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Britisher Cast As Female Lead in David E. Kelley’s LEGALLY MAD!!
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English actress Charity Wakefield, who played Marianne Dashwood in the 2008 miniseries version of “Sense and Sensibility,” has been cast in the central role of American lawyerette Brady Hamm in David E. Kelley’s latest legal hourlong “Legally Mad.”
The NBC project revolves around a father-daughter lawyering team. Announcement of who will play the dad is expected any day now.
Jon Seda (“Homicide”) and Kristin Chenoweth (“Pushing Daisies”) have also recently joined the “Mad” cast.
Kelley, a lawyer who got into the TV game by scripting “L.A. Law,” previously created the law-centric dramedys “Picket Fences,” “The Practice,” “Ally McBeal” and “Boston Legal.”
Find all of The Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.
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is this RUBBISH
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How many female lawyers at CP&S in its 5 seasons DID NOT have an accent (British or Australian)?
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That's the pivotal role. Is it possible for David E. Kelly to do shows not about quirky lawyers?
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TV Rule No. 118 - If a cast member of an American show isn't Australian they'll be British ;)
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I still haven't forgiven that fucker for all the suffering he put Homicide through.
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David E. Kelley is a giant, steaming, putrid fuckin' piece of shit.
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before NBC replaces with a hour long show of monkeys throwing their feces everywhere.
Actually, that might be better than this show. -
TYPOS BAD
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get out of the comfort zone much?
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Don't get me wrong, Charity seems like a good actress and I like Hugh Laurie, Damien Lewis and others, I'm far from a xenophobe. But it just seems like so many lately, are they being hired because they will work for less?
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I doubt money is the issue, it was all I could think of. Anyone else got ideas?
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I know! First thing I thought of when I read this article was , "You pulled your weapon on Kellerman, you skeezy fuck!"
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I mean really... is anyone on the edge of their seat waiting for that show's premiere? Why dont you talk about something cool that could use some coverage, like SuperJail or something like that?
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Well, most English actors are very well trained and mulittalented. Getting them is a bargain. American actors, well, a lot of them skip the stage or writing process and just try to go to LA and make it. BUT! I know what you're talking about...and you forgot Rufus Sewell from Dark City who I think is on some show on CBS as the lead on some hour long.
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Just put something in your mouth and talk. lol
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'nuff said...
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Anna Friel a Brit? And Anna Torv of Fringe is Australian...What hath Hugh Laurie begun...??
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Time for Michelle Pfeiffer to embrace TV ala Close and Hunter. Wouldn't mind seeing the lady in HD on a weekly basis.
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Who in fucks name came up with the phrase 'Britisher'?
It's Brit or British, or more correctly English, Welsh or Scottish.
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That is why they get the roles. They train harder and longer and have better skills.
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Now wouldn't that be interesting.
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Reverse of Pushing Daisies and damn near every stereotype on race ever written.
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It is possible that the shift from big screen actresses moving successfully to tv possibly started with The Closer. At one point TNT wanted The Closer to have no competition and tanked Saved.
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Seriously Herc... get with the fucking program.
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Maybe he should try a different subject matter other than lawyering for the basis of a TV show. Or maybe not. That might suck.
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Christ. How many more cheese-filled titles can they come up with for lawyer shows? First "Raising The Bar" and now this. How about Legally Retarded. Legally Unoriginal Drivel. That's what I'm going with.
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is the only lawyer show that needs to be produced. They need to take care that the ninja has been through a divorce and custody case in the recent passed to keep things interesting. Throw in a Lion or Grizzly occasionally for sweeps week. Judges vs Ninja's as a summer spin off. Golden.
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I expect her to be scantily clad in a few scenes.
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I love Sygewick (sp), just that she never had that above the title stature that Close and Hunter had. And to repeat, I think Pfeiffer would be a great addition to that degree.
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There's no way that Kelley can have Kristin Chenoweth on his show and not give in to what is his most *indulgent creative weakness*: Musical numbers. What makes it all the more absurd is that Kelley is working with Gen X age actors, and yet all the characters have a fixation on Motown music. Bleah!
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Don Johnson's Just Legal and Chris O'Donnell's Head Cases. We need more shows showing lawyers are just like us, except richer and wackier.Pardon me while I jam a #2 pencil up my nostril.
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I AM LEGALLY MAD!!!!
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Haha, seriously, it's pretty obvious that a lot of actors from across the pond are making it big over here, even moreso than the old Hollywood. If it is because they are point blank, more talented, it's kind of insulting, yet funny at the same time.
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As a supporting character.
