Speedlemania

 

• NAME: Rory Cochrane
• DOB: February 28, 1972

• HAIR COLOR: Dark Brown

• EYE COLOR: Dark Brown

• HEIGHT: 6'0"  (1,83 cm)

• WEIGHT: 160 lbs

• MARITAL STATUS: Single (But he has a girlfriend)

• His father is Irish and his mother is Indian
• Siblings: Brother Brendan, Sister Siobhan
• Moved to England when he was three months old.
• Lived with actress Renée Zellweger for four years
• Is friends with Matt Damon,  Ben Affleck , Matthew McConaughey, Joaquin Phoenix, Chris O'Donnell, and Cole Hauser
• Likes to Travel, play Chess & ad-libs his lines
• Tim Speedle, facts  http://www.freewebs.com/speedlemania/timspeedle.htm

This one I just had to add because of the Quote, You gotta love him.. if not, shame on you.. really.. pity

Facts at a Glance 

Birthdate: Febuary 28th, 1972
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Height: 6'0" or 6'1"
Marital Status: Single but does have a girlfriend
Lives: New York
Habit: Smoker

Quote: Sure we could move to Hollywood and be famous but now you live two blocks from a Kentucky Fried Chicken!

 

 

•  Interview with Rory (www.csifiles.com) September 22, 2004

Rory Cochrane has been with CSI: Miami since the show debuted in 2002, playing criminalist Tim Speedle, a level-headed professional who worked cases with a cool demeanor and a fierce determination. But in Monday night's season premiere, "Lost Son", Speedle was killed in the line of duty while investigating a shady jewelry shop with Horatio Caine. Cochrane sat down with CSI Files to tell us why he decided to leave the hit show and why he's unhappy with the way his character was dispatched.

 

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CSI Files: So, the question that's on everyone's mind right now is, why did you decide to leave CSI: Miami?

Rory Cochrane: Doing a one-hour drama is very long. I'm originally from New York and my family's back here, and a lot of my friends. I felt [the show] was never-ending and the grind was a lot. It's nice being on a hit show and the viewers are very supportive, but I couldn't really take it anymore.

It's hard to sit there and complain when the pay is good and most people make what we make in an episode, in a year. It wasn't a money thing. I didn't like someone having control of my life for most of the year.

CSI Files: Were you happy with the way your character, Tim Speedle, was written out?

Cochrane: No, I actually thought it was pretty lame to be honest with you. They have all these creative ways that people die [in Miami]. A main character on the show--I thought they could have come up with something a little more imaginative. Getting shot--anybody can think of that.

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CSI Files: Did you have any ideas that you suggested to the writers about how to write your character out?

Cochrane: I suggested something to them. I forgot what it was, but it got shot down. It was like I'm the one who wants to leave, so I couldn't really ask.

And I was like, "Can I at least get to shoot somebody?" And they're like, "nope."

CSI Files: What do you think about Speedle's failure to clean his gun?

Cochrane: I gotta be honest with you, I thought it was totally lame, but what can you do? It's not up to me.

CSI Files: Did Speedle ever fire a successful shot?

Cochrane: No. Never.

  

CSI Files: Did you have any input in shaping your character? He changed a great deal in the first season, from a more laid-back, casual type, to a cooler, edgier professional. Did you have anything to do with that, or was that just the writers tweaking the character?

Cochrane: It was sort of like a free-for-all in the beginning and they were just trying to put things together. We had a really great technical advisor named John Haynes, and I'd ask him questions. I'd say, "would I be wearing this Grateful Dead shirt? Does this make any sense to you?" And he was like, "No." So I was like, "Get me in a collared shirt because CSIs are supposed to wear collared shirts." I'd just try to make it as realistic as possible under the circumstances. Of course, we're driving Hummers and things like that--that's out of my control--but for my character I wanted to at least try to go by the book and not take the liberty of being able to wear t-shirts or tye dyes or whatever.

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CSI Files: Do you think you'll keep in touch with any of the cast members?

