Actor James Ransone, the Baltimore native best-known for his portrayal
of tweaked-out stevedore Ziggy Sobotka on season two of HBO's "The
Wire," now stars in another project from the creative team of David
Simon and Ed Burns.
Ransone, 29, plays Marine Cpl. Ray Person in HBO's "Generation Kill" (9
p.m. Sundays), a seven-part miniseries based on the nonfiction book by
reporter Evan Wright, who was embedded with the 1st Reconnaissance
Battalion during the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Ransone talked recently to The N&O about his experience in Africa
during the shoot last year, and his feelings about the Marines and the
war.