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By The Numbers.  David Krumholtz does the math in a new crime drama.                                                                                                                                           By April P. Bernard.

Robert De Niro packed on 60 pound to play boxer Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull.  Daniel Day-Lewis spent five months carrying a flint rifle readying himself for The Last of the Mohicans.  David Krumholtz, however, took a less vigorous approach to prepping for his role as a crime fighting mathematician on the new CBS series Numb3rs.  He wondered around CalTech for a couple of days, spying on the real life mathematicians and scooping up course materials.  The easygoing 25-year old may have pushed himself, but he proved a good sport when an interview turned into a pop quiz. 

What is the Pythagorean Theorem?

“I believe that is A2 + B2 = C.  That’s the answer.  Right?”  Right!

“What is the formula xr used to calculate?”

“Oh, dammit.  Man, you’re really pushing it now.  Alright, here we go: Doesn’t that apply to the circumference, the radius of a circle?”

Neither: It measures a circle’s area.

“You have to give me that one,” Krumholtz protests, “because we haven’t touched on that yet.  We’ve only done four episodes.”

So the actors a little shaky on the fundamentals.  Luckily, everything does add up on Numb3rs, a new drama in which crime solving relies more on pi than on CSI.  Rob Morrow plays impassioned, upright FBI agent Don Eppes, who finds his math-genius younger brother Charlie (Krumholtz) has a beautiful mind when it comes to cracking cases. (Judd Hirsch co-stars as the Eppes patriarch.) Of course, network television needs another procedural crime drama like it needs Who’s your Daddy? but Numb3rs – along with physic series Medium, a surprise hit – may represent a fresh take.  “I hope it’s the next step,” Krumholtz says. “A lot of other procedurals don’t really get into who the people solving the crimes are.  We are trying to come at these stories from an emotional arc.”

            Arc, schmarc.  In Numb3rs, character development is accompanied by graphic shots of corpses.  And just as the CSI’s from non-to-subtle Jerry Bruckheimer, the executive producers on Numb3rs just so happen to be big shot filmmaking brothers Ridley Scott (Gladiator) and Tony Scott (Top Gun).  So it makes sense that Charlie is no 90-pound geek.  Even though Krumholtz’s “action” scenes consist of scrawling on a blackboard (the formulas are real), but the hand wielding the chalk isn’t always his.  Krumholtz likens the braniac to a superhero.  “He certainly is the guy that saves the day, who is coping with the idea that the responsibility he has.”  So what would Charlie’s superhero moniker be?  “Binomia!” Krumholtz answers with a laugh.  But, he adds “it only works if you say it real sassy and cool, like Barry White.”

            Actually, female viewers just might swear that they hear the Love Unlimited Orchestra playing when they get to look at Krumholtz these days.  The not-so-hardbody who sang a number from Guys & Doll while sporting tighty-whities in 1998’s Slums of Beverly Hills is leaner, his hair shaggy cool – and aren’t those designer jeans Charlie has on?  Don’t condemn the native New Yorker for going L.A.  “I believe mathematicians’ burn calories pretty quick. That kind of thinking takes a lot of energy,” Krumholtz says, “and so I wanted to be skinny.  I’ve been doing my push-ups like a madman and eating my broccoli.  My knees are an old man’s knees now, from hiking.”  As for the rest, the credit goes to the hair, makeup, and wardrobe: “Half the reason I look, maybe, a little…good?”  He asks, rather than declares, “is because of them.”

            Let’s hope that fans still recognize him.  Although he’s a familiar screen presence thanks to the Santa Clause movies, a Freaks and Geeks episode, and recent roles in Ray and Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, Krumholtz is still not widely known by name.  But he is affable enough to answer strangers who ask the dreaded question, “What have you been in?”

            “Sometimes I’ll start reciting my resume,” He says.  “And I’ll be 15 minutes in before they know what I’m talking about – or I get to the end and they’re thinking of someone else the whole time.” 

            This current role may present a problem too.  Is anyone going to recognize him as “the guy from Numb3rs” when they can’t pronounce Numb3rs?  “I know, it’s crazy,” He says, before adding in mock terror: “We’re shooting ourselves in the foot!  The whole show’s going down!”  Is there a solution?  “I’m proposing the sign on.”   Hmmmm, Numb3rs. We like it.

