Because I'm a MAJOR GEEK: acting wise, Hunter Tylo is known for her Bold and Beautiful role, I think; and Charles Shaughnessy is so a Days player as the ISA agent Shane Donovan (like a major 80s character).
I'm scared that I know this. Truly.
But I loved, loved She Spies. I always felt like it was underrated. They were awesome as a team. I remember staying really, really late (like practically morning, around 3-4am) to catch it.
Yeah! :D I know John Rubenstein was on Y&R, too, because his brief stint happened to be when Michael Muhney started the show & I tried watching. A lot of them had some long-ish running soaps roles on their IMDb credits. As Nathan Fillion says: acting bootcamp!
I LOVE that you love She Spies!!!!!! They kept moving it around; it was so hard to keep track of, especially in the pre-DVR days! There's a problem if people who are actively trying to watch a show can't do it!
Everyone's on soaps now. Heck, Sean Patrick Flanery just ended a run on Y&R. It took me about 3 weeks and a visit to SoapCentral to show me who Michael was playing. I went "OH! Adam! That explains it. He don't look like Sheriff Lamb, at all." I've found Y&R hard to get into right away since it's so plot driven.
I loved She Spies! It was funny, humorous action. I always thought it was a much better Charlie's Angels. I wish it had been started now, in the days of webseries. I think it would have been great to have more episodes. It never really got a proper launch.
Did that trend start with James Franco, or was he just the first really big "fish" who took a guest role?
I think that what I loved about it was probably what the network hated most. I loved that it was a combination of absolutely goofy, silly parody completely mixed in with dry, sarcastic humor. It's hard to market a show with that combo.
I think James was just the more bigger name on hand. A lot of movie stars go back and forth it seems like. Daytime can provide a short stay while between jobs. I mean, Franco comes back and forth whenever he wants, basically.
It's especially hard to market with advertisers and they are a huge indicator of what gets what spot. I loved it in part for the same reasons you did. In addition, there was the chemistry between the leads. You kind of believed them to be sisters of a sort, if that makes sense. They weren't literally but they played so well that they meshed.
You know, that's true. I've never really thought about that. I liked Shane & D.D. because of the actress' personalities shining through, but I don't think they were at the same level of acting as Natasha Henstridge, and I always wondered if the show might have done better if it had different actresses for those 2 roles. But I think you're right. I think the way they gelled together & seemed natural as a team is more important.
Well, when does the poor guy have time for a couple days shooting? He's in a billion graduate programs. But Franco creeps me out, the character not the actor. He basically sexually assaulted a character, or lead her husband to believe it.
I think the team element was important to the show. It allowed them to make a sort of united front and not take away from the other actors against Natasha, who let's face it - has an insane acting career. It allows the others to be on the canvas and show off the story line instead of star power.
I'm scared that I know this. Truly.
But I loved, loved She Spies. I always felt like it was underrated. They were awesome as a team. I remember staying really, really late (like practically morning, around 3-4am) to catch it.
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I LOVE that you love She Spies!!!!!! They kept moving it around; it was so hard to keep track of, especially in the pre-DVR days! There's a problem if people who are actively trying to watch a show can't do it!
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I loved She Spies! It was funny, humorous action. I always thought it was a much better Charlie's Angels. I wish it had been started now, in the days of webseries. I think it would have been great to have more episodes. It never really got a proper launch.
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I think that what I loved about it was probably what the network hated most. I loved that it was a combination of absolutely goofy, silly parody completely mixed in with dry, sarcastic humor. It's hard to market a show with that combo.
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It's especially hard to market with advertisers and they are a huge indicator of what gets what spot. I loved it in part for the same reasons you did. In addition, there was the chemistry between the leads. You kind of believed them to be sisters of a sort, if that makes sense. They weren't literally but they played so well that they meshed.
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You know, that's true. I've never really thought about that. I liked Shane & D.D. because of the actress' personalities shining through, but I don't think they were at the same level of acting as Natasha Henstridge, and I always wondered if the show might have done better if it had different actresses for those 2 roles. But I think you're right. I think the way they gelled together & seemed natural as a team is more important.
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I think the team element was important to the show. It allowed them to make a sort of united front and not take away from the other actors against Natasha, who let's face it - has an insane acting career. It allows the others to be on the canvas and show off the story line instead of star power.
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