ATTN JMS: work, if any, after Star Trek

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Subject: ATTN JMS: work, if any, after Star Trek
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+  1: Aug 27, 1996: hennebry at plains.nodak.edu (Michael J. Hennebry)
+  2: Aug 27, 1996: jimkell at soho.ios.com (Quicksilver)
*  3: Aug 27, 1996: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)

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From: hennebry at plains.nodak.edu (Michael J. Hennebry)
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In article <01BB939B.08349BA0 at POOL004.SPEEDLINK.COM>,
Brent Barrett <bbarrett at speedlink.com> quoted JMS:
>       All of them wanted to work more after ST; very few did, many of the cast
>couldn't get arrested.  They deeply resented it.  It's not as if they said,
>"oh, well, I'm old now, I can retire."  At the time, most were in their 40s,
>with Kelley being the oldest one there.  One doesn't retire at 40 as an actor;
>you go on.  They've all talked about it.

It seems to me that William Shatner got a lot more work than the rest.
Is there a reason for this that you know of?  Would it help the
eventually-to-be-ex-members of the B5 cast?

Are non-SF directors and producers aware of the difficulty of acting
in front of blue screen?

-- 
Mike   hennebry at plains.NoDak.edu
Happy birthday, Robbie
"Robbie was a non-vocal robot. He couldn't speak.
He was made and sold in 1996."         --         Dr. Susan Calvin


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From: jimkell at soho.ios.com (Quicksilver)
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Michael J. Hennebry (hennebry at plains.nodak.edu) wrote:

: Are non-SF directors and producers aware of the difficulty of acting
: in front of blue screen?

Blue (and green) screens are used a lot more often, and in many more genres
than you might think.  No proficient actor is going to not know how to work
with them.

The problem is the producer's perception of the public perception of the actor.
Once the public identifies an actor as "Sulu" or "Spock" it becomes very
difficult for the public to overcome that and see them as someone else.

The producer would rather use another actor than run the risk of having 
the believabilty of his script undermined by "Sulu" or "Spock" starring
in it.  

I think JMS *definately* deserves our respect for taking the risk of casting
Walter Koenig and Majel Barrett.  I, for one, can never take Walter Koenig
seriously on "Star Trek" anymore...  ;>

--Jim!



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
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"It seems to me that William Shatner got a lot more work than the rest. Is
there a reason for this that you know of?  Would it help the
eventually-to-be-ex-members of the B5 cast?"

Not for some time, and not consistently.  That he was the lead helped, but
the actors from that period had a real problem which, fortunately, has
been mitigated a bit in the last 10 years or so.  Working in SF isn't as
much a liability anymore, so it shouldn't be a big factor for current
B5/ST actors.



 jms



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