Interview with David Krumholtz          

He'll Take Manhattan Actor David Krumholtz strolls down memory lane as he revisits Sidewalks of New York. By Pam Grady
	David Krumholtz has been grabbing the spotlight from his co-stars since the tender age of 15, when he made his film debut as an unhappy camper who pines after Christina Ricci's Wednesday Addams in 1993's Addams Family Values. Since then, he's played Bernard, the head elf, in 1994's The Santa Clause; held his own with Alan Arkin in 1998's Slums of Beverly Hills; and declaimed memorably about the shabbiness of antiques in 1999's Liberty Heights. Recently graduated into adult roles, the 23-year-old Krumholtz steals the show once again in Ed Burns' new ensemble comedy-drama, Sidewalks of New York, as an aspiring musician who charms his way into coffee-shop waitress Brittany Murphy's life. In April, the San Francisco Film International Film Festival screened Sidewalks of New York as part of its Zoom Gala celebration, with Krumholtz in attendance. Reel caught up with him on his way out of town to talk about the film and what it's like growing up in the public eye. Q: How did you get involved with Sidewalks of New York? David Krumholtz: Ed had seen my work in a film called Liberty Heights. A lot of people didn't see it, but it was popular in [San Francisco], which is cool. It was important in those key states, like Washington or New York, but in L.A. it didn't really catch on as much as San Francisco. It kind of got lost, which is a shame. Ed saw me in that. That made me happy, because it's rare that you get work ...everyone tells you that you get work off your work. I guess it's true ... I mean, it is true. I got it off that movie for sure. It was the only thing he'd ever seen. He didn't even know that I'd made several other movies. Q: That's really surprising. DK: Which is cool. In that way, it was an honor, because it was so ... that one performance was a performance I really enjoyed. So I jumped at the chance [to do Sidewalks]. It was the first part that I've ever been offered without having to audition and the biggest part in a movie I've ever been in, also. Q: How did you prepare for that part? Because when Ben's with Ashley [Brittany Murphy], he's very sweet, and then when he's with his ex-wife, he's a stalker. DK: Yeah, kind of. There are people I know who are like that, not to say that stalkers are sweet, but there's ... I had a group of friends, in which there were ... I think a lot of guys are desperate romantics. There are these idealist types that want a sort of utopia and when that shatters for them, that's when they become ...Benny is that guy. He's on the edge and he needs a woman. That's the guy that needs a woman and without a woman, that guy's a wreck all over the place. Q: According the press notes, Ed Burns was writing every day as the filming went along. What was that like for you, as an actor, to have the story constantly changing like that? DK: We had seen the script. The script was always changing, but it didn't change much. He would change little things. He is a very smart guy. He knows how to run a set, and he had a generalship of his set, because he worked. He wasn't a bullsh***er. He just sort of worked all the time. He was very concerned with making the film. That was his top priority. You'd be surprised at how ... not to say how rare it is ...but it doesn't happen all the time. It's delightful when it happens. It's always sort of special. When you have a guy that's just like the champion of the film on the set, anything you talk to him about will relate back to the film somehow. We were talking about the movie; we were very conscious of what we were doing. He was lucky enough, I think, to assemble a group of actors that would all respond to the acting challenges in a positive manner. It was pretty cool.
	Q: He was using handheld cameras in this. Did you find that that made it easier for you? DK: For me, it makes it easier. I kind of liked that. I like doing handheld stuff, because there are not many cutaways. With a handheld, you can do a kinetic scene, a moving scene, obviously, but you can also ...the camera can move and you can then get different singles all in one take or ...do you know what I mean? I think that's really important sometimes, especially if you're doing either improv or something like this, which wasn't an improv, but was meant to be played with total subtlety. Q: Was there any extra pressure from filming on-location in Manhattan? DK: I'm sure there was, but, you know, we had Woody Allen's crew and those guys have a lot of pull. This guy, Richard Patrick, who is one of the producers of the film, is also Woody Allen's first [assistant director] and has been for Woody Allen's last five or six films. And he has a lot of pull in the city, so we used a lot of Woody Allen's locations. We used a lot of commercial, residential locations, locations on the sidewalks themselves. I always had the feeling that we were going to get shut down at any moment, but, you know, we had ... he had power. It wasn't that much fuss. The city