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Chris Bauer & Mary McCormack Interview: Heels | Screen Rant

Heels, arriving on STARZ August 15, is a series that explores the ins and outs of professional wrestling through the eyes of two brothers played by Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig. But it’s also a generational tale that showcases how the industry has changed over the years, and two characters – Willie and Bill – represent the old guard in particular.

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Mary McCormack and Chris Bauer, who play the characters in question, spoke to Screen Rant about the history shared between them and how they feel about the next generation of wrestlers and valets.

Screen Rant: Mary, can you talk to me about Willie and how she’s involved with the DWL? 

Mary McCormack: I mean, I think she’s involved in any way she can be involved. I think she’s obsessed with wrestling. It’s in her blood, and it is her blood. I think she was a valet when she was young; she probably would have been a wrestler if she’d been born later. And now she’s taken on this role, because it’s the thing that keeps her there the most hours of the day.

Chris, Bill feels like a wrestling legend from the past. Is there any particular wrestler that you may have based Wild Bill on? I’m thinking Michael P.S. Hayes from the Freebirds.

Chris Bauer: Well, I’m thinking Michael P.S. Hayes now too, because I’ve been hearing this. But, dude, that’s a blind spot for me. 

For me, it was the charisma and spontaneity of [Ric] Flair; the predatory ring tempo and lifestyle of Jake the Snake; some of the eccentricity and the pop culture savvy of Macho Man Savage; and then maybe the brutality of Bruiser Brody. It’s TV, so you take the best and sprinkle it together, and it becomes its own thing. 

But as soon as I’m done with this, man, I’m on YouTube with Michael P.S. Hayes.

Willie and Bill have been in the industry for a long time; they’re veterans of the game. Can you talk to me about their relationship in the wrestling world and outside of the wrestling world at this point?

Mary McCormack: At this point, it’s different than it was. She was his valet, and I think that they had a lot of fun together, I think that they had a similar habit; they were addicted to the same thing. So, that was probably a fun ride and ended the way most co-addictions do. 

And now their relationship is different. I think they still have that chemistry, and it comes back really fast. But I think she has anchored herself to some sanity: she’s married, and she has a child, and she has this job – and everything’s in its box. Then along comes Bill and reminds her of that other way they used to live, and now everything’s a little off for her and a little bit upside down. And it seems to just be getting worse.

Chris, is your wife in charge of the way you dress as Wild Bill?

Chris Baur: That’s her. She’s in charge of how everybody dresses. 

Mary McCormack: She is. The great Laura Bauer. 

I love that look she created for Wild Bill. What was some of the inspiration there? I see a little Motorhead in there a little bit.

Chris Bauer: Totally. RIP Lemmy. 

It’s funny because he’s a scout now. He’s on the other side of the rope, so there’s a little bit of Southern territory promoter iconography to that. And it’s also an extrapolation of the Wild Bill Western cowboy vibes. 

But she is super intuitive, and we just went through like, “What about that hat? What about that suit?” She builds characters from the character out, not from the actor out, which I think Mary would agree with. I just got lucky that I had an anything goes character – and anything went.

One of the other relationships that really fascinates me in the show is Willie’s relationship with Crystal (Kelli Berglund). Can you talk about how the two parallel each other in different areas?

Mary McCormack: I think she sees herself in Crystal – a lot of herself in Crystal. Her ambition and her love of wrestling, so there’s a lot of similarity. And Crystal’s gonna get a ride that she didn’t get, so there might be some [unconscious] resentment. There might be some other stuff going on, I think, between the two of them. 

I also think she really likes her and admires her, and that’s good writing. Instead of playing one of those things, all those things get to play at the same time. And I love that. I also think Crystal is so eager and ambitious – probably similar to the way Willie was – that she’s skipping some steps. And I think Willie is in charge of making sure no one does that.

When Wild Bill comes back to his old territory, how does he feel about seeing everybody and everything there?

Chris Bauer: I think it’s really supercharged, and I think as the show goes on, you find out why it was the beginning of everything. It’s what he associates with the biggest love of his life, who was Willie. And he got out the old school way, which was he jumped a little higher and landed a little harder.

He comes back, I think, to begin returning the favor. He puts a hand out to Ace and says, “Follow me, VIP. Let’s cut to the front of the line.” We see what happens there. And I think when he splits, he’s ready to go. Like, “Okay, I gave that a shot. That’s a graveyard full of ghosts, and I don’t want to go back.” 

But life has other plans. Like all good stories, life has other plans. And Bill trying to catch up to life’s plans is his only weakness.

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Heels airs Sundays at 9 PM on Starz.

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