Cochrane: I still keep in touch with those guys. The cast is great. They're funny, nice people. They're great to work with. It didn't have anything to do with anybody involved that I chose to leave. It had to do with the grind and the monotony. It was kind of like Groundhog Day. You get up, go to work, come home, get up go to work go home...it takes a toll on your soul kind of.

CSI Files: Were you happy with your character and his development?

   

Cochrane: It was fine. I don't regret doing it--I learned a lot. I didn't have any complaints about anything other than I just needed some freedom.

CSI Files: What made you decide to make the leap from film to television? What made you take the role initially?

Cochrane: I'd never been submitted for television before for however long I was doing movies, but I had this agent at the time--I'm not working with him anymore--but he sort of talked me into it. I had initially turned [Miami] down, and then there was a series of phone calls where he sort of convinced me to do it.

CSI Files: When did you decide that you wanted to leave CSI: Miami?

Cochrane: Probably in the first season. Everybody could tell I was sort of unhappy [but] I didn't want to bring anyone down. To be honest with you, I'm surprised they let me out [of my contract], but I'm glad they did and I thought that was very gracious of them.

CSI Files: Did you tell the producers that you wanted to leave in the first season?

Cochrane: No, I wanted to put in two years. I always thought I'd put in two years, but when the ratings became so high, I thought, wow, they might not let me out of this thing. But I was classy about it, I didn't demand more money. I just said, "I want out."

CSI Files: Why did they choose to write you out in the third season premiere, "Lost Son"?

Cochrane: I initially told them during hiatus period right after the second season. I told them in June; that's the time when people go in and try to renegotiate. So the next episode was that one [the season premiere] that we did in July.

CSI Files: What are you working on right now?

Cochrane: I did a movie [A Scanner Darkly] in June in Austin, Texas for the same director as Dazed & Confused [Richard Linklater]. And that was a fun project to do.

CSI Files: What made you choose that role?

Cochrane: The director called me up and just asked me if I wanted to do it, and [it had a] good cast and I love Austin so I said sure. It definitely wasn't a money gig, it was just a fun project to do. It was kind of nice that everybody did it for like no money. It had all those big names in it.

  

CSI Files: What kind of roles are you interested in pursuing? Is there anyone in particular you'd like to work with?

Cochrane: There're tons of people I want to work with. I'm just sort of trying to get my head right and go back to the gym--little things that time didn't permit [before].

CSI Files: Are you looking at any particular roles right now?

Cochrane: A few things, [but] nothing set in stone.

CSI Files: Are there any roles you've played that you're particularly proud of?

Cochrane: I don't want to say, "Wow, I was really awesome in that!" I've enjoyed a few characters that I've played. Again it's nice to just do different things and play different characters.

When you're doing that TV thing, you're doing the same thing for years and years. You can fall into bad habits as an actor and I think it can take a toll on your ability to act, which I think is scary.

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CSI Files: Did you notice that in your own performance or that of other actors?

Cochrane: I noticed it in my own performance because there were times where I just didn't care if I was good or not, and that scared me.

CSI Files: Would you ever consider doing television again in any capacity?

Cochrane: Well, actually, I'm not allowed to do TV for like four years, because they let me leave, but I'm still obligated to them for four years so as part of the deal, I can't do TV for four years.

CSI Files: Do you ever do any theater work?

Cochrane: No, I leave that to the real actors.

CSI Files: Were you a fan of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation before you got the role of Speedle in CSI: Miami?

Cochrane: No, I'd actually never heard of it, but they're doing extremely well, and I'm sure that New York show will do very well.

CSI Files: Thank you so much for your time!

Cochrane: I'd like to thank the viewers for supporting me. I've gotten phone calls already--people are really bummed out [about Speedle's death].

CSI Files:They certainly are! There are a lot of people who are upset about his death, and many who didn't like the way he died.

Cochrane: Including me!

