Navy Brat and Wartime Hero Roles in Too Young the Hero
NBC CBS movie Too Young the Hero features Ricky Schrader as 12 year old Calvin Graham who lies about his age to join the Navy and earns a Bronze Star in Santa Cruz and Guadalcanal before a mistaken desertion charge leads to jail time. Filming used Burgaw County prison in North Carolina and Schrader later treated inmates to meals at McDonald’s.
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Mario Van Peebles shifts to a flexible TV lead in Sonny Spoon
A year after saying he would not play regulars, Mario Van Peebles joins NBC series Sonny Spoon in a flexible role. The show will feature him in multiple disguises and voices to portray different criminals and witnesses. He notes NBC asked for a leading man with strong character acting and cites playing a big, fat female church singer as one example.
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Hotline
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Bad Barry Goes From Hero to Villain on TV Roles
Barry Bostwick discusses his year of villainy in a series of TV projects. He played a serial killer in Body of Evidence and a war atrocity committing naval officer in War and Remembrance. He will star in Addicted to His Love, a March ABC movie about a con man. He emphasizes finding depth in villains to avoid cardboard characterization.
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Modesty the Fame Test for Corbin Bernsen in L A Law
Actor Corbin Bernsen, known as Arnie Becker on L A Law, says sudden fame brings pressure as divorce attorney. He insists he must live up to the character’s success while adjusting to new public attention. Frank Sanellg reports.
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