Numb3rs - David Krumholtz Talks Posted by DarkUFO at Tuesday, June 24, 2008 (View Comments) Labels: Numb3rs

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Will Charlie get his clearance back and is he going to work with his brother on FBI cases?
Certainly he is going to get his clearance back. But it is not going to be easy. It is going to be the first time in Charlie's life that he's had to really, really fight hard for something that he's not quite sure he wants. That is going to be an interesting way of presenting that storyline next year.

He is desperate to get his security clearance back, but once he gets it back he's not quite sure if it is a burden that he wants to bear anymore. He has his own goals in life, he wants to come to prominence as a great mathematician. He wants to make a great mathematical discovery and the question he will have to wrestle with is, is his FBI work getting in the way of his prominence as a mathematician? That's what we are going to see a lot of this season. I don't know how he's going to get his clearance back, but it will take a good few episodes. Once he gets his clearance back it's also about re-establishing the trust between him and his brother. Certainly, he broke some of that trust. He should not have done what he did because brother simply didn't want him to do it. He did it because he believed in it and it was a tough decision for him to make.

Do you think Charlie and Amita will get married soon?
I don't think Charlie will get married in the next season. They are talking about bringing that relationship to a higher level of commitment. Hopefully they will surprise the audience and do something very interesting with it. I would hope it doesn't go along this path of they get engaged and they get married and it is very simple. Certainly they are falling more in love.

What is your relationship like with Rob Morrow, who plays your brother in the show?
I was a fan of Rob's when he was in Northern Exposure so when he got cast as my brother I was very excited. He and I get along like brothers. He doesn't have a brother and I don't have a brother so we are the closest thing that either of us has had. We have worked very hard to establish a tone in the acting that we think is unlike a lot of other crime shows. We try to ad lib and make it more natural and less stiff than other shows.

What is the best part of playing a mathematician?
Making geek chic is pretty cool. I am a geek and I think being a geek is very in right now and I think we are part of having made that happen. Usually Hollywood portrays geeks as complete misfits who can't get a date. Charlie is a normal guy who happens to be earnest and passionate about the sciences. I think that's the best part of playing a mathematician. I'm proud of making math cool.

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