 

 

 

 FACTS:
Lived in England for a few years. He made some appearances on TV before acting in a movie. His costar in four of his movies ("Empire Records," "Love and a 45," "The Low Life," and "Dazed and Confused") was Renee Zellweger (see below for other info) He had a role in a TV mini series, "The Last Don," with Kirstie Allie and Joe Mantegna. When he appeared as Slater in "Dazed and Confused" he became well known with the slacker and grunge crowd because of the way he had to look in that movie. The long hair in the movie wasn't real, it was a wig attached to his hat, since he had short hair. He was in a movie with Robert DeNiro, called "Flawless." He was in ths indie project "Sunset Strip" with Jared Leto and his "Dazed" friend, Adam Goldberg. He is well respected by his fellow thespian peers. He dated Joey Lauren Adams for alittle, while making "Dazed and Confused." He travels frequently. One of his "Dazed" costars described him as a "loud, bawling Irish drinker" she meant it as a good thing.

He had a nude scene in his '92 film, "Fathers & Sons." He's only done one non-independent movie. It's rumored that he makes up alittle dialogue to his roles, especially in "Dazed and Confused!" He likes to practice acting with friends. He is a good chess player. He's worked with Adam Goldberg twice in "D & C" and "Sunset Strip." He liked making "Empire Records." He is good friends with Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and their group. His father is fully Irish. He now stars in the weekly hit show, "CSI: Miami!" When he was little he could be an angel, but also Hell on wheels, and he always would come up with wierd things. He is set to work with Robin again in the 2004 movie, "A Whale in Montana!" Drives a Ducati motorcycle. Reportedly likes to party and go clubbing a lot. When he was little he used to go to Summer camp with his siblings. He has an older brother named Brendon, and a sister, Siobahn. Says he doesn't know about most of the stuff done on "CSI: Miami." For almost all his major roles he has gotten praised by critics-even if they hated the movie!

  

Rory and CSI Miami Co-star Adam Rodriguez at Cart racing event 9.22.03

He has been in a many movies for his young age. His more known roles were as the philosophical, Lucas in "Empire Records," the stoner, Slater in "Dazed and Confused," and the criminal druggie, Billy Mack in "Love and a 45." He lived with Renee for years (approx late 1993-1995), but then something happened and they broke up alittle after the filming of "Empire Records". I also found this out, he is NOT married, I repeat he is not married to a girl named Rebecca Columbus, he has never even heard of her! It was a big rumor back in 1998. With a short break, he now has more movies coming out that are sure gonna rock!

 

October 25, 2004... Rory was mentioned again in the Who's News section of
USA Weekend (Oct22-24). A reader wrote in to ask "Why was Rory Cochrane's
character killed on the season premiere of CSI: Miami? The answer was:
"Cochrane, 32, tells us he wanted out of a six-year contract and CBS graciously
obliged. "I really have to tip my hat to those guys who do those shows for, like
six or eight years," he says. "I am just not cut out for that."

acc to the website www.imbd.com Rory left CSI Miami because:

In 2004, grew tired of the medical and scientific terminology frequently used on "CSI: Miami" (2002), and asked to get out of his contract. CBS agreed, and his character, Timothy Speedle, was killed off.

And that is not true acc to the interview by csifiles.com

I watch "CSI: Miami" for Rory Cochrane. He's cute and has a great voice. Does he do voiceovers?
Michelle Brechon, Maplewood, Minn.

No. And when we spoke, he sounded tired, because he'd been working round-the-clock on new episodes. He may be touted as one of TV's sexiest men, but Cochrane, 31, says, "I could get to the gym more often." Usually drawn to bad-guy roles, he says he had to act tough in the Queens, N.Y., neighborhood in which he grew up. "Gang members would get on the subway and start robbing people," he says. "If you acted scared, they would come and take your stuff."

