On behalf of Geeks of Doom, I recently participated in a press conference call with Noah Bean, star of FX’s new hit show Damages, a psychological thriller centered about a high-stakes litigation case. Bean’s character is David Connor, the fiancé of Ellen Parsons, a junior associate at the law firm; he’s also the brother of the firm’s potential key witness in a case against a billionaire CEO. In the interview, Bean tells us about working with the show’s star Glenn Close and gives his thoughts on his character’s untimely demise, as well as drops a few hints as to what we can expect for his character in upcoming episodes.

Question: What were your thoughts on joining the show where you know your character end is dead and that then potentially resulting in you not having as long as a run as other characters, and I say potentially because we have no idea what’s going to happen?

Noah Bean: Once we started shooting it, I was like, “Darn it, this stinks because,” it’s so great. It’s just gotten better and better and better, the show as we’ve continued shooting. So it’s a little bit of a bummer, but I think it’s going to be sort of fascinating. I think the guys, our writers and our creators, have got some really cool storylines that are going to kind of build up to the end of the season and then like you said, I think that we’ve all kind of got no idea where this may go. So who knows? “¦ It’s kind of a bummer, but the same time, it’s exciting.

Q: [Were you told] during the audition process whether or not David would be dead? Did you find out then and how did that affect the way you prepared for the role?

NB: Yes, I knew even before. The script that I got there was some slight changes from the earliest draft that I got before I auditioned. But David was definitely dead in the bathtub in the end. So it was a slight disappointment, but at the same, it’s just so cool to be kind of a lynchpin in this story. And to as the season will go on, I think we’re going to get closer and closer to that moment and what happened and why it happened and who did it, to know that you would be kind of a real intricate part was exciting and more, so than maybe the disappointment of knowing that your days are numbered.

One of our executive producers … he used to work on the Sopranos for a few seasons and he was saying that all those actors were dreading the call when they would get — their character was going to get whacked next week or something. He said, “You know what, you don’t got anything to worry about because you already got the call when you signed up for the job.” I don’t have anything to worry about. I know my fate is sealed, but how it’s going to happen and how long I’ll be around it’s still sort of a mystery to me and all of us over there.

Q: Is your character David Conner going to have any scenes with Patty Hewes [played by Glenn Close]?

NB: Without giving too much away, David, my character, does start to get some run-ins with Patty Hewes. Thankfully for myself, the actor, it’s like a dream come true. It’s fantastic.

Q: Is it as good as they say it is?

NB: I wouldn’t know completely, but yes, it’s pretty darn good. She is really amazing. We shot this scene a couple of weeks ago and I went in with all this stuff kind of planned out and had all these ideas about the scene and kind of going to do this thing where I really want to stare her down. And I’ll tell you man, we got into this scene and they yelled action and Glenn just — she saw what I was doing, I think and she then went so over top with me and stared me down, that I couldn’t even look at her. She went inside my soul; it was really fascinating and terrifying at the time.

But yes, she’s really, really great. And she just puts her all into it and that it is very infectious for I think everybody on set, cast and crew. “¦ It’s really great. And then to be on set with her, I think it just raises the caliber for everybody.

Q: What was your reaction like when you read that Glenn Close is holding a dog collar because it shocks all of us “¦

NB: Yes, I loved it. I thought it was great … the first time I read the script, I had no idea. But she does that and then I feel like she’s every couple minutes all of a sudden, it’s a new thing. You think she’s this brave kind of — this woman is out there to save these people and then all of a sudden, you think wait minute what are her real motives behind this? And then all of a sudden, she’s a loving mother and another second, she’s killing dogs. And it’s like constantly you never know where you’re standing.

But the great thing about Glenn is that there’s something so appealing about her and you do, you’re terrified of her and you’re fascinated and kind of love her at the same time, which is just her brilliance. And it’s in writing, these guys are and all the characters as we go on, I think there’s going to be lots of surprises for everybody. And it’s everybody’s morals are tested quite a few times in this world and because it’s big business and big money and powerful people and things — it gets dangerous.

Q: Now that the show is doing well — the first episode had 3.7 million viewers and at this week’s was listed as the most watched basic cable program of the nigh … What [are] the feelings like on the set now that you know it’s doing well, is there a kind of sigh of relief?

NB: Totally. Yes. “¦ Everybody is just totally thrilled and I think we were working hard before, but now I think everybody’s even more jazzed and excited and really happy to be there. So it’s great. It’s a great feeling because you’re kind of working in a bubble for so long and then finally when it comes out and for it to be, for people to like it and to be catching on is a great feeling.

Q: You’ve said that you don’t really know too much of what’s going to happen … but since you have shot more episodes than we’ve seen, are there any hints that you can give us?

NB: It’s going to be totally unexpected. I don’t know. They’ve given us strong warnings to not give away too much.

I think that Ellen and David, Rose [Byrne] and I, we, our relationship, they’ve started us this very kind of — we’re this young happy couple and this kind of power couple, a doctor and a lawyer. And it’s a little — it could be a little vanilla at times that it’s saying, but we definitely get tested — individually and our relationship. And things get a little more tense as the landscape of the whole story gets more complicated and more dangerous as the episodes move on, which I have been very happy to have us. And I get put into some of those — where David is kind of the one kind of more black and white and wrong where all these characters sort of live in the grey zone.

They’ve definitely brought David into as it goes on, I guess, into some more precarious situations and obviously, I end up in some life threatening situations as the season goes on because we all know what happens. But yes, it’s interesting.

But yes, it’s interesting. There’s some really cool — there’s going to be some really cool — I mean its sort of lame to say, but there’s going to be really cool stuff that happens. It’s amazing. But, I don’t know. I sort of gave you nothing there, but maybe I gave you a little something. I don’t know. Why would you want to know? It will be more fun if you don’t know.

Q: What’s your favorite TV show of all time?

NB: … of all time, I would probably say The Muppet Show.