‘Duster’ Stars And Creator On Paying Tribute To The 1970s

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But in order to gather all the evidences she needs, Nina will have to collaborate with Jim Ellis, portrayed by Josh Holloway, the getaway driver of the syndicate’s boss

Tomorrow will be the last time the audience is able to admire the show’s opening credits, filled with hidden easter eggs, adding to the fun and creativity of this animated sequence

I spoke to Morgan the creative and narrative decisions behind the opening credits

She said, “We wanted the chance to really immerse the audience in the story, and the title sequence was just another way to do that

We had this great company called the Meat department, who did our animation

We wanted to feel you’re in a little toy box, you’re on the drive with this toy Duster. ” UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA - MAY 08: (L-R) Rachel Hilson, Josh Holloway and LaToya Morgan attend the

When he called Morgan and Holloway, whom he’s been friend with since they worked together on Lost, he described his vision with a phone ringing in the middle of the desert, a car going very fast towards it, a man getting out of the car and answering the call

MORE FOR YOU To Morgan, Abrams has been “really fantastic to work with and a great collaborator. ” She said, “I was shocked because first I was ‘J

This is weird. ’ But I was very very happy and excited

When we met, we just had a meeting of the minds, we have very similar sensibilities, we the same stuff, and we both wanted to do something we both felt hadn’t been done on TV for a while

And that was to have this of throwback, crime, thriller show. ” Holloway said, “I had to really concentrate and really listen to him because my mind started wrapping around all of that and what it would be

J, he’s still telling you more this show. ’ But that’s what happens to us as artists or actors, you start embodying this character immediately if it’s something you’re attracted to, it’s a magnet

The world of the 1970s blew up in my mind. ” Josh Holloway in 'Duster'Max Hilson said, “I had a little bit of a different journey from Josh, I auditioned, I didn’t know much this character but I knew she was from Baltimore, which I am also from Baltimore, so I found that to be very cool

After reading the script, which was under wrap for a while, I just saw this character, I wanted to get the chance to embody her

And I think knowing J

J’s body of work, he really champions the heroine, so knowing that and knowing more LaToya, Nina was a no brainer for me. ” Holloway immediately found himself in Jim’s character, having grown up with “dirt roads in Georgia in the 1970s. ” He said, “I have been driving since I was 9 years old, the ranch truck and the tractor

I remember dad, and he looked exactly Abraham Lincoln by the way, picture that

He had the beard without the mustache, that Hamish thing

He was driving his little MGB and his hair was blowing

This feels when I was a kid. ’ So I really immersed myself back in my memories. ” He added: “I always drive with the windows down, I hate AC, we didn’t have AC growing up, so it’s windows down, hair blowing, music blasting, big VA

That’s who I am,” Holloway said

Holloway also knew right away what Jim was listening to in his car

He said, “I found what Jim drives to, and it’s Jimmy Hendrix, 100%. ”Josh Holloway and Rachel Hilson Max Everything in Duster feels it could have been made in the 1970s, from the photography to the set locations

Morgan said, “When we’re out in the desert, we wanted those wide vistas to feel very cinematic. ” Over the past few weeks, Duster has been a perfect watch for any 1970s aesthetic, music and movie aficionado, and the creators have made the very creative choice to add real elements and real people into their fictional story

In episode 2, Jim has to steal Elvis Presley’s own Blue Suede Shoes in order to get himself out of a very dangerous situation

Morgan said, “It’s crazy that he literally has to steal the Blue Suede Shoes

But that’s why we wanted it to be Jim, having to come up with a crazy commise in order to satisfy one guy, so he can get out of trouble with the other guy

That was because we wanted to do something in Elvis’ honeymoon house

This was close from Arizona, it could be a place where Jim drives to and we can have a party there. ” Duster is now ing on Max

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