Exclusive: Theo James and Rose Leslie talk HBO's The Time Traveler's Wife
Now playing on HBO is the original six-episode drama series THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE, starring Theo James and Rose Leslie.
An intricate and magical love story, adapted by Steven Moffat from the much loved novel by Audrey Niffenegger and directed by David Nutter, THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE tells the story of Clare and Henry, and a marriage with a problem... time travel.
Clare Abshire (Rose Leslie) is described as fiery, clever and unstoppable – and for most of her life she’s had an amazing secret. Since she was six years old Clare has had an imaginary friend: a kind and funny man, sometimes old, sometimes young, who appears in the woods behind her house and tells her tales of the future.
Visits from the mysterious Henry are the bright spots in the tedium of her childhood. As the years pass, and she grows into a beautiful young woman, she starts to realise her friend is not imaginary – he’s a time traveler, visiting from the future. And he’s not just from any old future – he’s from her future. Clare has a literal date with destiny. One day she’s going to meet a young man called Henry DeTamble – whom she’ll know very well but who won’t recognise her at all – and she will become the time traveler’s wife.
Henry DeTamble (Theo James) has a problem. Since he was eight years old he’s been time traveler. It’s not a superpower, it’s a condition – he can’t help it. Sometimes, when Henry is stressed or worried – and sometimes for no reason at all – he loses his grip on the current moment and falls naked into the past or the future. One minute he’s making breakfast, the next he’s naked at a hoedown in 1973. He can be stuck there for minutes or months, he never knows. His life is a rollercoaster of constant danger and white-knuckle survival. Until one day he meets a beautiful redhead in the library where he works. Her name is Clare Abshire and although he’s never seen her before, she claims to have known him all her life. Finally his curse has given him something good – and Clare and Henry are about to have the time of their lives.
James is best known for his role in “The Divergent” film trilogy. His other feature credits include “Underworld: Blood Wars” and “Underworld: Awakening.” His television roles include voicing characters in both “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” and “Castlevania,” both of which are at Netflix.
Rose is best known for playing Ygritte on HBO’s megahit series “Game of Thrones.” She is also known for her roles on shows like “Downton Abbey” and the CBS All Access (now Paramount Plus) legal drama “The Good Fight.”
Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales spoke with James and Leslie about their role.