[HPFGU-Movie] catching up on lots of topics

[artsylynda at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/25/2003 6:32:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:

> >I dont think movie actors would stay on for T.V actors!  The cast of Big 
> Fat
> >Greek Wedding the boyfriend never stayed on!!
> 
> Yeah well, John Corbett thinks he has a movie career going, There's no way 
> he's going to sign on for a TV series under the circumstances.
> 
> 
Sorry guys, you're both wrong.  John Corbett has been a TV star for years, 
from "Northern Exposure" days and other things.  He didn't take the "Greek 
Wedding" TV series because he'd already signed to do a series called "Lucky" 
on one of the cable networks (WB maybe??  UPN?  I can't remember).  His show, 
"Lucky" is doing rather well, while "Greek Wedding" isn't.  And the man 
playing Corbett's part in "Wedding" is the man ORIGINALLY CAST when "Wedding" 
was first pitched as a TV pilot, not a movie.  The pilot didn't sell, so Nia 
what's-her-name, the star of both who created the movie and TV series, took 
her show to stage as a one-woman act.  Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson (who's of 
Greek ancestry) saw it, loved it, and Rita became the producer who brought it 
to the screen, then TV.  John Corbett was cast for the movie and has said he 
would've done the series, except that he'd already agreed to do "Lucky."  
MANY actors go back and forth between TV and movies -- it's not the stigma it 
was years ago.



Lynda 
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