Truxton Spangler is one of the most enigmatic characters on television. The head of national think tank API, the character is one of Rubicon — and television’s — most morally gray villains. He’s portrayed expertly by Michael Cristofer, a star in his own right: Cristofer is a Pulitzer Prize winner for his play, The Shadow Box, which also won a Tony award. The man’s unique portrayal of the character has led to almost universal critical acclaim; there’s already Emmy buzz building for both him and his co-star Arliss Howard. I was recently able to speak with Cristofer about his role on the series, which airs its season finale, “You Never Can Win,” on Sunday night.

The full interview is here.

If you don’t know Michael Cristofer from Rubicon, you may be familiar with him as a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and occasional screenwriter (The Witches of Eastwick, The Bonfire of the Vanities). But if you do know Michael Cristofer from Rubicon, then he’ll forever be Truxton Spangler — the aloof, Corn Flakes-eating head of the American Policy Institute intelligence agency.

The full Movie Line interview is here.

Novelist and screenwriter Henry Bromell stepped into an impossible situation when he joined AMC’s latest drama series, Rubicon. Creator Jason Horwitch was struggling to make the show, which revolved around a think tank named the American Policy Institute (or API) and a shadowy conspiracy, coalesce. Bromell was brought in to play showrunner to the fledgling creator, but shortly after Bromell came on, Horwitch departed the show, leaving it completely in Bromell’s hands. From there, Bromell changed the show from an epic conspiracy thriller into a workplace drama about people who work in the mundane, day-to-day business of espionage and the havoc that work plays on their personal lives. Bromell, who previously wrote for Homicide: Life On The Street and Brotherhood, is no stranger to shows about how grueling work can grind people to dust, and he soon marked the show with his own personal stamp. He talked with The A.V. Club in mid-September about the situations surrounding his coming to the show, the changes he’s made from Horwitch’s vision, and what filming on the East Coast adds to a TV series.

The full interview is here.

Henry Bromell, Rubicon's executive producer, spoke with AMCtv.com about his favorite episodes from Season One, his thoughts on slower pacing and the origin of Truxton Spangler's name.

The full interview is here.

Thought you guys might be interested in seeing this article.

JBD defends Rubicons pace! Yay!

Maybe that'll get people to think differently about the pacing.

http://www.digitalspy.com/ustv/news/a262287/james-badge-dale-defends-rubicon-pace.html?rss

The comments in the discussion post about Will's hair made me think of this interview so I thought I would link it.

Did they give you gray hair so you could seem a bit older than 32?
Um, listen, I’m going to let you in on a little secret. The gray hair is all mine. They didn’t give it to me, that is all mine. And I think that’s kind of my saving grace, here. How am I going to make this work? You know what, I’m going gray. I’m just going to rock it. I started going gray when I was 16 years old. I don’t know, was I a stressed-out teenager? Maybe.

The rest of the interview is here on New York magazine's website.