01-09-2015, 12:47 AM
(01-09-2015, 12:12 AM)ricardo shillyshally Wrote: Sometimes BB seems like a metaphor for real life. Do we have self determination, or are we just controlled by outside forces. It strikes me that the actors have alot invested in these characters; not only because they are part of them, they have to be able to think like them, act like them, but also because they will probably never escape being associated with them. I think the whole writer, CBS, audience, led plots have, like you say, sealed their fates, since S4. It's such an old fashioned way of working. If I were the actors I would have taken half the money(it's not like they'll ever be broke again!), in return for some character self determination. They know what worked, what was fun to act. It must have been electric in the beginning; playing with ideas, researching content, finding what works. These ideas, that you find someone, live with them forever, even if it's hell, so 19th century!
Very well put ricardo shillyshally! I would think the actors would want to have more say in their characters. It would have been nice if the last contract negotiations were about creative control. Then again, JG and KCS would probably push for even more Lenny nonsense. I think JP needed to be the catalytic for change with his Emmy wins in his pocket.