Given the alternative of jobless favourites, I'm pretty glad the industry (and not just Vancouver) doesn't toss out actors after their first jobs.
Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.
'Serenity'
Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
§ ita § - Sep 21, 2003 8:07:16 am PDT #529 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Madrigal Costello - Sep 21, 2003 8:38:36 am PDT #530 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
I'm not complaing about seeing good actors on multiple series - just saying that it's a bit odd - though a quick and handy way to identity which shows are shot in Vancouver, versus which are shot in New Zealand, where they also re-use locals.
§ ita § - Sep 21, 2003 8:41:59 am PDT #531 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But ... but ... they re-use LA and NY locals too. Actors get jobs, and then they get other jobs, often where they live.
Madrigal Costello - Sep 21, 2003 8:48:54 am PDT #532 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
Yeah, but the rate of recycle is slower in LA and NY, or it seems to be because those actors do a variety of jobs - they're not all with the same production company or same genre of TV show.
§ ita § - Sep 21, 2003 8:50:22 am PDT #533 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
LA's a bigger market, and NY can get people to travel to it. Still, L&O is a hotbed of re-use all by itself.
DavidS - Sep 21, 2003 9:17:40 am PDT #534 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Still, L&O is a hotbed of re-use all by itself.
I really noticed it with the HBO shows which were mostly produced in NYC. Same actors on Oz and Sopranos and SATC and (inevitably) L&O.
Theodosia - Sep 21, 2003 10:05:28 am PDT #535 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
L&O used to do a great job employing Off-Broadway actors with real regional accents, but that was when they actually had episodes where the plotlines showcased less-than-upperclass characters.
helentm - Sep 21, 2003 1:51:56 pm PDT #536 of 10000
Religion isn't the cause of wars. It's the excuse. - Christopher Brookmyre
If L&O is Law and Order, we just had Kate show up as one of the lawyers down here. It does seem a little odd, my brain keeps going, okay, so she went to law school after the police force fired her, and soon Lindsey will show up and snark at her.
DavidS - Sep 21, 2003 2:03:05 pm PDT #537 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If L&O is Law and Order,
It is.
we just had Kate show up as one of the lawyers down here.
Be warned - Elizabeth Rohm has earned the eternal scorn of L&O fans as the worst character ever. I haven't seen it, but she's supposed to be quantum levels worse than her performances on Angel.
esse - Sep 21, 2003 2:25:59 pm PDT #538 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Eh, she's okay. What's her bucket, the name with an S who does the Neutrogena commercials, was far more tolerable.