The drama’s name comes from the real-life “burn notices” issued by the CIA when its agents are no longer to be trusted. Why These 11 Actors Won’t Watch Their Own TV Shows Donovan said he felt imprisoned by ‘Burn Notice’ And it’s really important that when I do something, it looks like I can actually do it.”ĭespite Donovan’s on-screen and off-screen commitment to his Burn Notice role, he had harsh words to say about the filming experience. So I’m doing workouts in the weight room three days a week, and then I’m doing mixed martial arts those other three days, and on Sunday I rest. And one of the things that I take pride is in that even though we shoot 16 episodes and it takes six months, I actually train in the off-season…to get ready for those 16. “It’s really important that not only do I build my own gadgets, that I do my own fights … really important that I keep it authentic.
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Soon, he wasn’t just playing the role of Westen, but even doing his own stunts and directing the 2011 spinoff movie entitled Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe.Ĭinema Blend points out that Donovan often did everything you see on screen in Burn Notice himself, including building Westen’s gadgets and weapons, and fighting off villains. Donovan said in an interview: “ became interested in acting after performing a monologue in a high school English class to avoid a writing assignment,” explains TV Guide.Īccording to IMDb, Donovan landed his first acting gig in the mid-1990s, but the outlet notes that “he mostly played minor parts.” That all began to change when the actor got his first major role on 2004’s Touching Evil, followed by getting cast to lead Burn Notice in 2007.
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