psychedelicagno: 'Skins' Castmate Calls Chris' Breakdown 'Really Emotional'

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

'Skins' Castmate Calls Chris' Breakdown 'Really Emotional'

'He has a lot of problems and he's trying to solve them for himself,' Daniel Flaherty tells MTV News of character played by Jesse Carere.
By Jocelyn Vena, additional reporting by Adam Murphy

Daniel Flaherty
Photo: MTV News

The characters on "Skins" have already faced some major issues head on, but perhaps none as major as what hard-partying Chris had to confront on Monday night's episode.

While Chris, played by Jesse Carere, seems like a teenager who doesn't care about the consequences of his actions, fans got a chance to see why he acts the way he does. Partying has become a way to self-medicate the pain from a broken home life and his affections for a certain older lady.

"When [Chris] falls to pieces, it's really emotional," "Skins" star Daniel Flaherty, who plays Stanley on the show, told MTV News. "We really capture a completely opposite side that we've never seen before. We see him trying to get Tina and that's a side we don't really see of him, too, because he's so in love with Tina. He's so insecure about that relationship and then ... we see this other side of him."

Flaherty predicted that exposing Chris' many layers would probably be a moving moment for viewers. "[He's] almost going to tears and you're like, 'Wow this character is so powerful.' He is just the little kid. He's acting like such a badass and such a tall man, but he is a little child and he has a lot of problems and he's trying to solve them for himself, and he's really in that.

"And I can see why Chris focuses his time on drugs and alcohol because behind everything he's a sad kid," Flaherty continued. "He doesn't have a family. He thinks he's in love with his teacher, which is crazy."

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Don't miss "Skins," airing Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.

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