invited us. I think the city really likes Ed and he loves the city. There's this, you know, there's an element to the film that's a New York promotional vehicle. So I'm sure the city wasn't too upset about that. We weren't shooting people, you know what I mean? Q: Your character is an aspiring musician and anyone who has ever seen you in Slums of Beverly Hills belting out "Luck Be a Lady Tonight" in your underwear will never forget it. Do you have any musical aspirations of your own? DK: Yeah, you know. It's always a difficult subject, because, you know, it's borderline pathetic. [Laughs] I think the best I'd do is end up as lounge singer of some sort, although, you know, I have amazing range. [Laughs] I wouldn't try to do that. I will never try to become a singer. I might do a Broadway musical. Martin Short did that, which I thought was ...I might do that. I think I have a good voice. In fact, my voice in this movie, they got a bad take there, because I know I sang it better than that. [Laughs] But, yeah, I rap also. Q: You've been working in movies since you were a child. You've literally grown up in front of the cameras. What's it like to grow up on-screen? DK: Oh, man. I don't put too much thought into it, because I kind of like to feel like people don't associate me ... You know, I did some little failed TV shows and I think if any of those TV shows had [been successful], I would have maybe grown up, but ...that didn't happen. I've done four failed TV shows. It's painful. I'm not going to do that anymore. It's either movies or nothing for a little while. It's weird, getting recognized. It's so jarring. I'm not entirely comfortable or cut out, necessarily, to deal with that. Not that I don't like it. It's just ...I don't really put too much conscious thought into that part of it when I'm doing what I'm doing. But I do get thrilled when people like stuff that I thought was funny or the singing, stuff like that. That's really nice.
	But you know what I get a lot of ... which really bugs me, people come over [to me] ... I think it's totally audacious. I get insane about it. I don't get upset with the people. I sort of wait until they walk away and then I grumble. They'll come over and ask me, "You're an actor, right?" I say, "Yeah." That's nice. But then they'll say, "What have you been in?" It's kind of interesting, because I've done such a wide range of movies. A lot of people don't know all the parts of my work. But I'll say, The Santa Clause or whatever. "No, no." And I'll get down to, like, the last thing that I've done. 10 Things I Hate About You, you know? It's like reciting my resume and people walk by. It's weird. I don't like being in that position. I think it's rude to come over and ask. It's embarrassing. It makes me feel bad about what I do. I think people, younger people ... young people, my age or younger, tend to put more importance on fame than talent. That's why I get asked that question, because it's more about what I've been in. When I did Slums of Beverly Hills with Alan Arkin, he and I went out to eat one day and he went off on this run, this riff about how entertainment is taking over. And he got really passionate about it. He wasn't necessarily against it. He was just, like, almost prophetic. It sort of is true. There are movies being made it seems where there's more ... there's less care as to what goes into the movies that are made than there was maybe 10 years ago. Or the '70s and early '80s. I think in time that'll change. There's a lot of movies out now I'd rather not see. I know there are plenty of scripts in Hollywood, good scripts that should be made, or at least should be workshopped and that's not happening. Q: You've only graduated to adult roles in the last year or so. Are you feeling good about the transition? DK: Yeah. It's really good, I guess. I'm doing pretty well. I sort of got over graduating into an adult a couple of years ago. I think about it a lot. I worry that I look too young, but my voice is kind of low, which is a weird thing. Then I sort of think that I'm a lot like Jimmy Baio. Remember him? Q: Jimmy or Scott Baio? DK: Yeah, Scott. I think I'm kind of like him and I don't want to be like him. So I try to mix it up a little, because I'd rather … I did a couple of New Yorker-like roles. I'd rather sort of mix it up. Q: Well, you've demonstrated your range. You've done romantic comedy. You did the ER where you played the young psycho... DK: Yeah. That's my goal, to make that my number-one priority, to do a lot of different things. I'd hate to get pigeonholed. Especially since I'm pigeonholed enough by the way I look. I couldn't necessarily come from the heartland, as it were, unless you suspended your disbelief. But I could play an Azerbaijani terrorist at any moment. I'm short, though, so that means I'm kind of not threatening enough. Q: With an Uzi in your hand, you'll be threatening. DK: I guess so. I got it in the eyes. People think I'm taller, too, on television or in the movies. I'm a short guy.   http://www.reel.com/reel.asp?node=features/interviews/krumholtz

