It’s a little old, but Collider had a pretty good interview recently with Adam and Jerome Flynn about various aspects of Ripper Street. Apple readers will want to check the whole thing out, but, in this excerpt, Adam lays out his own theory about how he ended up on the Reid team.

I think we had this fantasy that maybe Jackson had been thrown in a holding cell one night and drunkenly starting diagnosing people in the room. They picked him up and, without meaning to, he started helping them out. Jackson must have gotten Reid’s attention, some sort of weird way. Because he’s boastful and a bit egotistical, he probably started showing off and it came to bite him in the ass. He’s dragged, kicking and screaming, into this little partnership. He’s a very reluctant helper.

Adam popped up on the local CBS affiliate here to discuss, of course, Ripper Street. Thanks to commenter Clare for the heads up.

Adam talks to Access Hollywood about his new role.

Today, we’re gonna run down Adam’s Ripper Street character, aka the primary reason we Applenauts are watching Ripper Street.

Captain Homer Jackson

An American, a one-time Pinkerton detective, and a U.S. army surgeon, Captain Homer Jackson is an expert in the world of early forensics. Enlisted by Reid for his unique skills on the autopsy slab, he is a free spirit, both untrustworthy and brilliant by equal measure. But his thirst for vice — including women, booze and gambling — leaves him hated by Drake and distrusted by the rest of the police fraternity.

Jackson has his secrets, too. On the run from an ‘incident’ in America, he and brothel-keeper, Long Susan, have sought out the East End precisely for its chaos and lawlessness. Reid’s attachment to Jackson — and the friendship the two like-minded men inevitably foster -– will eventually compromise this need for secrecy. — from BBC America

In a very thorough interview over at CultBox, Adam describes Jackson as “a bit of a cowboy; he’s bit of a rogue but he’s also a little bit of Albert Schweitzer, you know what I mean. He’s a healer. He’s a fighter. It sounds absurd, the treatment of the character, with the writing and wardrobe and everything that happens makes him an actor’s dream to play.

“Who wouldn’t be drawn to playing Jackson? If you were to have male actors of a certain age write down their dream role they’d like to play, it would probably be Homer Jackson.”

According to a report by Access Hollywood, Tennessee‘s release date has been pushed off from this Friday, December 19th, to a later release, tentatively scheduled for March.

The film has had a couple of festival screenings so far as well as a one-week run at the beginning of December to qualify for Oscar contention, largely in the hopes of getting a nod for co-star Mariah Carey’s “Right to Dream,” listed among five front-runners by the Los Angeles Times:

THE POP STAR

Mariah Carey’s “Right to Dream.” In need of a guitarist for “Right to Dream,” Carey aimed high, going straight to country legend Willie Nelson. Written for ” Tennessee,” in which Carey plays an aspiring singer, “Right to Dream” is restrained elegance, with some light, finger-picked guitar flourishes and a dash of late-night soul. “I was humming different melodies while I was on the set and stuff,” Carey says. “I was just thinking that Willie Nelson would be somebody fabulous to collaborate with. I reached out to him, and we met after one of his concerts.”

Thanks to commenter Jeane for the heads up on the For Your Contention ad from the December 3 Los Angeles Times and h/t to the Mariah Daily Journal for the scan.

As commenter Jeane noted, Adam makes an all-too-brief appearance in this week’s People to discuss his multivaried career path and his alleged rivalry with Tom Cruise. We could have used a bit more dish, but the lovely photo makes up for it. Almost. Take a look after the jump.

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Just popping in with a quick post to direct our readers’ attention to the lengthy MovieWeb interview with Adam unearthed by commenter Jeane, in which our boy discusses his current projects and his newfound love of cribbage.

MovieWeb has extended versions of the interviews and behind the scenes footage from the Starz! On the Set show up and running. The following have Adam-related content to check out:

     Adam Rothenberg
     Callie Khouri (talks about Adam and the other men of Mad Money around the 1:08 mark)
     Katie Holmes (talks about the MM men around 2:02 and Adam in particular around 2:30)
     Behind the Scenes Footage #1
     Behind the Scenes Footage #2
     Behind the Scenes Footage #4

Just a quick update regarding Adam’s upcoming Law & Order turn, Wikipedia now lists the airdate for his episode, “Submission,” as February 6, 2008. Fun fact: It’s the series’ 400th episode!

More from the red carpet, courtesy of LiveVideo.com. The whole thing’s only about four minutes long, but if you only have eyes for Adam, he appears with about 2:24 remaining to talk about his character and what it was like working with his three leading ladies. He pops up again later with 1:14 left to discuss what he would do with $5 million and then, with 14 seconds to go, records a little plug for LiveVideo.com.

Update (January 12, 2008):
Edited to add screen capture.

(Photo: Cohen, WireImage)

Mad Money had its premiere at the Mann Village Theatre in Los Angeles last night and, of course, Adam was there, looking dapper, proud parents and sister by his side (check out the Getty Images gallery for a couple watermarked snaps of the happy family).

While most of the press coverage naturally centered around Adam’s more established co-stars and their more established spouses, Page Six.com treated us to this tidbit:

And the women’s behavior on-carpet matched their attitudes on-set, co-stars said. Adam Rothenberg, who plays Katie’s boyfriend in the movie, told PageSix.com that production was pretty relaxed. “I think I was the only uptight guy there,” he joked, adding that the women “kind of made it a project to loosen me up. I thought I was presumptuous to pal around with them….so they teased me.”

For more shots of Adam and the premiere, check out:
     Getty Images: Adam Rothenberg
     Getty Images: Mad Money Premiere
     IESB.net: Mad Money Premiere (Adam’s shots are at the bottom of the page)
     Wire Image: Adam Rothenberg
     Wire Image: Mad Money Premiere, Arrivals
     Wire Image: Mad Money Premiere, Red Carpet and After Party

Thanks to commenter Jeane for all the tips.