blockquote>Mo Ryan: Where does Jax stand at the beginning of the season?

Charlie Hunnam: I think my initial way of handling it is to get very drunk and try to suppress a little bit of the pain. And the boys quickly remind me, that’s not how we do it and we start to get a little more proactive.

MR: Do you think he puts being a father ahead of being part of the club?

CH: Yeah, I do. One of the things that [the Abel kidnapping] pulls into focus for me is that I think in my heart, Abel was always put first, but in practice, I think I was really neglecting him [in favor of] my responsibilities to the club. If Jax was asked where his primary responsibility is, he’d say Abel, but I don’t think that was ever really in practice, and I think this is going to motivate him to make a big change.

MR: How much of Jax’s path is influenced by reading John Teller’s manuscript? And how much is just him being a restless soul?

CH: I think it informed the path that I’m trying to take. I think that was really always there, though, and it was reassuring me that I wasn’t crazy for desiring these things. It pulled into focus exactly what I was [thinking about]. But I also think about the fact that, these were his wishes — they were unrealized. Jax realizes how idealistic that was. I think I’m trying to figure out what I can actually change and be realistic and be happy with that. Obviously there are giant problems between Jax and Clay but I think all of that stuff, though it rears its head here and there, needs to be put on the back burner until we get Abel back and figure out what we’re doing. There’s also this big thing hanging over us [the gun charges the Sons face].

MR: I guess we learn more about John Teller this season. A lot of his life has been somewhat unclear up to this point.

CH: Unclear to Jax, I think unclear to all of us. I think we’re going to learn more about him. There’s a philosophy here, which I don’t always agree with as an actor, that it’s better for actors to know as little as possible. I actually don’t agree with that because most of my experiences in acting are in film, where you know all of the answers going in, and you make your choices accordingly. Keeping actors in the dark is not always the right move, because without knowing the direction that something’s going, one can make slight mistakes — there has to be a big, psychological leap to get to where you’re being taken.

But anyway, from what I understand, some of the things learn about John Teller are going to knock him off his pedestal a little bit, the pedestal and ideal vision I have in my mind.

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