Daniel Baldwin on why he left
Laurel Krahn
Was just reading stuff at the Daniel Baldwin website (
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Bungalow/3274/index.htm )
and I came across a chat transcript from People online. Thought y'all
would be interested in seeing his answer to "why he left Homicide".
Apologies if it's been posted before, I did a DejaNews search and
didn't see it anywhere, but you never know.
Baldwin said:
"Well, when I take a role, I try to look at the character's arc. I
want to be, and I want to go on an adventure. On Homicide, after three
seasons, scripts started coming in that were beginning to repeat
themselves. That, accompanied with the fact that the show was
changing. I didn't want to do NYPD Blue. The fact of the matter is
that in a 20 year career of a homicide detective he never pulls his
gun out, he never fires it at anyone, the violence has already been
committed. That's why he's there. The show won tremendous accolades
and awards, but was never received by a large audience in the United
States. And therefore they, to exist, had to change more into a
formula show, which meant firing guns, kicking in doors, cutting way
back on the dramatic camera movement, which we were innovators in
doing in television. And although the show still is on the cutting
edge, when I left it, it was no longer at the very edge. "
Entire transcript is at:
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Bungalow/3274/inter3.htm
(No other direct mentions of Homicide in it)
Laurel Krahn (lau...@pobox.com) http://www.windowseat.org/
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jeep93
act like a dumbfounded secretary in Vampire$?????
I loved the flick, but come back and remind us of why you felt the need to
leave. I certainly can't remember...
Ryan
Laurel Krahn wrote in message <3667cb96...@news.visi.com>...
Shekhar Thakur
leaves a good tv show (Homicide being a great TV show) b/c they aren't happy
with the was the character progressed. They should know that things change,
and so do characters. Granted, some of his role did get repititious, but
doing crappy (I thought Vampires was well . . crap) movies seems like more
of a compromise to me. So many actors have done this, and it amazes me that
no one ever figures out that it rarely works. But we all have to make our
own mistakes I suppose. OK, my rant is over.
Shekhar
Actually, I am Y2K compliant.
jeep93 wrote in message ...
rdo...@pipeline.com
> I agree with jeep93. . . I really get miffed when I read or hear an actor
> leaves a good tv show (Homicide being a great TV show) b/c they aren't happy
> with the was the character progressed. They should know that things change,
> and so do characters. Granted, some of his role did get repititious, but
> doing crappy (I thought Vampires was well . . crap) movies seems like more
> of a compromise to me. So many actors have done this, and it amazes me that
> no one ever figures out that it rarely works. But we all have to make our
> own mistakes I suppose. OK, my rant is over.
Is this really any different that a non-actor changing jobs for whatever
reason? What most do not realize is that you are only exchanging one set
of problems for a new one.