Benjamin Bratt is A&E’s The Cleaner
Fans of Benjamin Bratt have reason to be excited. Bratt will be starring in the new A&E Network drama The Cleaner. This original scripted show premieres on Tuesday July 15th at 10 p.m. EST.
What is the show about? Very good question. I do indeed have the answer! The Cleaner is based on the true story of a man who is an “extreme interventionist”. Benjamin Bratt portrays him as William ‘The Cleaner’ Banks. Once his daughter is born, Banks finds himself at the lowest point he can imagine, the kind of desolate hell you like to imagine can’t be real. Choosing to believe in hope, he decides to tackle reinvention by making a deal with God. We all like to believe in second chances. He gets his. Turns out, that might be the easy part.
Banks has promised himself, and God, to turn away completly from his former addictions. As if that weren’t enough to deal with, he decides that he will aid others in doing the same. Fighting your own personal demons isn’t easy. As someone who has been in the same sort of shoes (maybe a different size - sure), Banks (and some newfound friends) work as agents of hope in a world that leaves too many people believing the concept of hope doesn’t figure into their lives.
Bratt has said this about the show:
“I am always looking for good material to work with and The Cleaner is one of the best scripts I’ve read in a long time. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to portray such a complex and multidimensional character. A&E is the perfect home for The Cleaner and I’m proud to be working with them on bringing this emotionally compelling drama to life.”
Two more official pictures for The Cleaner are below the jump:
Pictures are courtesy of A&E and Electric Artists
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miranda rirckman | Jul 15, 2008 | Reply
I’m a 26 year old female who has struggled with drud addiction all my life.I have four older brothers who all but one used,even my mom and dad.they were like what kind of parents would we be if we let our kids do bad drugs!Threw the grace of God we have found freedom.my mom and dad have been clean for 6 years,never slipping once.I on the other hand tried my Meth addiction in for Herion.I haven’t used Meth in 5 to 6 years however I just couldn’t get over my Herion addiction.I have just over 2 and a half weeks clean from Herion.This time I’m giving it my all.I can do all things threw christ who streagths me.Phils 4:13.my mom and dad have a chirst based meeting ever monday night and they go in prisons and jails to let inmates know Jesus loves them and if they are ready and tired of the drug life and everthing it brings if they just cry out to God he will set them free.my dad wrote a book ‘Meth What’s Your Destion’by Bill Mclemore.we send them into prions and jails all over the world.I just wanted to say Thank You to who ever came up with this show.I’ve been waitting for ever to watch it.Praise God it’s on tonight.always a sister in christ jesus miranda
P.S.
NOW I’M CLEAN!
msdazy | Jul 16, 2008 | Reply
what is the last song that was playing during the premiere last night?
Jessica Rae | Jul 16, 2008 | Reply
I’m sorry, I don’t know.
A&E fans | Jul 20, 2008 | Reply
We watched the show and congradulate Ben Bratt and the team behind him. We are a single mom of 47 and daughter 17, non-users of any drug. In any drama, its necessary to have entertainment value but if you can enlighten families while wanting to watch the show, and put in how to deal or handle or where to get help or information for understanding the deeper consequences of such a lifestyle choice, even better for all of us. I believe the country is more flooded with drugs now than ever and everyone of us knows an addict or lives with one or has in the past or will in the future. And, we all need to know how to take care of each other by realizing we do need to. I also think the first show I have seen to make excellent use of a TV/media (i.e.), was America’s Most Wanted, then, the Amber alert. These are the kinds of uses of community that work. Best wishes to the show and cast! I hope you have a long run.
sealless | Jul 23, 2008 | Reply
So… freaking… bad. This show is terrible. I forced myself to watch the entire first episode. Painful. Bad writing, preposterous plots - acting was average at best. Drugs are bad, mmkay? I get it.
Jeremy | Jul 25, 2008 | Reply
If anyone is still looking, the song that played at the end of the “pilot” is called “Waiting for my real life to begin” by The Colin Hay Band. He is the former lead singer of “Men at Work” and has done a lot of stuff on the Scrubs sound track.
Rachel Smart | Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
Does anyone know the song played at the end of the episode called Meet the Jonses?
Kirsten | Sep 1, 2008 | Reply
Does anyone know the writer/title of the song that was playing towards the end of last weeks episode - to catch a fed?