 

http://www.usaweekend.com/04_issues/040208/040208whosnews.html

Corey Miller, Executive Story Editor

November 23, 2005 I’ve received a ton of e-mails because of this blog, and I am very appreciative. Germany, Chile, Mexico, England, Australia, Slovenia, Columbia, France, the Netherlands, Canada, and Brazil, to name a few. It is difficult to fully grasp the fact that we produce these episodes, and they end up in so many homes all over the world. I love that. Once I saw a tape of CSI, which showed scenes from the show dubbed into various languages. It was a trip. We’re on practically everywhere. I always thought love was the international language. Maybe it’s actually death? Another country representing: Ireland. Tina had a great question. She asked, “ what was the funniest prank played on someone on the set? What happened, and who did it?” Well, I don’t know what the funniest prank was, necessarily. But I can tell a story of one prank that I was actually involved in executing. And it played out better than we could have asked. March, 2003. I was asked to write a freelance episode of CSI: MIAMI, the aforementioned “Tinder Box.” I wrote my draft, took it through the pre-production process, and was then told I was going to be the on-set writer throughout the shoot. This was just my second time on set in this capacity. I had done the job just once, on a third-season episode of CSI. So I still had the nervous pangs. But I had worked on CSI since the beginning, in a different capacity, so I knew everyone there. I knew not a soul on the CSI: MIAMI set. Day one, first thing I did was seek out David Caruso, wanting to introduce myself. He was in the makeup trailer. His first words to me, said with a big smile: “Bring on the next victim!” He made me feel very comfortable right away, and I appreciated that very much. Day two. One of the Assistant Directors told me that David wanted to speak with me. I immediately looked over the scenes for the day, wondering what questions he may have. Well, he did want a scene rewritten. But not for the show. David wanted to play a joke on the actor Rory Cochrane, who played the now-departed character Tim Speedle. The episode began in a club, techno music pounding. A fire would soon erupt in the club, causing pure pandemonium. David said Rory didn’t like to dance. He thought it would be funny if I would put out some “official” revised pages, and change the scene to where Speedle would start dancing right before the fire broke out. I did think it would be funny, but I hadn’t even met Rory yet. Suddenly I was going to be playing a joke on him? That could go south in nanoseconds. Would my career be over before it even began? But I decided to go for it. David had such a great devious look on his face whenever he talked about it, that he had me convinced. For the life of me, I don’t know why I didn’t save the actual revised script pages that Rory received that day. Maybe I wanted to destroy all evidence of it tying back to me. Ha. So I have to tell you from memory. What the scene became was Speedle meeting a girl at the bar, and when the music hit some psycho apex, he lead her out to the dance floor, and to paraphrase myself, bust some moves that were “Bob Fosse meets 50 Cent,” whatever that even means. We made a couple dozen copies, and passed them out to the crew, to make them look legit. The funny thing was, Rory never usually even read revised pages until the last minute. So everyone in the know waited with bated breath until he finally saw them. Me, getting more freaked by the minute. “What have I done?” We were shooting at a tow yard in San Pedro when an Assistant Director walked up to me, cell phone in hand. “Rory wants to talk to you.” Here we go. I grabbed the phone. People gathered around, including David and Rex Linn. And suddenly I was an actor myself, improvising in front of an audience. Rory, thankfully, was not pissed. He just made a simple statement. “I got these pages. There’s no WAY I’m doing this.” I told him that I was sorry to have to spring it on him at the last minute, but that Ann had run into Jerry Bruckheimer at a function, and that they decided we had to make the show more hip in order to appeal to a younger demographic. So I thought that if I rewrote the teaser to incorporate the latest in dance moves, we’d get the MTV generation hooked. Rory just kept saying that whatever happened, he didn’t care, that he was not going to dance for the show. I told him I would try to do whatever I could to work it out. The whole time I was talking, everyone sat in rapt attention. David was cupping his hands over his mouth, trying extremely hard to hold back his laughter. And when I hung up, David said, “You’re in the wrong union, brother.” It could have ended there, but it didn’t. When Khandi Alexander heard about it, she couldn’t wait to get in on it. She told Rory that she had been in touch with a choreographer, and that she found the best of the best. And David kept rubbing salt in his wounds, saying everyone has to do what they have to for the better of the show, etc. Rory was squirming. Just when Rory was talking about calling his manager to get out of doing the scene, we let him off the hook. He was punk’d, and took it very well, with great humor. And I’m still working.

Music:

 

White Flag - Dido