Mark Valley on Human Target: "I Realized the Other Day as I Was Hanging Off a Building That I Used to Be Afraid of Heights — Not Anymore"

Actor Mark Valley — known for Days of Our Lives, Another World, and Boston Legal — plays the lead role of Christopher Chance in FOX's DC Comics-based action series Human Target, now in its second season. Premier Guide Miami sat down to find out what that means — and what comes next.

Actor Mark Valley — known for his roles as Jack Deveraux on Days of Our Lives, Father Pete on Another World, and Brad Chase on Boston Legal — plays the lead role of Christopher Chance in FOX's DC Comics-based action series Human Target, now in its second season. Chance is a unique private security expert who places himself directly in the line of fire to protect his clients, making amends for his former life as a mercenary and hired assassin. The season finale, "Marshall Pucci," airs Wednesday, February 9 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on FOX.

On what continually surprises him in the scripts: "I don't want to ruin it for anybody. What I find surprising is how our writers can integrate so many different elements into a script and keep all our different characters involved. Matt Miller really 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 season. We don't really have anonymous guests that we have to try to feel sympathy for. Each case has had a personal link to one of the characters. I have to say I'm continually impressed at his ability to see that vision through."

On the physical challenges of the role: "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 riggers 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. There is also an awful lot of violence on the show. There's an awful lot of gunplay and explosions and people being shot or dying. It's been an interesting season to walk that line — to have a show that has its roots in a comic book, which allows you to treat things as if they don't have quite as many dimensions, but then still playing it in three dimensions to make it seem real."

On coming to enjoy the Human Target comic book: "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."

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