, oh my gosh, I see so many other shows popping up. Some more successful than others. Some better than others. But it does kind of – when I’ll read about the next kind of fairytale spin show or you know modern day blah-blah-blah show, I kind of – I have this little sense of pride – unfounded reality. I didn’t create the show, but I do have a little sense of, “Oh, we’ve been doing this for years you guys. Get on board.”

 

Bill:                    Well you take it wherever you can take it. That’s good for you.

 

David Giuntoli:  Amen man. Amen.

 

Bill:                    Thanks. Take care.

 

David Giuntoli:  Thank you.

 

Operator:             Thank you. And our next question is from the line of Joshua. Please go ahead.

 

Joshua:               Hi David. Thanks for your time.

 

David Giuntoli:  Thank you.

 

Joshua:               So it’s been interesting watching everything that’s been happening with the Royals and you’re up there with Adalind and I’m wondering, you know as you guys move into the second half of the season, is there one person that’s sort of going to emerge as the villain?

 

David Giuntoli:  We’re – you know, the writers have done a very good job of this – what I like to call the slow reveal. You know, we have I would say coming towards the end of the mid-season – we still have probably two or three contenders for the villain. One definitely – we have kind of a new character that emerges who is one of the I’d say two villains, but we have a new character who is one of the greater villains that we’re going to have on the show.

But, I still place the Captain as a possible villain, and I definitely Adalind as a villain, and then there’s one more guy who’s showing up here soon (unintelligible).

 

Joshua:               Okay. I’m assuming that you mean (unintelligible)?

 

David Giuntoli:  I do mean (unintelligible).

 

Joshua:               All right.

 

David Giuntoli:  Fair enough. We’re boys now. We follow each other on Twitter. You know, how it goes.

 

Joshua:               Okay.

 

David Giuntoli:  We’re cool.

 

Joshua:               What can you tell us about Grimm’s take on Christmas?

 

David Giuntoli:  I mean just guess. Whatever you think is what it is. It’s – we just ruin it. We just ruin Christmas for everybody. So I mean there’s an actual legend of Krampus out there, and we’ve had German people asking us to do Krampus over and over again, and we finally tipped our hat to the fine people of Bavaria and we’re bringing this legend to life. We ruin Christmas for everybody and it’s gory and it’s wonderful.

 

Joshua:               All right. Looking forward to seeing it. Thank you.

 

David Giuntoli:  Thank you.

 

Operator:             Thank you. And our next question is from the line of Diana. Please go ahead.

 

Diana:                 Thanks for talking with us today, David.

 

David Giuntoli:  You’re very welcome. Thank you.

 

Diana:                 I was watching the fall finale, and I was thinking, you know, your relationship with Julia has had so many rocky problems in the first two seasons and it seems to be going just maybe a little too smoothly this season, except for the whole zombie thing. Are we about to see some more problems between you guys, or are you guys going to live happily ever after?

 

David Giuntoli:  Oh, there’s no way we’re going to live happily ever after. I mean, I don’t know what’s going to happen, but if there is a relationship – it is the job of the writers of America to tear it apart, at least temporarily you know. So I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I can guarantee you there’s going to be something thrown into the works here.

 

Diana:                 Yes.

 

David Giuntoli:  I just don’t know what that is yet.

 

Diana:                 And I noticed also in this most recent episode that’s going to air on Friday you pulled out yet another new weapon from your arsenal, and I was just wondering is there any one in particular that you really loved playing with? Is it kind of like getting to be a kid to play with all these fun things?

 

David Giuntoli:  Now correct me if I’m wrong. That’s the one that had like the knife that shot out of it, right?

 

Diana:                 Yes.

 

David Giuntoli:  That was really cool. I mean that’s one of the first kind of practical – you know, I’ve always been a huge fan of the crossbow. It’s so great for those like little sexy director moments where they like – it (pans) up and then you see the eyes above the crossbow. I just think that’s seems so cool.

But no, this weapon here would be my favorite. I can’t remember what it’s called right off the top of my head right now. I feel ashamed.

 

Diana:                 A knife-thingy.

 

David Giuntoli:  Yes. Yes.  But it’s rare that I get a weapon that actually has some type of functioning mechanism on it, and this was really cool.

