May 15 2010
Fran Kranz departs Friends With Benefits.
Fran's great. Not all networks are.
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I'm not too clear on what happened though - why wasn't Fran picked up?
cardea | May 15, 03:15 CET
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Madhatter | May 15, 03:42 CET
Lioness | May 15, 03:48 CET
krindy | May 15, 03:49 CET
gossi | May 15, 03:52 CET
Simon | May 15, 03:54 CET
cardea | May 15, 03:58 CET
Well, here's hoping this increases the aforementioned chance of him appearing on Point Dume. (Which isn't exactly the telebox, but I'm trying to look at the glass as half full.) And at the rate NBC has been dropping shows for years now, maybe it really will turn out for the best.
Xantastic1316 | May 15, 04:08 CET
baxter | May 15, 04:32 CET
Last I remember, the show didn't have a showrunner so I guess it finally found one, NBC liked him/her and then (s)he proceeded to change the show. Does this mean they are re-filming the pilot, or can they get away with Fran just not appearing pilot onwards?
Jaymii | May 15, 06:13 CET
Matt7325 | May 15, 06:16 CET
marvelknight616 | May 15, 06:24 CET
PaperSpock | May 15, 06:28 CET
embers | May 15, 06:34 CET
JAYROCK | May 15, 07:20 CET
fivebyfivefaith | May 15, 08:34 CET
FruityOatySaladbar | May 15, 08:43 CET
azzers | May 15, 08:59 CET
Given some of the reportage of the show over at Deadline Hollywood, and various comments there, he may be well out of it.
Znachki | May 15, 09:57 CET
RaisedByMongrels | May 15, 10:44 CET
patxshand | May 15, 11:19 CET
lottalettuce | May 15, 11:45 CET
Hellmouthguy | May 15, 11:53 CET
So Kranz might be well out of it! Remember, it's not just getting a job, it's getting the right job on tv that's important.
dottikin | May 15, 12:07 CET
You don't have the link for that article handy by any chance? It sounds interesting.
deepgirl187 | May 15, 12:16 CET
I guess it does make more sense he thought he was playing the role a bit too broad (and thought it was even more over the top) but someone liked it anyway-- evidently not whoever it was that makes casting decisions.
orangewaxlion | May 15, 12:38 CET
And slightly related; apparently Ryan Hansen is in it. Which pleased the Veronica Mars fanboy in me.
Ashley | May 15, 12:50 CET
Yeah, that was the first thing I thought, once I parsed the "too big" thingy. (Well, the first thing I really thought was X-rated, but that's me, and neither here nor there. ; >)
What, was the director broken or something? (I realize that this was prolly a network decision, and actual acting technique/possibilities & the director had little or nothing to do with it.) But still, wtf?
As (I think) Adam Baldwin said in a DVD commentary - if you go big they can scale you back, but if you don't bring enough to begin with, it can be lot harder, if not impossible - to bring it out.
I loved Fran's acting in Dollhouse - from the beginning, I thought his over-the-topness was his character's persona (mask/front) and was going to change drastically throughout his arc - and it was and it did. Once he let the mask slip - and most thoroughly and beautifully in "Epitaph One" - he was subtle and heartbreaking.
It sucks to get fired, but I have faith that Fran will get a better job - and pronto.
ETF: typo
[ edited by QuoterGal on 2010-05-15 22:09 ]
QuoterGal | May 15, 12:53 CET
Or... has there been more?
Little Green Kid | May 15, 13:02 CET
Yeah, I feel like an idiot. My original thought was, "Too big?! He's really fit, what are they talking about?!"
anythingbutgrief | May 15, 13:16 CET
Well maybe not fired but you could include Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alan Tudyk's pilots not going to series.
Simon | May 15, 13:54 CET
TawnyJayne | May 15, 18:37 CET
Nocticola | May 15, 22:36 CET
Xane | May 15, 23:15 CET
Saturn Girl | May 15, 23:16 CET
QuoterGal | May 15, 21:53 CET
Excellent, insightful comment about the character. As opposed to ........
Hellmouthguy | May 15, 20:53 CET
Which makes me wonder, and not for the first time .... Hellmouthyguy, is there anything you like about Joss's writing, or is your sole purpose in being here, to bitch?
And please don't confuse me with someone who isn't interested in critical discussion, I've engaged in plenty of it.
However .... a couple of sentences into most of your self consciously snarky comments, I'm wondering if you're going to keep writing the exact same criticisms over and over again, forever.
And, what Saturn Girl said. Would much rather see Fran in a good drama.
EF:typo
[ edited by Shey on 2010-05-16 10:54 ]
Shey | May 16, 01:54 CET
gossi | May 16, 02:49 CET
Hope he finds something else.
Saje | May 16, 03:22 CET
rehabber | May 16, 03:51 CET
Hang in there Fran, something better will come.
[ edited by silent knight on 2010-05-16 20:45 ]
silent knight | May 16, 11:45 CET
Hansen also needs to get his BFF Kristen Bell on there asap.
Jaymii | May 17, 09:25 CET
kispexi2 | May 18, 09:54 CET
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