ER

Be Still My Heart

Dr. Corday (Alex Kingston) is a bit nervous when her domineering mother (guest star Judy Parfitt) comes to the hospital to observe her work; Lucy (Kellie Martin) cares for a law student (guest star David Krumholtz) who may have schizophrenia. 60 minutes- (CC), In Stereo

Tue  May 24  10:00A on TNT

ER

All in the Family

The staff works to save two trauma victims; a criminal investigation leads to the search for a missing patient (guest star David Krumholtz). With Anthony Edwards, Eriq La Salle and Noah Wyle. 60 minutes- (CC), In Stereo

Tue  May 24  11:00A on TNT

The Ice Storm

Directed by Ang Lee. Starring Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Henry Czerny, Sigourney Weaver, Jamey Sheridan, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, Tobey Maguire, Courtney Peldon, David Krumholtz.

Ang Lee directed this tale of the emotional upheaval that marks two suburban families' holiday weekend in 1973. 120 minutes- USA, 1997, Video, SS

Wed  Apr 27  09:00P on Independent Film Channel
Thu  Apr 28  12:30A on Independent Film Channel
Sun  May  1  08:00P on Independent Film Channel
Sun  May  1  11:45P on Independent Film Channel

Life With Mikey

Directed by James Lapine. Starring Michael J Fox, Christina Vidal, Nathan Lane, Cyndi Lauper, David Krumholtz, David Huddleston, Christine Baranski, Ruben Blades, Mandy Patinkin, Victor Garber.

The irresponsible head of a talent agency gains a new perspective when fate pairs him with a streetwise 10-year-old. 100 minutes- PG, USA, 1993, (CC), Video, SS, In Stereo, Adult language

Thu  Apr 28  06:00P on WAM!
Thu  Apr 28  11:15P on WAM!
Fri  Apr 29  08:00A on WAM!
Sun  May  1  10:00A on Showtime
Thu  May  5  06:00P on Starz Family
Fri  May  6  12:30A on Starz Family
Tue  May 10  08:00P on Starz Family
Sat  May 14  09:10P on Starz Family
Sun  May 15  04:20A on Starz Family
Wed  May 18  06:00P on Starz Family
Thu  May 19  02:35A on Starz Family
Mon  May 23  07:30P on Starz Family
Sun  May 29  07:35P on Starz Family

NUMB3RS

Starring Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Peter MacNicol, Judd Hirsch, Sabrina Lloyd, Alimi Ballard.

An FBI agent recruits his brother, who is a mathematical genius, to help solve crimes. 60 minutes- (CC), In Stereo

Fri  May 27  10:00P on CBS Network

NUMB3RS

Sacrifice

Starring Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Peter MacNicol, Judd Hirsch, Sabrina Lloyd, Alimi Ballard.

An FBI agent recruits his brother, who is a mathematical genius, to help solve crimes. 60 minutes- (CC), N, In Stereo

Fri  Apr 29  10:00P on CBS Network

NUMB3RS

Noisy Edge

Starring Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Peter MacNicol, Judd Hirsch, Sabrina Lloyd, Alimi Ballard.

Don and Agent Quimby of the NTSB investigate eyewitness accounts of a mysterious unidentified object flying dangerously close to downtown Los Angeles that has raised concern of a terrorist attack. After Charlie is recruited to help with the investigation, it is discovered that the flying object is part of a new technology that could revolutionize air travel. But the investigation takes a turn when they learn that the lead engineer is found murdered.  *SPOILER*

The "Charlie & Amita" issue will be solved.

 60 minutes- (CC), N, In Stereo

Fri  May  6  10:00P on CBS Network

NUMB3RS

Man Hunt

Starring Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Peter MacNicol, Judd Hirsch, Sabrina Lloyd, Alimi Ballard.

As Don investigates the prison bus crash, Charlie uses of probability analysis to conclude that the bus crash was not an accident, but part of a conspiracy to free a dangerous killer. Now, Don and Charlie must discover the killer's lethal agenda and stop him before he is able to carry it out.  60 minutes- Season Finale, (CC), N, In Stereo

Fri  May 13  10:00P on CBS Network

The Santa Clause 2

Directed by Michael Lembeck. Starring Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Lloyd, David Krumholtz, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Spencer Breslin, Liliana Mumy, Danielle Woodman, Art LaFleur.

Santa must get married by Christmas Eve in order to save the holiday and keep his job. 110 minutes- G, United States, 2002, (CC), Seas, In Stereo

Mon  May  2  08:00A on Starz Kids
Mon  May  2  06:10P on Starz Kids
Sat  May  7  12:00P on Starz Kids
Sun  May  8  05:30A on Starz Kids
Thu  May 12  11:20A on Starz Kids
Thu  May 12  08:00P on Starz Kids
Fri  May 13  04:30A on Starz Kids

Scorched

Directed by Gavin Grazer. Starring Alicia Silverstone, Rachael Leigh Cook, Woody Harrelson, John Cleese, Paulo Costanzo, David Krumholtz, Joshua Leonard, Ivan Sergei, Wayne Morse, Jeffrey Tambor.

Three downtrodden employees plan separate heists after each decides to rob the bank in which they all work. 120 minutes- USA, 2002, (CC), Video, SS

Wed  May 11  03:00P on Comedy Central
Thu  May 12  08:00A on Comedy Central
Tue  May 31  03:00P on Comedy Central