 

Diana:                 Well, and unfortunately the crossbow has kind of been claimed by another character on another TV show, so you might want to try to find another…

 

David Giuntoli:  I actually don’t even know who that is. Who is that?

 

Diana:                 Oh, the Walking Dead.

 

David Giuntoli:  Oh, yes. I don’t watch that show.

 

Diana:                 Oh yes. That’s based on another network, so yes. Forget that.

 

David Giuntoli:  Oh, yes.

 

Diana:                 But just (unintelligible)…

 

David Giuntoli:  I only watch…

 

Diana:                 Do you dream of some day just getting to be like the bad guy, other than you know you did get to do that little bit with the zombie episode. But do you hope someday to really be able to get in touch with your inner dark side a little bit more?

 

David Giuntoli:  Yes. I think the longer Nick does this job the more he is going to become that. I sense that. I sense that it happens, and I’ll become that more and more to the world of Wesen.

And I’m not afraid of people anymore, so that’s a good sign for my character, getting dark.

 

Diana:                 All right. Well once again, thanks for chatting with us.

 

David Giuntoli:  Absolutely. Thank you.

 

Operator:             Thank you. And our next question is from the line of Vicki. Please go ahead.

 

Vicki:                  Hi, David. Thanks so much for taking the time today.

 

David Giuntoli:  Absolutely.

 

Vicki:                  So my question is earlier in the season when Nick was staring to deal with the aftermath of the zombie period, Captain Renard made a very interesting statement or question…

 

David Giuntoli:  I remember this.

 

Vicki:                  Yes. When he asked what the problem was with, you know, killing a human or – versus killing Wesen. Is that going to ever come up again? Are you aware of it?

 

David Giuntoli:  Yes, it will. It will come up again. The Captain and I – you know, it’s a very good point that somehow Nick never really thought of, but it will come up again. It’ll be a theme that is addressed.

And I thought it was kind of cool because I was waiting for somebody to bring that up.

 

Operator:             Thank you. And our next question is from the line of Cheryl. Please go ahead.

 

Cheryl:                Hi, David.

 

David Giuntoli:  Hi. How are you?

 

Cheryl:                Good. I’d like to ask with Nick’s new-found super hearing and his ability to appear dead, do you think that this is something he will learn to control over time, or is it something that you think may put his life in danger?

 

David Giuntoli:  I – at this point he does not control it at all, so he certainly can use his hearing to his advantage, but this dead thing I don’t think he knows where it comes from yet. It is certainly not something that he can kind of pull out of his bag of tricks at his own whim. So you know, he just – it either helps him or it hurts him at this point.

 

Operator:             Thank you. And our next question is from the line of Marillia. Please go ahead.

 

Marillia:              Hi David. How are you?

 

David Giuntoli:  I’m doing well. Thank you.

 

Marillia:              Great.Well last year Grimm, you had a (unintelligible)<La Llorona>, now there is going to be one about the (unintelligible)<El Cucuy>. So I want to know are we going to see more episodes about Latin American myth and folklore? Is there something special about them that you like?

 

David Giuntoli:  Is there anything – what was the last part of that?

 

Marillia:              That if there’s anything special about getting these chapters with Latin American myths that you like?

 

David Giuntoli:  Yes, absolutely. I think A, let’s just be practical here. Like there are so many viewers of these episodes, for whatever reason – you know, when we did La Llorona, we got I think our second highest rated episode that we’ve ever done, and we’re like, “Oh, wow, maybe there’s a trick here.”

But what I really do love, and I said it before, is taking actual folklore, stuff that people really grow up being afraid of, that they hear about all the time, not that – you know, there’s plenty of stories in the Grimm’s fairytales that we could go to that we haven’t gone to yet, but they’re not really stories that have made it really into the cultural you know conversation or don’t enter your homes through your parents telling you about them.

And, there are plenty of other stories that do enter your family life as a child or whatever that are not Grimm’s fairytales. So what I really love about these things like La Llorona and (El Cocouie) are they’re actually part of the folklore of you know a lot of people, and we get to just add that to the Grimm’s fairytale book now.

Yes, and we also have – we get to utilize Bitsie’s Spanish speaking and I think they’re kind of somehow richer and more – I don’t know. It seems more realistic, those episodes, so I do enjoy them. They’ve been very strong episodes, both of them.

 

Operator:             Thank you. And our next question is from the line of Vincent. Please go ahead.

