Prison Break is currently on hiatus until they come back in January with a bunch of new episodes to air. As long as the strike goes on, nothing will be filmed and there won't be anything to be aired as well. With that in consideration, the actors should have a pretty free schedule, and should look for more activities to keep away the boredom of waiting.



That is exactly what Prison Break star Robert Knepper is doing, as he is ready to work on other projects while the strike is holding them up. Just last week, Hitman, the movie starring Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Ulrich Thomsen, Michael Offei and Prison Break's very own T-Bag, Robert Knepper.

In talking about his character in Hitman, Knepper told Crave Online, "His name is Yuri Markov. He's head of the FSB which used to be the KGB. I just modeled him after Putin. He's a guy who's a company guy. He's a guy that wants to be president probably some day of Russia and will do anything and everything to get up there, including some pretty bad stuff. Having a presidential candidate knocked off and have somebody imitate him, it's all just interwoven in this nice little story about people coming to terms with this hitman, realizing he doesn't want to be a hitman anymore. But it was great. I just immersed myself in Russia for about three weeks. It's night and day trying to get that damn dialect."

The film is the first for Knepper since 2005, but the coming year will promise the actor even more projects as he will be playing the villain in the new Bond flick and will also be appearing in Hugh Jackman's Wolverine spin-off film.

Knepper will also be flying off to England in June 2008 to participate in the Breakout Beyond convention dedicated to Prison Break and Veronica Mars fans. Moreover, Kristen Bell will be in attendance for the said event, which will provide fans with photo and autograph sessions and guest talks with their favorite stars. More details will be released as the convention date draws closer, so fans watch out!