NEW YORK, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- The Expanse, The Punisher, The Mist and Hung alum Thomas Jane says he was drawn to his character in the new western, Frontier Crucible, because there was more to him than meets the eye.
"He's a good guy who's done some bad things. I think he sees himself as a relatively good guy. Turns out that he's not so good, but, from his point of view, and from, I think, the audience's point of view, we think he's just a hard-scrabble dude trying to survive out in the Old West," Jane, 56, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview.
"I like the idea that you never really know somebody until you do and that depends on the actions that they take, the choices that they make. But when you meet somebody, they're not twirling their mustache or wearing a black hat," he said. "This was an opportunity to flip that. I'm always into that."
Directed by Travis Mills, the adaptation of Harry Hittington's novel, Desert Stake-Out co-stars Armie Hammer, Myles Clohessy, Ryan Masson and William H. Macy.
The western, on DVD and Blu-ray Tuesday, follows the survivors of an Apache attack on a wagon train carrying desperately needed medical supplies in 1874 Arizona.