 

Vincent:              Hi there, David. Thanks so much for taking my call today. I really appreciate it.

 

David Giuntoli:  You’re welcome.

 

Vincent:              So my question is, and you kind of touched on it earlier, but what’s it like now that everyone knows Nick is a Grimm. Is it nice that you no longer have to hide this from Juliet and Hank and the whole gang can like work together now?

 

David Giuntoli:  Yes. I think the show is better for having several more people know about Nick being a Grimm. There are still some people in the dark that I don’t want it to be revealed to just yet. The show can never become a big happy family. There needs to be a lot of problems that a lot of – there are responsibilities and dangers that come with knowing about this world, and those who have found out who are not either Wesen or Grimm, there are dangers that come with that, and that’s going to be explored in this season.

And, there’s a reason Nick doesn’t tell everybody. It’s not safer for me, the more standard, normal human beings that know about this. But, I am happy that a couple more characters are in this circle, so to speak. I think it opens up a lot of new character dynamics. Different people who can interact with each other for the first time. And I love those big dinner scenes where we’re looking at gory, bloody pictures and drinking red wine and kind of discussing it from all these different points of views. Fuchsbau. Wesen. Juliet. Grimm. (Unintelligible), which is a guy, you know, like Hank. I think it’s fun.

 

Operator:             Thank you. And our next question is from the line of Rosalita. Please go ahead.

 

Rosalita:              Hi.

 

David Giuntoli:  Hi.

 

Rosalita:              Are you still there or did I lose you?

 

David Giuntoli:  I am.

 

Rosalita:              Oh, okay. Good. I thought my phone went down. First of all I’d like to thank the writers for a show that my husband and I both enjoy because I’m a big science fiction nut and he’s not, so we have the police show for him and we both love Monroe.

 

David Giuntoli:  That’s great.

 

Rosalita:              I put – I told my readers that I would be speaking with you today and asked them what questions they would like to know, and one of them – one of the questions is one of those circular logic questions. The Wesen decide to hide from the humans. Could they – were they shape shifters before they decided to hide or did – how did that come about, because that was not clear to my reader and I had no answer.

And – go ahead.

 

David Giuntoli:  So my understanding of the question – I’ll answer it the way I understood this question. The Wesen rarely ever, throughout history and to this day, want to be seen by humans.

Now when it behooves them to be seen, such as they’re robbing a bank and they’re trying to scare the bejesus out of a normal person or threaten them, you know then irresponsibly the Wesen will show themselves. And, the Wesen Council governs this behavior.

So there was an episode in Season 2 where the Wesen Council heard about bank robbers using what they – what people perceived to be masks to rob banks. Now these were I believe Blutbaden doing this, and the Wesen Council got involved because if human beings start to know about this – like remember the Salem witch trials, remember – like it will be slaughter and/or upheaval of some kind.

So the Wesen could always be seen by humans, but it is for their health and safety to not be seen by humans.

 

Operator:             Thank you. And our next question is from the line of Sabina. Please go ahead.

 

Sabina:                Hi, David. To follow-up a little bit on one of the previous questions, can you tease a bit about what’s ahead in the European side of the story?

 

David Giuntoli:  Yes. You know, there’s going to be a big plot line that’s going on in Europe. I – Nick is not too involved with it, at least through mid-season, though I know that’s going to start changing soon. There are – okay, I’ll – so we have the Verrat and we have the Royals. These are all bad guys. The Verrat I see as kind of the SS, and the Royals, such as Captain Renard, and his cousin, who’s being introduced as Alexis Denisof, a great actor, will be having a major conflict overseas.

His cousin wants to get me and access to me. And, he comes very close very soon.

And then there – we have the resistance. A kind of group of rag-tag people trying to overthrow the Royals, so we’ll be meeting some new characters overseas doing that kind of thing. Keeping an eye on Adalind.

We’ll be doing quite a bit abroad. The passports have all been stamped, so we’re overseas quite a bit.

 

Operator:             Thank you.  And our next question is from the line of Steve. Please go ahead.

 

Steve:                 Hi David. Thanks so much for your time today, and thanks for all your hard work on the show this season. You guys are doing a great job so far. You really are.

 

David Giuntoli:  Well, thank you.

