In the American series “Blood and Oil”, actors play serious passions on the screens: in the Wild West, new oil fields are discovered, and the ambitious protagonists enter the struggle for the right to possess “black gold”. Who was the creator of this film and which American actors played the main roles in it?
“Blood and Oil”: actors, short story
“Blood and Oil” was first released in September 2015. The series was shot by order of the “ABC” TV channel, the creators of the project were Josh Peit and Rhodes Fishburne.
In the film “Blood and Oil”, the actors immerse the audience in a fictitious proposed situation: supposedly new deposits were discovered in the western United States, and the entire population of the country was swept by a “black gold” fever. Crowds of adventurers and villains rushed to the Wild West to grab at least a small fraction of their natural wealth, which in the future could provide millions of incomes.
The main characters of the picture are the oil magnates Hap (Don Johnson) and Karl Briggs (Amber Valletta), who were able to create a huge oil empire. The entire plot of the series is dedicated to the features of their life and business. The problems of relationships within the Briggs family are also highlighted.
The first series of “Blood and Oil” was watched by six million viewers, which is very good. The audience of the second series was reduced by a million, and the third and fourth episodes showed that viewers would not be interested in following the development of events. Therefore, the owners of the ABC television company drastically reduced the number of episodes ordered to ten. In fact, this means the closing of the series, which will take place in early 2016.
“Blood and Oil”: actors and roles. Don Johnson as Hap Briggs
Hap Briggs is the central character in the plot of the film "Blood and Oil." Hap is a typical alpha male: sharp, brutal, irresistible, has a business acumen. In just a few years, he managed to build his oil empire, spread out in the vast Wild West.
But Hap does not have everything going so smoothly: he is constantly immersed in worries about his business, so a lot of problems have accumulated in the family of the oil tycoon over the years. The main thorn in the perfect picture of family life is Hap's out-of-hand son named Vic. Viewers will be able to see how the conflict of fathers and children will develop in all subsequent episodes of the film.
The actors of the series “Blood and Oil” are persons quite well-known on American television. Don Johnson, who received the role of the brutal Hap, is known for his role in the series Detective Nash Bridges, as well as for the films Machete, Once Upon a Time in Rome and Django Unchained.
If Johnson had not been interested in acting at one time, then today he would have been able to wind up his term in some kind of prison: at school Don had problems with the law. But his teacher noticed the boy’s artistic talents in time and knocked out a theatrical scholarship to him at one of the universities. So Don Johnson became interested in cinema.
Amber Valletta as Carla Briggs
The series "Blood and Oil" allowed once again to appear on the screens of supermodel Amber Valletta.
Amber was once a well-known top model - one of the first to step on the catwalk in the early 90's. Vogue magazine posted her cover photo more than forty times. Perhaps this can be called a record.
But Valletta did not immediately cope with the glory that flowed over her: the girl soon became addicted to drugs. By the 2000s, modeling career began to decline, so Amber moved to the cinema. At first, she was entrusted with only episodic roles: for example, in the film Perfume, What Hides Lies, The Family Man, etc. In 2005, the former model got the main role in the comedy with Wil Smith, The Removal Rules: The Hitch Method . Then came Carrier 2 with Jason Stetham and Gamer with Gerard Butler.
Amber began working with ABC in 2014, starring in the Revenge project. And in 2015, the company's management entrusted her with the role of a glamorous villain in the television series Blood and Oil.
Chase Crawford as Billy Lefebvre
The series "Blood and Oil" tells the audience and the story of the enrichment of Billy Lefebvre. At the beginning of the film, Billy arrives in Rock Springs with his wife. They dream that in the near future they will become rich and will not need anything. But the situation is such that their dreams can only remain dreams.
Everything is decided by the case: Billy accidentally finds out that under a certain farm there are real oil deposits. He manages to buy this ranch before Hap Briggs comes to his senses. As a result, Billy resells the Happu estate for millions and enriches himself in an instant.
Chase Crawford, who played the role of Billy, is known to many viewers on such projects as “Deal with the Devil” and “Gossip Girl”.
Other role performers
In the film Blood and Oil, actors Scott Michael Foster (Law & Order: Los Angeles) and Miranda Ray Mayo (Pretty Little Liars) play the spoiled children of Hap and Carla Briggs.
In the image of Bill's wife appeared Rebecca Rittenhouse ("Red Bracelets"). Also in the frame you can see India de Beaufort (“In the Jane Style”), Adana Kanto (“X-Men: Days of the Past Future”), Delroy Lindo (“Gone in 60 Seconds”) and Lolita Davidovich (“The Inner Circle”).
TV series reviews
As it became known, at the beginning of 2016 the producers of the ABC channel will close the series “Blood and Oil”: the reviews about the film are too negative. More precisely, not even reviews, but ratings speak about the quality of the plot most eloquently: if the pilot series expressed a desire to watch 6.36 million viewers, then the 3.4th episode was watched already. Without waiting for them to go negative, the producers of the series turned it down production. By that time, only ten episodes of the film had been shot.