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Boston Legal is one of the best law shows ever created. The mix of comedy and drama...heartfelt moments in one scene, absurd slapstick in another(In addition to the smartest examination of some of our nations biggest problems and issues)...is something only the very best writing/acting/directing can do.So many people dismissed it as a "wacky Shatner" lawyer show...but it was so much more. And anything Kelley creates I'll give a shot to. Sure it might be another "Girls Club" lol...but then again he has the past brilliance to have another potential Boston Legal/Public/McBeal/Chicago Hope.
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...all those horrible Brits taking jobs rightfully belonging to good Americans. How terrible. The next thing you know Americans will be all over British TV... er wait a mo... As for awful fake accents, Philip Glennister in 'Demons' anyone?
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why is her being british important to the headline of who got cast? if she was from prague would you say 'scandanavian woman cast in female lead?' i mean who cares what part of the planet she's from?telling us what she's done and if she's any good would suffice. *i dont know why that bothered me, bored i guess*
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Then eventually I detested it. I always thought the characters were kind of weak to begin with but I forgave it because James Spader was so good and because the absurdity of the cases was pretty amusing. The it started shoving politics down my throat at an acceptable rate. Don't get me wrong, a show with a point of view is a good thing, but this show was doing it at a level that nearly reached fanaticism. Plus they wasted John Larroquette and Candice Bergen, two big time emmy winners, and there was absolutely no tension in the drama because James Spader never lost a case. What the hell?
Plus that Nuclear Power Plant episode made me want to shove a pencil in my ear. What a croc. -
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is more or less one of the states of America anyways.
Imagine The Dark Knight without the British....
No director, Christopher Nolan.
No writer, Jonathan Nolan.
No Bruce Wayne, Christian Bale. No Alfred, Michael Caine.
No Commisioner Gordon, Gary Oldman. -
needs to make a cameo. I mean Rome, Wisconsin can't be too far from Chicago, right?
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I have no interest in this...
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More anorexic chicks, melodrama, and legal "wackiness" from Kelly.
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ignorant Americanian...
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Dick Van Dyke anyone?'It's a jorly orliday wiv you Murry Poppins an no mistayke'. Sheesh.
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Perhaps more young American actresses would be cast if they didn't all look the same - skinny, size 8 (or 6 over there), fake orange tan, UV reflective teeth, and that overall titless head-on-a-stick look.How many Lohan clones do you guys need?
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Jan 06, 2009 12:07:00 AM CST
...and yes, I'm fully aware that Kiera is one of ours...
by biggusdickus
...but I'll swap you for Jennifer Connolly any day!Toodle-pip!
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Yet ANOTHER David E. Kelley legal drama? Get the fuck out of here. Join the ranks of one-trick ponies like Graham Yost, whose films seem to be only about extortion and robbery ("Speed", "Hard Rain", "Broken Arrow"), Kelley. I, for one, am tired of the quirky lawyer bullshit and repetitive "Oh, aren't we cute today?" thing. Go away. Not saying "Kelley needs to die" or anything. Just go away. We won't mind a graceful exit, if it's at all possible.
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For you youngin's, that's how old farts used to listen to music.
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According to the fuckhead's dictionary, the definition of 'Britisher' is: Someone that is more British than Kate Winslet.
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When I read that headline, I thought it was someone's last name or something. There's a tremendous disregard for language and grammar on the web, and sometimes this site seems to be at the epicenter of that (I know there have to be worse, but this is a site I frequent). You'd think that the writers here would want to do all they could to counteract the wholesale illiteracy that litters the talkbacks.
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Excellent point, though somewhat neutered by your own mis-spelling of 'epicentre'. However, if you're American, you are unreservedly forgiven. Big hugs,BiggusPedanticus.
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is Damages, a legal show actually worth watching, gonna get a TB to start the new season?
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who is more "British" than another. Or is a play on how some dialects of The United Kingdom of Great Britainer and Northern Irelanders pronounce final vowels.
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the ALL BAD GUYS *MUST* HAVE ENGLISH ACCENTS fixation.oh - wait...
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a person of British provenance is properly referred to as "a Briton", "British", or, as an abbreviation, "a Brit".as has been noted above, many such folk would prefer to be referred to |(at least, in English) as "English", "Welsh", "Scots" or "Irish". i, myself, am a Scot.and my not capitalizing the first letter of my sentences is, of course, knowing and ironic.
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who cares about the casting of the lead in yet another generic legal dramedy from David Kelly? will any of us be watching it?
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What about the Cornish and the Manx? And probably the Welsh would ultimately prefer "Cymry"?
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