Comments on: An unfortunate choice of typecast roles…

By: grassrootsmovement

grassrootsmovement — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:37:41 +0000

@ sopranogrl22 . . . I am definitely a Jennifer Garner fan, so that trumped the fact that I tend to steer clear of movies that look like 13 going on 30! lol
Yeah, check it out. It was somewhat formulaic of course, but well-written and acted with a few pleasant surprizes and snarky lines.

By: sopranogrl22

sopranogrl22 — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:39:07 +0000

Richard, great story! I guess that makes sense…it sucks for all those actors, but it makes sense. =)

By: Richard R

Richard R — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:59:52 +0000

I was in a theater program at UC Irvine in the 80’s. Vincent Price gave a Shakespeare master class. He was brilliant. At the end we had a Q&A. One student asked him “Mr. Price, most people know you from horror movies and have no idea that you’re a classical actor. How do we avoid getting type cast?”

He answered “My boy, pray that you are type cast. It means that you have work.”

For every type-cast character actor, there are a dozen other brilliant actors who are waiting tables and doing 99 seat waiver shows to try to get an agent.

By: Yella Ojrak

Yella Ojrak — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:42:31 +0000

I don’t know what ‘call in’ means, actually… I’m not so good in English (and worse in any other) heheheh…

By: sopranogrl22

sopranogrl22 — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:28:17 +0000

@grassrootsmovement I never did get a chance to see 13 Going on 30! I’m not much of a Jennifer Garner fan, to be honest. =P
It sounds like a role that Greer would be good in, though…I’d love to check it out. Thanks for the heads-up!

By: sopranogrl22

sopranogrl22 — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:14:51 +0000

Call in to? I’m confused…clarify? =P

By: Yella Ojrak

Yella Ojrak — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:10:15 +0000

Do you know Kevin Stafford, Laura? If you do… then you should be the Laura he wanted me to call in to http://inhabitantsof.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/intro/

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By: grassrootsmovement

grassrootsmovement — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:55:04 +0000

Judy Greer – also from 13 Going on 30. Same type of role, only she was also a bit of a witch. That, I think, was the best of aforementioned stereotypical roles. The movie needed a ‘evil influence’ and a counterpoint to what we wanted Jennifer Garner to become. Judy was simultaneously guilty-pleasure fun and as villainous as a chick-flick can call for. You an tell she was a teenage geek and she played that role to the hilt!

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