 

Steve:                 And I wanted to find out. Just a general question. How have you seen your character further grow and develop this season would you say? And with that growth, what maybe new acting challenges have you also discovered with the character?

 

David Giuntoli:  Well, I think he’s become far more confident. I think that – I kind of decided this year I’m not afraid of Wesen anymore. I’m just – they’re not something that’s going to scare me.

What does scare me to this day is what happens to my loved ones if I don’t stop the Wesen, so that’s where the struggle comes in.

And I also see myself now as the only person who has like the rare blood to solve some of these cases. So it’s – the stakes are raised in a different way now. I’m not afraid of the creatures, but I know it’s on me to take care of this case or this next case. Like no one else can figure this thing out because they can’t see anything that I can see.

I don’t know if there’s an acting like struggle that’s come there, but you got to like make the decision of what is keeping my character so highly invested in each one of those cases, and that’s a decision I made.

But yes, the newest thing, the newest – where Nick is now is he’s very confident and he – I should say more than just confident is he is kind of settled into his role. He’s – there’s no reluctance there anymore. So – and he’s willing to go kind of rogue more often.

 

Operator:             Thank you. And our next question is from the line of Anita. Please go ahead.

 

Anita:                 Hi. Yes. I’ve noticed that this season we’re starting to see increasing tension between Rosalee and Monroe concerning loyalty to Nick. And then also you eluded to the Captain as well. Are we going to see Nick eventually lose two members of his support team?

 

David Giuntoli:  You’ll see some wavering, I’ll say that. I don’t want to say I lose them all together. But things are starting to get questioned, you know. Is Nick using Monroe? Like there’s – I just shot an episode where that’s like the central theme, and he – there’s a big falling out between Monroe and I. And it’s great because am I using Monroe? And in the episode that’s what I ask. I’m sitting with Juliet. I’m like, “I don’t know. He’s right. I think he’s right.”

You know, so I think it’s kind of cool that this stuff’s coming to the surface in Season 3.

 

Anita:                 Okay, great. And another follow-up, going back to another question, is although Nick has killed a Wesen before, they’ve always been evil to – or they’ve always been guilty of some way, but this is the first time that Nick has actually killed not just a human, but an innocent. So will that ever return towards the end of the season?

 

David Giuntoli:  I don’t know. I don’t know if that’s going to return. I only get the scripts as for we get – as – you know, a couple weeks before we shoot it, and we’re in Episode 14 now. Aside from the moral quandary, it hasn’t officially really surfaced again, though I’m sure it will.

 

Operator:             Thank you. And our next question is from the line of Cheryl. Please go ahead.

 

Cheryl:                Yes. I’d like to ask what is your favorite Wesen that Nick has confronted over the year and why.

 

David Giuntoli:  Well it’s got to be Blutbad. They’re like you know Labradors. They’re so loyal, you know to a fault. I’ve forged this bond with Monroe. It’s fantastic.

And then I would say the Dämonfeuer because they’re just so fun to look at.

 

Operator:             Thank you. And our last question for today will be from the line of Stacy. Please go ahead.

 

Stacy:                 Hi David. Thank you for doing this call. I guess since I am the last question, what have you wanted to talk about that you haven’t talked about on this call?

 

David Giuntoli:  Oh boy. I don’t know. I don’t know. Ask me something. Ask me something.

 

Stacy:                 Well you know now that we’re a few seasons in, are you happy that you’re a Grimm, or would you rather be a Wesen?

 

David Giuntoli:  I would – listen. I love being a Grimm. I feel like I live inside the character now. I just get it. I know where he’s coming from. I know exactly – you sit with a character for long enough, and it’s the beauty of having a television show that’s running. You really get to – you don’t even have to try any more. You just kind of know how he would react to a certain situation.

And you probably can’t get that in movies. Even theater sometimes. Like you – it’s just we spend so much more time with these characters, so I like being a Grimm. I’m sure I would love being a Wesen too if I were one. But right now, I’m – Grimm’s just fine with me.

 

Operator:             Thank you. And I’ll turn the call back over to Akiva Griffith.

 

Akiva Griffith:    All right. Thank you everyone for joining us. And remember to tune into Grimm for two hour back-to-back episodes starting at 9:00 this Friday the 13th. And I’d like to thank David again for joining us.

 

David Giuntoli:  Thank you sir.

 

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