[TV orNotTV] Re: NCIS stunt casting news

2013-04-11 Thread Dave Sikula
I think it varies from show to show. I never watched Will and Grace (if only because I loathe Megan Mullaly), but it seemed like every week they had two or three stunt-cast guest stars who were slumming to appear on a hot sitcom. On the other hand, The Good Wife (which I've only just started

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NCIS stunt casting news

2013-04-11 Thread Darren Glass
I believe it was actually The Good Wife that inspired a conversation about stuntcasting on a recent Sepinwall/Feinberg podcast that was pretty interesting. My memory is that the definition that they circled around that I found myself agreeing with is roughly that it counts as stunt casting if it

[TV orNotTV] Re: NCIS stunt casting news

2013-04-10 Thread JW
Per the various NCIS cast Twitter feeds, Colin Hanks will be guest starring in the final two episodes of the season as a Federal prosecutor. His father would be stunt casting, but is Colin a big enough to qualify? -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NCIS stunt casting news

2013-04-10 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:40 PM, JW redbu...@gmail.com wrote: Per the various NCIS cast Twitter feeds, Colin Hanks will be guest starring in the final two episodes of the season as a Federal prosecutor. His father would be stunt casting, but is Colin a big enough to qualify? Colin is holding

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NCIS stunt casting news

2013-04-10 Thread Steve Timko
Do you watch Mad Men? He was great as the guitar-playing priest. On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:40 PM, JW redbu...@gmail.com wrote: Per the various NCIS cast Twitter feeds, Colin Hanks will be guest starring in the final two episodes of the season as a Federal prosecutor. His father would be

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: NCIS stunt casting news

2013-04-10 Thread Bob in Jersey
Steve Timko, tp JW: Do you watch Mad Men? He was great as the guitar-playing priest. Ausiello of course associates him with *Dexter*... and describes his rolehttp://tvline.com/2013/04/10/ncis-season-10-spoilers-colin-hanks/on *NCIS* further. -- BOB -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest

[TV orNotTV] Re: NCIS stunt casting news

2013-04-10 Thread M-D November
It may be stunt casting, but NCIS usually* makes really good use of its stunt-casted actors (see: Lily Tomlin as McGee's grandmother, Robert Wagner as DiNozo Sr., Bob Newhart as Duckie's colleague/mentor, etc.) - I'm confident this will be as well. *Jury's still out on Jamie Lee Curtis, and

[TV orNotTV] Re: NCIS stunt casting news

2013-04-10 Thread JW
It may be stunt casting, but NCIS usually* makes really good use of its stunt-casted actors (see: Lily Tomlin as McGee's grandmother, Robert Wagner as DiNozo Sr., Bob Newhart as Duckie's colleague/mentor, etc.) - I'm confident this will be as well. I guess the problem is a definition for