’HALO’ Interview: JOSEPH MORGAN On His Villainous Role as Ackerson!

FilmSpeak correspondent, Lane Mills interviews #HALO star JOSEPH MORGAN about what it’s like to embody a video game villain in the show’s second season. Morgan plays the twisted and conniving James Ackerson, In HALO’s second season, Master Chief (Pablo Schreiber) leads his team of elite Spartans against the alien threat known as the Covenant. In the wake of a shocking event on a desolate planet, John cannot shake the feeling that his war is about to change and risks everything to prove what no one else will believe – that the Covenant are preparing to attack humanity’s greatest stronghold. With the galaxy on the brink, John embarks on a journey to find the key to humankind’s salvation, or its extinction — the Halo. Morgan is a longtime fan of the franchise, playing the games as a child and now helping bring them to life in the show: “As a fellow fan of the games, I’m thrilled to be a part of it. I played them growing up, co-op through the campaigns, I loved them… it was really quite