‘Mad Men’ season 5 begins March 25
Posted March 16, 2012 9:17 am.
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Don Draper is back and so is the cast of the Emmy- and Golden Globe-award-winning drama Mad Men, after a 17-month hiatus.
Jon Hamm, John Slattery, January Jones and the rest of the stars of AMC’s hit show, along with creator Matthew Weiner, were all smiles as they arrived on the red carpet Wednesday night for a two-hour premiere to kick off season 5.
Mad Men‘s new season picks up the story of 1960s ad men in New York, along with the cigarettes they chain-smoked, the booze they tossed down during working hours and the women they chased.
“It is a strange thing,” said Jon Hamm, who plays the talented but flawed Don Draper on the show. “It is set far enough in the past that people find it curious to look at. But it is familiar enough that it doesn’t seem foreign.
“It is not Downton Abbey, it’s not Deadwood. It is not so far in the past that you cannot really relate to it. It is an interesting show. People bring a lot of their own baggage to it and a lot of their own family history to it and their own experience to it. We have been incredibly lucky to be a part of it. It has been very, very fulfilling as an actor to be able to do this year in and year out, and we are looking forward to another season.”
Despite the long break, the cast explained that it was not that difficult getting familiar again with their roles.
“It took a scene or a couple of takes maybe,” said John Slattery, who plays the less talented but witty Roger Sterling. “I was working with Elizabeth Moss the first day, and we were both a little tight and nervous. But, it kind of comes back. It is a lot of walking, smoking, drinking and talking at the same time. It is not as easy as it looks.”
The two-hour season premiere of Mad Men will air on Sunday, March 25 on the AMC cable network.
