The casting process had to have been really fun. Not only do you have Jeff Donovan and Gabrielle Anwar and one of my favorites, Bruce Campbell in BURN NOTICE, you\u2019ve also got personal actors with Brad Whitford and Colin Hanks in THE GOOD GUYS. Tell me about the casting process that you went through to get these two characters onscreen and if you actually wrote for them when you were thinking of the show to begin with.<\/strong>
\nI had such a good experience on Burn Notice that it was really important to me in the casting process, and I said this from the beginning, I really want leads that I connect with personally, that I feel that I\u2019m on the same wavelength as and I feel like if I\u2019m writing to my strength they\u2019re going to understand my voice and enjoy doing that. You don\u2019t want somebody who\u2019s got to stretch every week to do something, to fit into a role. On BURN NOTICE many people have observed that I have the same speech patterns as Jeffrey Donovan. It\u2019s sort of a joke, like it means a devastating impression of me. It\u2019s also really great for the show. For THE GOOD GUYS I\u2019d seen Bradley\u2019s work; I\u2019d seen him do comedy. I was really excited about him and I said, \u201cI just want to make sure we\u2019re on the same wavelength.\u201d<\/p>\nHe came in for a meeting and he came in wearing the exact same outfit that I was wearing, the same boots, the same jeans, the same belt and a shirt that was not the same brand, but the same design. It was bizarre. We clearly were on the same wavelength and had a great time. We live in the same neighborhood; it was really kind of a love fest from the beginning so that was great.<\/p>\n
Finding Jack, on a show like this it\u2019s really about creating a marriage and finding a fantastic dynamic. We read people, but really the lynchpin was when they came in and read with Bradley. Bradley was incredibly generous throughout the casting process in reading with every actor who came in for the test. Then it was just a matter of who\u2019s got chemistry, what\u2019s the most fun pairing when they\u2019re playing with each other. Bradley really responded to Colin and Colin really responded to Bradley. It just made it very easy. […]<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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