Aaron Ashmore Looks Back on "Warehouse 13"

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“That show had a really big fan base, but also the character I played was gay, and that really resonated with a lot of people,” says Ashmore about his role as Steve Jinks, a new warehouse agent introduced in the third season of the Syfy drama.

Jinks was hired to replace Myka Bering (Joanne Kelly) before being partnered with Claudia Donovan (Allison Scagliotti). It was revealed that not only was Jinks gay and a Buddhist, but that he also had the ability to tell when anyone is lying.

“I thought he was an interesting character because he wasn’t your stereotypically calm or centered Buddhist,” Ashmore recalls. “He could be a little uptight or negative at times. So it was funny that he was Buddhist, because you wouldn’t assume that. It was just something he adopted to help center himself.”





The series also gave Ashmore a chance to play two different versions of the character when a magically imbued object in the mystical Warehouse split Jinks into two.

“It was interesting to shoot because you’re literally playing one very stern grumpy version of the character, and the other half is this flamboyantly gay version of him,” remembers Ashmore.

“The idea is if you mix them together you get who Steve is. But when they’re separated, they’re just polar opposites. Getting to play both of them and interact with myself through a green screen was really fun.”




Souvenir from the Set:

“There’s a metronome that saved my character’s life at one point, and I got to keep that, which was really, really cool.”

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