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The production company is using the old Fulcrum building in northern Rio Rancho, which was the headquarters and site for a few interior shots on 'Ghosts of Mars' several years ago.

Within that huge warehouse are several rooms, including the lavishly appointed living room of the Ritters. It was modeled after the room at Al Unser Junior's former residence on Rio Grande Boulevard, where the pilot was shot.

Sypek, who portrays Junior Davis, a friend of Alberti's character, Matt Ritter, could be seen outside the Fulcrum building on a hot afternoon recently, when filming for the sixth episode was taking place. Sypek was trying on Western-style shirts for his role.

He was happy to talk about his fledgling career.

"When I was real young I wanted to play baseball. I really loved playing center field, but that was never anything I was really ever that good at," he recalled. "I played up until I was in ninth grade.

Sypek started acting when he was in sixth grade.

"I started doing plays. It was something that I liked. I was really shy as a kid," he said. Raised in Massachusetts, he graduated from a film school at Boston University and moved to Los Angeles last August.

"I just kept going through auditions. I was testing with the network against Micah (Alberti) for the same role," he said. "I didn't get cast; they told me I didn't get the role, but told me to come back a few days later and check out the role of Junior. I read the script, I went in and tested - I read for the producers for Junior - and that night they called me and asked if I would do it."

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