Mark Valley is most popular for his roles on the daytime series, NBC Daytime soap opera Days of our Lives as Jack Deveraux, Father Pete on the soap opera Another World, and Brad Chase on Boston Legal. Valley now plays the lead role as Christopher Chance on the Fox action series Human Target. He took some time to discuss being on the show.
The DC comics-based, action-adventure series Human Target centers on Christopher Chance (Mark Valley), a unique private security expert who is hired when a threat can’t be eliminated through normal means of protection. Making amends for his former life as a mercenary and hired assassin, Chance’s only focus now is saving his clients’ lives, even if it means placing himself directly in the line of fire.
UPCOMING EPISODE INFORMATION:
CHANCE AND THE TEAM PROTECT A HUSBAND FROM HIS WIFE ON AN ALL-NEW “HUMAN TARGET”
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, ON FOX
Tony Hale (“Arrested Development”) Guest-Stars
Chance is reunited with Harry (guest star Hale) when he is hired to protect the girlfriend of a rival security agency owner. Meanwhile, Ilsa must go into the field on a mission for the first time, and two team members get closer than ever in the all-new “The Trouble with Harry” episode of HUMAN TARGET airing Wednesday, Feb. 2 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (HUM-212) (TV-14 D, L, V)
THE TEAM MAY BE TORN APART FOREVER ON THE SEASON FINALE OF “HUMAN TARGET”
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, ON FOX
Chance’s investigation into Ilsa’s late husband’s past uncovers a web of deception and lies that may tear the team part forever in the “Marshall Pucci” season finale episode of HUMAN TARGET airing Wednesday, Feb. 9 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (HUM-213) (TV-TBA)
You said sometimes you are constantly surprised by the way the script is written for each episode, what is the most unpredictable so far?
Mark Valley: Well, I don’t want to ruin it for anybody, so I can’t tell what’s unpredictable. Well, I don’t want to tell you because then you won’t be surprised when you see the show. I think what I find surprising is it’s continually how our writers can integrate so many different elements into a script and keep all our different characters involved. One of the things I really like is Matt Miller really kind of started the second season with the idea that every episode was going to have a personal hook for at least one of the characters. He stuck to that for the entire episode as well and we don’t really have anonymous guests that we have to kind of try to feel sympathy for. Each case has had a personal link to one of the characters. So, I have to say I’m continually impressed at his ability to see that vision through.
You once stated that you were not a big comic book fan and that somehow after doing the show you’ve looked into it somewhat. Are you enjoying it more now and what are some of the physical challenges that you faced filming?
Mark Valley: Well, some of the physical challenges, I realized the other day as I was hanging off a building that I think at one point in my life I used to be afraid of heights. Maybe it’s just because I’ve developed a good trust in our rigors and our stunt people, but now I don’t have any problem hanging off of things anymore, no matter how high it is and that’s definitely due to the experiences on the show. Another challenge is that there is an awful lot of violence on the show. There’s an awful lot of gunplay and explosions and so forth and people being shot or dying. I think it’s been an interesting season to be able to walk that line, to have a show that is, yeah, it’s fun and it has its roots in a comic book so that allows you to kind of treat things as if they don’t have quite as many dimensions. But then, still, when we’re playing it in three dimensions to kind of make it seem real. That’s kind of a convoluted way of saying that I’m thoroughly enjoying myself. I also like the Human Target comic book that comes out every once in a while, probably because the Human Target character looks like me. It’s just pure vanity I think.