{"id":9457,"date":"2010-03-18T23:45:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T06:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/?p=9457"},"modified":"2010-03-18T23:45:09","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T06:45:09","slug":"mcdowell-discusses-his-visit-to-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2010\/03\/mcdowell-discusses-his-visit-to-miami\/","title":{"rendered":"McDowell Discusses His Visit To ‘Miami’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malcolm McDowell<\/b> agreed to appear in the CSI: Miami<\/i> episode “LA”<\/a> because it was helmed by his good friend, horror director Rob Zombie<\/b>.<\/p>\n

\nMcDowell was one of several big-name guest stars who participated in the episode. “I had a great time because of my friend Rob,” McDowell told Fangoria. “If it hadn’t been for him, of course, I wouldn’t have gone near it. To be honest with you, I’m used to doing Heroes<\/i> and Entourage<\/i>; that’s cutting-edge stuff. [The CSI: Miami<\/i> team] do a terrific show for what it is, but I wouldn’t want to do another one.”<\/p>\n

\nThe episode gave Zombie a chance to try his hand at directing a crime drama instead of his usual horror films. “I believe Rob wanted to show that he can do something besides a horror movie, which he can; he’s a damn good director,” McDowell said. “But unless you actually show it to people, for some reason they can’t connect the dots. He did a fantastic job, and the episode was really good, we had some fun and he let me improvise a bit, which I was amazed at for network television.”<\/p>\n

\n“The writer, Barry O’Brien<\/b>, was there and he’s a very nice guy, the producers were great and we had a very good crew,” he continued. “I believe it was smart of them to get somebody like Rob to take them out of their comfort zone. Maybe some of the [regular] cast didn’t appreciate that, but it sure worked.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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