Pictured: Actor Kevin Daniels. Photo Credit: Marc Cartwright.

Pictured: Actor Kevin Daniels. Photo Credit: Marc Cartwright.

GALO: What has been you’re favorite scene involving Hank on the show so far?

KD: Probably working with Josh Segarra, who plays Billy, Theresa’s [Johnny’s love interest, played by Jessica Mcnamee] partner on the show. He’s this wide-eyed, naive, really eager Puerto Rican cop. And he’s as sweet as can be, but dumb as a f—ing box of hair.

And there’s an episode where we’ve come to break into Theresa’s house to steal back Johnny’s iPad, because he’s told her he doesn’t watch porn. And we’re in the middle of looking at her browser history, when he walks down the stairs, butt naked, holding a gun. In the script, he’s written to be hung like a horse. Just like this gigantic penis staring at us. And we’ve spent a lot of time with him in a couple of episodes. Josh had to come up, and he’s wearing basically just a stocking over himself, in front of the three of us, all the girls in the show and the entire cast and crew. The camera people were shaking with the camera because it was making us laugh. And he’s standing naked in a room, in front of people he’s just met. That was his first episode. It was awesome. Like, “come be in our show, wear a c–k sock, it’ll be great.” I love that.

There’s a scene we do regarding Jeff the Chef [Hank’s ex-boyfriend] that Johnny and Hank share outside of the rig. Hank’s ex is getting married and Hank says he’s fine, but obviously he’s not. And he sees a [patient] whose d–k reminds him of his ex. And he has a little bit of a breakdown. It’s one of my favorite pieces that I’ve ever seen written. He starts talking about how the guy’s d–k looks just like his ex’s. And Johnny’s like, “I don’t understand, don’t they all look the same?” And Hank’s like, “Yeah, they all look the same sometimes when I’m drunk. But Jeff’s was really special. I could pick his d–k out of a roomful of d–ks.” Every time I see that, it makes me laugh. Maybe we all love d–k jokes, I don’t know. They make me laugh.

GALO: Sirens is based on a British series of the same name. Did you happen to watch it before you started working on this show?

KD: I did, actually. I really wanted to see what they were doing. I remember when USA ordered it and said they were going to make the show. I’m an actor, I’m nosy, and I’m a big fan of Richard Madden [who played Ashley]. And I was like, ‘oh, let me go ahead and see what’s going on’. I had to go to YouTube and they had all six episodes. I binge-watched the whole show and I f—ing loved it. It’s really different. It’s more of a drama and it’s really dark. The way it’s shot and how it’s edited — it’s an adult show — but it’s really a black comedy. It has a lot of great, funny sh-t in it. They were primarily a drama with comedy. Whereas we really want to make you laugh, and make you feel a little something at the end. Their [episodes] were around an hour, and ours are around a half. They spend more time delving into what that world of an EMT would be like. I love what the show did with Ashley. I was like, ‘I hope they have a gay character on the American version.’ And then when I got the script and I got the audition, I was like, ‘wow, great, I’m going to try to do what he does.’

GALO: If the show happens to be renewed for a second season, what aspects of Hank’s life would you like to see the show explore?

KD: Giving Hank a boyfriend, or figuring out what his love life is gonna be. They kind of touch on it a little bit, but Hank doesn’t want to just go from one-night stands. Just trying to find out where the humor of it is and what relationships end up being. Like how do you manage that? Does he tell the boys about who he’s dating? Is he embarrassed? So, whatever it is.

GALO: So if you could choose anyone, what actor would you have play Hank’s boyfriend?

KD: I have all these friends who’ve already called me and been like, “Hey, so I want to be Hank’s boyfriend in season two.” Like Jeff Hephner, who’s on Chicago Fire. He’s in Chicago, but they’re always busy. We tried to actually get him [to play] Jeff the Chef. He was shooting that whole week, so he missed it. But honestly, I think it would be really cool if we could get the stars of the original show [to guest-star]. I would love to work with Richard Madden. I think he’s fantastic. He’s so talented. And Leary had a pitch about those guys coming to Chicago because the Rolling Stones were in town and they brought their own EMT paramedics with them, so both groups could actually meet. And I was like, “you’ve gotta make that happen. Whatever you do, you’ve gotta make that happen, man.”

GALO: Now I have to ask, are you a Game of Thrones fan? And if so, were you as devastated as the rest of the world seeing Richard Madden die on screen?

KD: Oh, I love Game of Thrones — from day one. I won’t read the books because I know the show is different. I have a couple friends who work on the show now, like Pedro Pascal, a buddy of mine who plays Oberyn. He’s f—ing killing it. My buddy Bryan Cogman is one of the writers. So we’ll go over to his house and watch the screenings of it. I had to get HBO Canada while I’m here, because I’m not missing the show. That’s my program. And the Red Wedding killed me man. I was like, ‘How you gonna do that to the baby?!’ Then they killed the wolf. It was so horrible, awful. And Catelyn Stark [Michelle Fairley], I love her. She’s such a great actress. And she just did an arc on Suits, which is another show on USA. For a while, they had like a little Game of Thrones reunion happening on USA. And I was like, ‘maybe it could happen, maybe Richard could come play with us.’

GALO: Without giving too much away, what can we expect from the season finale, “Shotgun Wedding?”

KD: Our finale is probably the funniest episode we’ve ever done. You get to meet all the characters. Johnny proposes to Theresa and you see where that goes. I think that’s all I really want to say about it. I don’t want to give any spoilers away, but I guess you get to see Josh Segarra sing. I’ll say that. Billy sings a song [laughs]. Billy sings a song and I just broke out into laughter thinking about it. Richie Keen is our director for that episode, and he directs a lot of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. And Denis was on set every day for that episode. I, hands down, think it’s the funniest episode we’ve shot. I cannot wait for the finale. I think people are really going to enjoy it. It’s a big farce. I’m very proud of the last episode.

Catch the season finale of “Sirens” tonight on USA at 10 p.m. ET.


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