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Post by Sunflower on Jun 13, 2009 7:36:24 GMT 1
Crash: Eric Roberts is joining the Starz drama as a series regular. He's set to play Seth, a billionaire entrepreneur who plans to give L.A. the one thing keeping it from becoming a real city: a professional football team. Crash's second season premieres Sept. 18.
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Post by Lacey on Jun 18, 2009 5:51:17 GMT 1
Cannot wait! I wish I had Starz. Hopefully, a channel here will get the show.
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Post by Alex on Jun 21, 2009 22:00:39 GMT 1
I just read that on a email that is awesome can't wait to watch him.
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Post by Sunflower on Jun 27, 2009 8:03:33 GMT 1
Eric Roberts to play wealthy businessman on "Crash"
By Nellie Andreeva
Actress Eric Roberts, one of the stars of the television comedy series "Less Than Perfect", poses as he arrives for the 73rd annual Hollywood Christmas Parade in Hollywood November 28, 2004. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Eric Roberts is joining the cast of the Starz series "Crash."
On the second season of the drama, Roberts is joined by five other new cast members: Dana Ashbrook, Linda Park, Jake McLaughlin, Tess Harper and Julie Warner.
Dennis Hopper is back, along with fellow returning cast members Ross McCall, Jocko Sims and Moran Atias.
The new season's first episode is slated to debut Friday, September 18.
The Los Angeles-set show -- the pay channel's first original drama series -- will continue to revolve around the intersecting lives of Angelenos from different social strata.
Roberts will play Seth, a billionaire entrepreneur who plans to give Los Angeles a long-desired new professional football team. Ashbrook ("Twin Peaks") will play Jimmy, a charismatic gambler who plays fast and loose with the law. Park ("Jurassic Park III") will play Maggie, a children's book author who writes of a joyful life but has trouble living it.
Darn I wasn't able to post the photo. Will try oncemore..
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Post by Alex on Sept 7, 2009 20:48:30 GMT 1
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Post by Alex on Sept 7, 2009 22:45:01 GMT 1
Wow if we all lived in Albuquerque we could have been cast in Eric Movie.  The Casting Department will be holding a Casting Call for filming of the TV Series CRASH Season 2. This Year we are looking for all ethnicities to play various roles. This Casing Call is for paid positions. When: April 25, 2009 Time is 9:00 am – 5: 00 pm Where: Hilton of Albuquerque The Garden Room 1901 University Blvd NE Albuquerque Ages that we will be focusing on will be 18+. Please be ready to submit current Stats (Age, Height, Weight, and Clothing Sizes) and be ready to have photos taken that will be added to our data base. |
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Post by Alex on Sept 7, 2009 22:47:25 GMT 1
This was on the Crash messageboard
Playing Good Guys and Bad Guys
Eric Roberts by Eric Roberts (Seth Blanchard)
I see Seth Blanchard as a good guy. But then one rule of acting is that you always think your character is right. And I’ve played some pretty wrong guys. I think Seth has enough edge and fearlessness to have gotten ahead in a big way. I think he’s honest with himself, which is why he asks all the right questions when something questionable happens to him.
He’s a much more intelligent and favorable character than most of the characters I’ve played. I’ve never had to research the personalities of billionaires before this role! I often play criminals. This guy isn’t one. Usually when I’m a leader, I’m leading people into trouble. Seth is a leader. But out of trouble.
To memorize my lines, I highlight my material—just like a first-time acting student. Yellow for dialogue and pink for action. Then I read the scene aloud, all parts, over and over, just slowly for words. Then I read the material with my wife, Eliza Roberts, who’s also an actress. We use repetitions, which are part of the Sanford Meisner technique. Repetitions boil down to a listening exercise.
Up until I shoot a scene, I can be found running the lines at any given time... At the gym, in the car, at the supermarket.
Of all my “Crash” scenes, I love working with Ross McCall, who plays Kenny. Day one on set, I met Ross. I’d only known him in character as New York cop Kenny. Ross led us into a discussion about how so many actors working in America are British or Australian, playing American roles. Nothing against the job-stealing Brits, right? We really got into it. After we’d wrung the subject dry, Ross said, in his natural Scottish accent, “Well, we’d bettah be off to set now, hadn’t we, blokes… or do you think it’s just bollocks that they’re saying they’re ready for us?” I felt my face go pale. Ross is from Scotland! We’d been punk’d!
I actually don’t like scenes that are too hyper, which sounds funny from the guy who played Paulie in The Pope of Greenwich Village, or Pale in Burn This on Broadway. And I certainly don’t like scenes that are boring, but you don’t see many of those on “Crash.”
I’ll tell you about my typical week. Early in the week we start early in the day. Eliza & I will leave our Albuquerque house around 5:30am. Later in the week, the call times tend to be closer to 9am, and sometimes we work from afternoon into the night. We drive to set. My wardrobe costume is hanging in my trailer room for me. I check my dialogue and get dressed. I get an egg white and tomato omelet from our fantastic caterer. We rehearse with the director (who changes every episode). I go to get my hair and makeup done.
Then we start shooting. We set up several angles of each scene, so five minutes of film can take around five hours.
Six hours after crew call, we have a great lunch. Lots of us are vegetarians. We change costumes, get makeup touched up, and make sure things like hairstyles match previous scenes where virtually no time is supposed to have passed.
We go back to shooting, and often put in between 17 and 22 hours.
I don’t do much improvising on “Crash.” We have a strong team of writers. And all improvs would have to be passed by them. We need to take the time rehearsing and shooting the scenes. The writers are already putting in a superhuman amount of time on the scripts. We film until we get it right. Usually, four to six takes will suffice and get some pretty good stuff.
Funny story: I was shooting an interview on set one day and my phone rang. The ring tone is music by my stepson Keaton Simons. The people from Starz shooting the interview loved the song, and now another song of Keaton’s is the promo and trailer song for “Crash”!
If I have time off between scenes, I go back to my trailer. I love to read. If I have the kind of scenes I don’t have to concentrate on every second, I bring a book. Some people answer phone calls and work on their computers in their trailers. I listen to my Keaton Simons music. Or I play with Ross’s dog. And I work on my scenes with my wife. She’s my coach.
When we’re in Albuquerque—where we shoot “Crash”--and I’ve got time off, I work out every day. We do errands. I work on future “Crash” scripts. I read other scripts. We ride bikes, take walks with Ross’s dog. And sometimes even with Ross. We go to the movies and get pizza at Il Vicino. Our favorite thing to do is to go to a Keaton Simons show, when he plays here. We also like to bring friends to sample the cooking of Albuquerque chef Danny Smith, who cooks for us sometimes. He’s fantastic.
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Post by Sunflower on Sept 8, 2009 18:15:49 GMT 1
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