Andrew P. Logan turned his ache into ardour, and it landed him within the greatest present of 2025 to this point. Andrew performs Lucas within the Netflix hit “American Primeval,” a present primarily based through the Utah Struggle of 1857.
Tragedy struck Logan proper earlier than his audition for the film: his father, who was his greatest supporter of his appearing profession, handed away. He promised his father he could be a big-time actor in the future, however Logan was so distraught from his passing that he didn’t flip in his audition tape till 5 minutes earlier than the due date. The director, Peter Berg, noticed it and reached out immediately and awarded him the function of Lucas. Rolling out caught up with Andrew to listen to extra about “American Primeval.”
What attracted you to “American Primeval”?
The factor that attracted me most to “American Primeval” was most likely the man who’s directing it … as a result of I’m sort of like a sports activities man. I grew up in Michigan, performed soccer. If you recognize who Peter Berg is, he directed a film and a TV present referred to as “Friday Evening Lights.” So it was … a really massive dream. It was, like, me and my dad’s favourite present, certainly one of our favourite collection watching rising up and my favourite soccer film of all time. So, an absolute dream come true.
Did all of the present’s gore trouble you in any respect whereas filming?
So. No, I really feel … simply being such an avid movie fan I really feel like I’ve simply watched a lot at this level that I’m sort of desensitized to gore and violence to an extent. And likewise … I did go to … nursing faculty for 3 and a half years, and I virtually turned a nurse … within the ER throughout clinicals, coping with … real-life gore. So after I’m truly round [with] the prosthetics and all of the make-up, I very a lot know that that’s faux as a result of I do know what the actual stuff seems like at this level.
Why do you suppose “American Primeval” is such an enormous time hit?
I simply suppose it’s a way of realness. It’s the sense of … darkness. As a result of the world very a lot does have chaos and does have a variety of darkish facets in it. … I really feel like a variety of occasions folks don’t wish to take into consideration these issues. They don’t wish to put their thoughts on these topics simply because it’s sort of very miserable to consider this stuff. However when issues are actual and other people can relate to sure facets of that darkness — like within the present — there’s … a variety of darkish stuff. I’m not saying there’s violence like that in at this time’s day and age as a result of it’s a very darkish. I really feel like violence proven. I feel folks … ready for one thing like this. The final time I keep in mind a present going this darkish was … “Recreation Of Thrones.”
What similarities are there between you and your character Lucas?
There’s fairly a number of. With my appearing profession, I prefer to say it’s just like the multiverse of Andrew. Each character I get I … consider as a special Lucas. If I used to be … born in … 1857, if I used to be residing there, that’s very a lot who I might be. However the factor that drew me most to Lucas is the chaos and the world that he’s residing in and … how he’s … this kindhearted soul who’s simply thrown into this darkness primarily. However he’s okay; he’s protected due to his older brother who’s such … a hardened man. I name him a beast within the present as a result of when you see him standing subsequent to me, he’s … triple my dimension. I very a lot seem like the little brother proper subsequent to him. With out giving too many spoilers, what occurred with my dad passing very a lot leads into what occurred within the present. So, that drew me to it — particularly if you get to the purpose the place the folks within the present that imply one thing to me do begin getting offed, and my character begins to deep dive into the insanity of the world and deep dive into simply the harshness and the chaos of all the pieces. It was very straightforward, like I stated, only for me to go seize the darkness from my very own life and produce it forth. And that’s what everybody’s seeing in “American Primeval.”