But he was three years behind me and a year behind my brother. We didn't know each other I might just change that story and say we were best buds. And I find empathy most prevalent in my lefty liberal tribe.ĭo I have it right that you and Mayor Pete, well, I guess now Secretary Pete, went to the same school? In a creative community, and in acting, the central driving force is empathy. I think I got to New York, and I found my tribe. But you know, my parents were Democrats, and then and maybe more towards the center, and I'm the lefty liberal in the family. In the end, I ended up leaving the church and finding my own way in that area as well. I'm like, well, that's not me, and it never reflected who I was or how I thought about Christianity.
So, I was always like, really dismayed when Christianity became synonymous with Republicans. And that's what I knew about Christians growing up. So as far as Christians go, we were these kind of like, liberal Christians. But where I was, was this little pocket of Notre Dame professors, including my dad, who went to this church and the politics within that church were, you know, all over the place, but relatively liberal in my family and in my and my family's friends. But where I grew up-I grew up Christian, I don't identify that way anymore. Yeah, so I grew up in South Bend, Indiana. Where do you come by your own politics? What in your life has influenced the way you look at things? But no, this has not come along that often for me, I'm thrilled to be a part of this project. And they did it in a way that was entertaining. I thought it was, at the end of the day, a true story. There are things where the you know, we share values and on and off set but this one really had a statement to make and without ever being preachy, I felt - being heavy with a message I didn't think. So, this is a real win for me to be able to work on this project.
Not very often in terms of actually having a strong statement. How often do you get to do something like that where you feel like it's aligning with your own views? Well, obviously a David Simon project does carry some stakes. And if I do something fun, that has nothing to do with a social impact I'm okay with that too, but that's my vision. And to your question, I hope that my work can continue to do that. So, this show has something to say with a positive impact that can actually change minds in this country. And they really have something to say with this show, which is around the war on drugs, and the cost that that phrase has in America as a policy and a focus on rounding up getting-racking up numbers in the police department versus actual policing and getting drugs off the street, which ultimately just negatively impacts poor neighborhoods, and particularly poor black neighborhoods. And David Simon and George Pelecanos and the director Reinaldo Marcus Green-I happen to share a vision with them. Thanks for asking, well, in this show, We Own This City, it fits in line with my vision for myself, that at least some of the work I do as an actor will have a positive impact in line with my social values. And I wonder how you process that as someone who makes their living and does their profession in performance? It's such an interesting time, because in a way, what we're doing is a little frivolous in light of that. And just for people who are listening, we're talking on the Friday of the Supreme Court decision that struck down Roe v Wade. What I'm going through today, as I'm sure so many of us are when I talk to you. I just want to acknowledge that as a sort of starting place. So, I'm feeling like the pressure cooker of the country I'm living in right now and a little bit of hopelessness around what I can actually do about it. And yesterday, they loosened the gun laws after a mass shooting in Texas. Today's the day that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. And I actually feel a kind of rage right now about what's going on in our country. Thanks! So first of all, I just I just have to acknowledge that today is a tragic day, I'm just feeling the weight of it. Lucas Van Engen, welcome to The Roundtable.
Van Engen, also an acting teacher, has appeared on screen in “Chicago Fire,” “Quantico,” “City on a Hill,” and much more. In the miniseries, actor Lucas Van Engen portrays real-life prosecutor Leo Wise, who is tasked with uncovering a sprawling corruption web in a high-level police unit.
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The new HBO series “We Own This City” is the latest from creator David Simon to turn a critical eye on Baltimore’s police, drug trade and the people caught up in it.
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