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Posted: 12/2/05 at 7:53am
An excerpt from Roger Bart's TV Guide interview. Thoughts?
"ATVGuide.com: Going in, did you figure, "I'm playing a slightly creepy and weaselly pharmacist, so my days are numbered"?
Bart: Yes, I did, but I had hoped it would last longer, obviously. It was kind of an interesting opportunity. In the very first episode he was written sort of Eddie Haskell-y, sort of Leave It to Beaver. "You look so lovely today!" It was so funny, I thought, "Where is this going?" I shot about two scenes and [series creator] Mark Cherry said, "Do you know where he's going?" and I said, "No, but I'd love to know." He said, "Well, he's going to stalk Bree." I thought, "Well, that's kind of fantastic." And it seemed after the few episodes were over — I was originally hired for three — it seemed rather incomplete, I hadn't really gotten into any stalking, I was just staring at the drugstore surveillance tape, which was indeed very creepy. But once I knew I was going to really stalk her, I started to layer in a certain oddness. I find that, as someone who has come out the stage door many times, on [Broadway's] The Producers and in other projects where you're face-to-face with the more exuberant fans, you often find that the edgy ones are one breath away from being very angry at you. They love you so much they hate you. A stalker has that mix of adoration and anger and hate, and I thought that was an interesting balance to play with, kind of like Eddie Haskell meets Tony Perkins meets De Niro in King of Comedy. I used to play it that George loved Bree so much that he hated her, and after about six episodes I found that I had made myself, to some extent, indispensable. As soon as I started to provide "Rexie" with pills, I knew that we were going to have to conclude it."
"ATVGuide.com: Going in, did you figure, "I'm playing a slightly creepy and weaselly pharmacist, so my days are numbered"?
Bart: Yes, I did, but I had hoped it would last longer, obviously. It was kind of an interesting opportunity. In the very first episode he was written sort of Eddie Haskell-y, sort of Leave It to Beaver. "You look so lovely today!" It was so funny, I thought, "Where is this going?" I shot about two scenes and [series creator] Mark Cherry said, "Do you know where he's going?" and I said, "No, but I'd love to know." He said, "Well, he's going to stalk Bree." I thought, "Well, that's kind of fantastic." And it seemed after the few episodes were over — I was originally hired for three — it seemed rather incomplete, I hadn't really gotten into any stalking, I was just staring at the drugstore surveillance tape, which was indeed very creepy. But once I knew I was going to really stalk her, I started to layer in a certain oddness. I find that, as someone who has come out the stage door many times, on [Broadway's] The Producers and in other projects where you're face-to-face with the more exuberant fans, you often find that the edgy ones are one breath away from being very angry at you. They love you so much they hate you. A stalker has that mix of adoration and anger and hate, and I thought that was an interesting balance to play with, kind of like Eddie Haskell meets Tony Perkins meets De Niro in King of Comedy. I used to play it that George loved Bree so much that he hated her, and after about six episodes I found that I had made myself, to some extent, indispensable. As soon as I started to provide "Rexie" with pills, I knew that we were going to have to conclude it."
I certainly put in an effor to be respectful, even if I have an innocently silly request, but I'm just very shy, so that keeps me from being deranged.
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