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When I read the pilot script for Van Helsing, I found out that he was playing Sam, who’s a mute. “He’s such a tremendously talented guy and I was a big fan of his work on Hell on Wheels.

“Right off the bat, I was curious to see what the writers were going to do with Chris Heyerdahl,” recalls the actor. Despite his character’s apocalyptic surroundings, Scarfe could not help but be excited by the prospect of stepping into this brand new world. As he tries to adjust to these newcomers, Axel gets another surprise when Vanessa suddenly wakes from her coma. Early on in the episode, the dank, depressing UV lit confines of the abandoned hospital-turned-fortified-bunker become a little more crowded when Axel takes in a handful of human survivors fleeing from a group of humans that have been “turned” by the vampires. In the Van Helsing opener, Help Me, Axel continues to watch over the comatose Vanessa (Kelly Overton) as well as care for his friend/colleague Doc (Rukiya Bernard), who is suffering the aftereffects of being bitten by a vampire. They felt I was the right guy for the job, and I came onboard the series.” When I returned home, I felt a little like Robinson Crusoe and thought, ‘I have some new skills to offer and use as an actor.’ So when Chad called me with this opportunity, I said, ‘Hell, yeah.’ I jumped on a plane and flew to Vancouver to read for Chad and Neil. Oddly enough, I had just spent the last two-and–a-half years on a big sailing adventure with my family. I’d already played a number of dudes in suits for network television, and was on the hunt for something different. “At the time, I had it in my head that I wanted to play sort of a bad ass. Do you want to come back up to Vancouver and read for Neil LaBute?’

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He told me, ‘Hey, man, you’re on the short list for a character in this new vampire hunter TV show. “I’d actually just gone down to Los Angeles for pilot season, and within a week of setting myself up in an apartment, I received a call from Chad. “I originally became involved with Van Helsing thanks to one of its exec producers, Chad Oakes, who I’d previously worked with when he was an exec producer on Hell on Wheels,” says Scarfe. Actor Jonathan Scarfe, who plays Axel in Syfy’s Van Helsing, was only too pleased to take up the former Marine’s cause. Unbeknownst to Vanessa or anyone else, she holds the key to the salvation of humankind, and Axel is responsible for her safety. Believed to have died at the hands of a vampire, she, in fact, survived, but lapsed into a coma. Among the first casualties was Vanessa Van Helsing, the descendant of one of the most famous – and feared- vampire hunters of all times. Three years ago, humankind experienced the start of its downfall with “The Rising,” as a legion of vampires set out to conquer the entire planet.

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Jonathan Scarfe as Van Helsing's Axel Miller.