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reeddiamondKellerman Creeps Back To `Homicide'
December 10, 1998 | By Mike Duffy, Knight-Ridder/Tribune.
As a cop, Mike Kellerman could be a real creep.
Which is why Reed Diamond's tormented, live-wire detective was so compelling for three seasons on NBC's "Homicide: Life on the Street." But after a disgraced Kellerman was forced to resign from the Baltimore force at the end of last season, we figured that was the last of Mikey.
Guess again. Diamond and his slippery alter ego are back for a tense two-episode visit on "Homicide" concluding Friday at 9 p.m.
Only this time, Kellerman is competing with his old cop shop compadres. He plays a private investigator working for the family of a teenage girl implicated in the killing of her newborn baby.
"One of the reasons I had decided to leave `Homicide' is because I loved the (Kellerman) character so much," says Diamond. "And to keep the integrity of the show, there's no way he could continue to be a detective."
Not after he shot drug kingpin Luther Mahoney in cold blood, lied about it, covered it up and engaged in other deadly dirty tricks.
"Coming back as a private investigator seemed logical," Diamond says. "It makes sense that an ex-cop would become a private investigator."
Though Kellerman's outlaw behavior eventually shortened Diamond's stay on "Homicide," the actor has no regrets. He always considered his moody, unconventional character a blessing.
Especially since the original plan for Kellerman was to "turn him into a hunky, adorable cop," says Diamond. Fortunately, "Homicide" producers Tom Fontana and David Simon infused Mikey with numerous inner demons. He drank too much. He became suicidal. The stink of corruption followed him around.
"We took a regular character in a television drama and put him in this morally ambiguous and difficult place," explains Diamond. "I feel really fortunate that I could play a very complex character who was not always likable. Typically in TV, the regulars have to be sympathetic. You bring on the guest stars to play villains."
Not that Diamond, 31, ever viewed his emotionally combustible rogue cop as a portrait in complete evil.
"Kellerman's an honorable guy. His intentions were always the best," says Diamond. "But his flaw was in how he carried out those intentions. I never saw him as despicable. Besides, it's infinitely more boring to play the guy who's always right."
Absolutely.
So say hello again to Mike Kellerman, "Homicide's" hunky, adorable creep. He's still one happily twisted mister.
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December 10, 1998 | By Mike Duffy, Knight-Ridder/Tribune.
As a cop, Mike Kellerman could be a real creep.
Which is why Reed Diamond's tormented, live-wire detective was so compelling for three seasons on NBC's "Homicide: Life on the Street." But after a disgraced Kellerman was forced to resign from the Baltimore force at the end of last season, we figured that was the last of Mikey.
Guess again. Diamond and his slippery alter ego are back for a tense two-episode visit on "Homicide" concluding Friday at 9 p.m.
Only this time, Kellerman is competing with his old cop shop compadres. He plays a private investigator working for the family of a teenage girl implicated in the killing of her newborn baby.
"One of the reasons I had decided to leave `Homicide' is because I loved the (Kellerman) character so much," says Diamond. "And to keep the integrity of the show, there's no way he could continue to be a detective."
Not after he shot drug kingpin Luther Mahoney in cold blood, lied about it, covered it up and engaged in other deadly dirty tricks.
"Coming back as a private investigator seemed logical," Diamond says. "It makes sense that an ex-cop would become a private investigator."
Though Kellerman's outlaw behavior eventually shortened Diamond's stay on "Homicide," the actor has no regrets. He always considered his moody, unconventional character a blessing.
Especially since the original plan for Kellerman was to "turn him into a hunky, adorable cop," says Diamond. Fortunately, "Homicide" producers Tom Fontana and David Simon infused Mikey with numerous inner demons. He drank too much. He became suicidal. The stink of corruption followed him around.
"We took a regular character in a television drama and put him in this morally ambiguous and difficult place," explains Diamond. "I feel really fortunate that I could play a very complex character who was not always likable. Typically in TV, the regulars have to be sympathetic. You bring on the guest stars to play villains."
Not that Diamond, 31, ever viewed his emotionally combustible rogue cop as a portrait in complete evil.
"Kellerman's an honorable guy. His intentions were always the best," says Diamond. "But his flaw was in how he carried out those intentions. I never saw him as despicable. Besides, it's infinitely more boring to play the guy who's always right."
Absolutely.
So say hello again to Mike Kellerman, "Homicide's" hunky, adorable creep. He's still one happily twisted mister.
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