Jim Susky kicks off (for those of you having football withdrawal):
What are some extreme examples of typecasting?
Certainly one would have to be George Reeves. He played Superman in the 1950’s TV series. He was supposed to be in FROM HERE TO ETERNITY. When the studio head screened the movie in a room of employees, all the women reacted when seeing him on the screen. A few called out “Superman.” The studio president then insisted he be cut out of the movie. Reeves never got a good part after Superman.
I think Flo from Progressive Insurance is going to find it hard to get parts, although in her case, the money she’s made from Progressive should set her up for life.
From Dave:
I'd like to know how Kelsey Grammar had time to guest on Becker when he was making Frasier at the time.
Multi-camera shows generally work on a schedule of three weeks on and one week off. And of course these shows are scattered. So BECKER arranged to do the script with Kelsey the week FRASIER was on their hiatus.
Brian Phillips asks:
Have you ever had or seen difficulties assembling a writing staff?
Unless you load the staff with writers you’ve known and trust, it’s always a crapshoot.
You read hundreds of specs hoping to find one or two that are good. You interview writers hoping they’ll get along in the room with the other writers. You can be fooled by both.
Any time you work with people you don’t know you have no idea whether they’ll fit in, whether they’ll pick up on your system, whether they’ll contribute in the room.
It’s more than just talent. There has to be room chemistry. And that’s hard to determine strictly from reading scripts and/or interviews.
Also, I’m looking for the best writers and I don’t care their ethnicity or gender. So that makes it a little easier because I’m not focusing on one specific trait; I’m open to anybody.
And finally, from JS:
What dramatic moment sticks with you. Mine - Friday Night Lights -Tami tried to talk Coach into buying an upgraded house. He had to say he'd love to buy it for her, but it was a stretch financially and he could never sleep at night worrying about that mortgage. He wanted to give it to her so bad, it was just sad.
The killing of Henry Blake. The killing of Lady Sybil.
The ending of the SOPRANOS affected me, but in a bad way. I still loathe that ending.
What’s your Friday Question?
from By Ken Levine
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