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The luck of the Irish has not always smiled upon Jason O'Mara. The Dublin-born actor was previously primed for stardom in dramas In Justice (2006) and Life on Mars (2008) but both shows were cancelled following brief prime-time runs. The ruggedly handsome O'Mara is more likely in for the long haul on Fox's Terra Nova, which comes to television with the weighty imprimatur of Steven Spielberg as executive producer. Set in the distant future, the premise casts O'Mara as a Chicago cop shipped back to prehistoric times with his family in tow. Dinosaurs abound, of course. Longchamp Outlet O'Mara spoke to us from Los Angeles last week. Would you classify Terra Nova as a sci-fi series? It's not just for a niche audience. This isn't Battlestar Galactica or Star Trek. Although I think sci-fi fans will get a lot out of it, this has that all-inclusive look and feel of a true Steven Spielberg production. People go to see E.T. for the cinematic experience, not just because it's about a boy's relationship with an alien who comes down from space. What were the physical challenges to shooting the first season in Australia? We're outside for a lot of this and the Australian outback can be quite unforgiving. We had to contend with extreme weather. There were days when we were literally up to our knees in mud. There are a lot of snakes. I don't know how poisonous it was, but I had a toad crawl across my boots last week. We're really out there in the rain forest and exposed to the elements, for better or worse. You play a Chicago police detective transported back to prehistoric times. Is he still a cop in the new colony? His primary goal is to protect his family, but whether he likes it or not, he's been made the sheriff in this frontier town. His family becomes the audience's eyes and ears and they get involved in the intrigue taking place, politically and socially. There are lots of mysteries and story twists to look forward to. How difficult is acting opposite dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures? Technically the green-screen acting can be difficult. It's an Australian visual-effects assistant with a cardboard dinosaur head on the end of a stick, while he's wearing shorts and sandals running around a field. You're supposed to look intimidated, but he's a very sweet guy. All you want to do is burst into fits of laughter. Dinosaurs aside, there's a strong ecological bent to Terra Nova. Is the show designed to be a cautionary tale? There are a lot of moral questions being asked. Because we're building this place from the ground up, we're able to ask these allegorical, sociological and philosophical questions about the world we're living in now and where we're going. It's really about second chances, and if we were given a second chance as a race, would we make the same mistakes? That was the thing that hooked me onto it.