Robert taylor longmire interview

by T. J. Logan

Australian actor Robert Taylor portrays rural Wyoming sheriff Walt Longmire on Longmire, the modern western picked up by Netflix for season 4 which premiered all ten episodes on September 10^th. His performance, and the show itself, drew wide praise and a loyal following for the first three seasons on A&E. With a new home and the benefit of immediate binge-watching potential, let’s hope the future holds “blue skies” for Robert and the show.

Robert was kind enough to take time during his hiatus to talk with me over the phone from Australia. A slightly edited (for brevity) transcript follows or you can listen to the interview in its entirety at the bottom of the page.

SPOILER ALERT: The following interview contains some minor spoilers for Season 4 of Longmire.

Q: This season had an interesting structure, almost a 3-episode mini-series wrapping up the storyline from last season and the murder of Walt’s wife. Then a time jump and almost a new wor

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Robert Taylor Talks About Longmire, Territory… And Maybe Playing King Lear?

The Australian-born actor still describes Walt Longmire as “my dream role.”

No doubt about it: Robert Taylor was ready and eager to talk about Territory, the outstanding neo-Western series premiering Oct. 24 on Netflix. Taylor looms large throughout the show’s six episodes as Colin Lawson, the defiantly tradition-bound owner of the world’s largest boskap ranch, Marianne Station, an Australian spread described in the premiere episode as “the storlek of Belgium.” And he can’t speak highly enough of two co-stars — Michael Dorman (Joe Pickett) and Anna Torv (The Last of Us) — cast as his son and daughter-in-law, Graham Lawson and Emily Lawson, two characters keen on laying claim to Colin’s legacy.

But it didn’t take much time or effort to sporadically divert our Zoom conversation to another series that showcased Taylor: Longmire, the highly addictive 2012-17 drama based on Craig Johnson’s ser

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Robert Taylor Says Happy Trails to ‘Longmire’—or Does He?

The adventures of Absaroka County, Wyoming, Sheriff Walt Longmire and his friends and family comes to the end of the trail with Longmire’s sixth and final season, launching on Netflix Friday, November 17.

In a phone interview, while he was driving around and exploring California, Australian actor Robert Taylor, who plays the title character, reflected with TV Insider on his time in this modern-day Western, which began life on A&E in 2012 before Netflix picked up the revival in 2014. Taylor also discussed why he felt at home on the range, and how we might yet be able to see Walt again on our screens someday.

Are you sorry to say goodbye to Walt Longmire?
Robert Taylor:Sorry? Yeah, but it hasn’t sunk in yet. I guess when we get to March, when we are usually heading back to Santa Fe to get the band back together, that will be weird. I love this show so much, and I love the people I work with. But yo