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This past week Clive Barker\\u2019s final directorial effort Lord of Illusions turned twenty-three. To celebrate the occasion, I wanted to share an older interview with actor Scott Bakula that he did with the website ScreenRealm back in 2016.\\xa0While most of the conversation centers around the popular show Quantum Leap, he\\xa0had some very kind words to say about working with Clive and the movie itself. As many of our listeners know, he played the popular occult-detective Harry D\\u2019Amour. The one and only Harry D\\u2019Amour for me.

The Reel Word: If we\\u2019ve got time for one quick non-Quantum Leap-related question, I was wondering what your experience of working on the Clive Barker movie\\xa0Lord of Illusions\\xa0was like? Was that a conscious decision to do something a lot darker, after the more upbeat\\xa0Quantum Leap?

Scott Bakula: I think that was part of it, but to be totally honest, I loved that script. I didn\\u2019t know Clive \\u2013 I knew\\xa0Hellraiser\\xa0and everything \\u2013 but I didn\\u2019t really know that much about Clive. And we got in a room together and I just adored him, and I adored his talents. He\\u2019s an amazingly gifted person, and he directed it, which was spectacular. He wrote it and his whole artistic world was wrapped up in that environment, and it was wonderful. It was a very difficult shoot, it was very hard to make. Oddly enough, I just worked with one of the actors who I hadn\\u2019t seen in twenty-one years or so and he just wrapped up today and he was like, \\u201cI was in\\xa0Lord of Illusions\\xa0with you\\u201d. So yeah, I thought it was a great movie, I thought it came out really well.

He also talked about how close they came to filming a sequel (that was going to be called Vipex) and how it was sadly cancelled at the last minute because the studio United Artist was sold off and the project fell into legal matters. That\\u2019s what seems to happen to a lot of Clive Barker properties.

To read the rest of the interview click on the link below:

https://screenrealm.com/exclusive-interview-scott-bakula-talks-quantum-leap/

Thanks to David Anderson and ScreenRealm

Blog Post at:\\xa0http://www.clivebarkercast.com/2018/08/27/barkercast-presents-lord-of-illusions-turns-twenty-three/

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