This is not a rhetorical question. Maybe we should just ask the man who plays him, Brett Cullen. The Texas-born actor has been insanely busy over the past few years, but has made his way back to Wilmington, North Carolina, to shoot Under the Dome season 2. I knew he couldn’t stay away.
With Cullen’s crazy acting schedule (see his IMDb page; it’s exhausting), he says it’s hard to find time to actually sit down and dedicate time to a television show, let alone watch anything he’s been in. Did he watch the series before he was cast? “I watched an episode last season, but with my schedule these days, thank God for TiVo!” he said.
While Cullen plays catch-up, we must go back and review the one show that connects the dots onUnder the Dome. It’s like six degrees of Lost. If you’ve read my blog, you know I refer to that show often because, let’s be honest, just about everyone who goes Under the Dome is connected to Lost in some way. Brett played the role of Goodwin Stanhope.
“I have heard about the connection,” Cullen admitted. “The main one being my old friend Jack Bender, who ran the series. He directed and was the showrunner on that. It’s good to be reunited with Jack again.” Jack is directing episode 8, for which Brett returned to Wilmington last week.
Fair enough, but I had to ask. The countdown is on until we find out for ourselves what indeed is happening inside and outside the Dome this season.
Under the Dome premieres Monday, June 30, at 9 p.m. EST on CBS.