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Keith Carradine Snippet
Apr. 1st, 2010 11:47 pmSo for those of you who may not know, Keith Carradine is an actor who has done a lot of stuff (so specific, I know) including win an Oscar (for song-writing, actually). But most importantly (for me, anyway) he played Harding on Dollhouse and Frank Lundy on Dexter. I just went to see him give a lecture/Q&A. He was very relaxed and groovy, and seemed like an all-around nice guy.
When asked how he ended up joining a very niche show like Dollhouse, he said: "I wanted to work with Joss Whedon. I think he's brilliant." He went on to say that he had been considered for a role in Firefly (didn't say which...an Alliance guy perhaps, or maybe one of the Hands of Blue?) but hadn't ended up doing it. But Joss had remembered him, and called him about Dollhouse. He didn't say anything else about Dollhouse, and didn't say much about Dexter either--just that it's also brilliant. But the audience was, like, 95% film students who were asking him lots of technical questions, stuff about acting and directing, and some of his movies which I haven't seen. I felt far too nerdy and inarticulate in the face of such academia to just ask "Hey, so can you tell me about Joss Whedon and Jennifer Carpenter?" Still, it was pretty cool.
ETA because I just remembered: He did say a bit more about Dollhouse. Said that he was attracted to the show and the role because he liked the politics, and that playing a villain was fun. And he enjoyed playing "a representation of corporate evil."
When asked how he ended up joining a very niche show like Dollhouse, he said: "I wanted to work with Joss Whedon. I think he's brilliant." He went on to say that he had been considered for a role in Firefly (didn't say which...an Alliance guy perhaps, or maybe one of the Hands of Blue?) but hadn't ended up doing it. But Joss had remembered him, and called him about Dollhouse. He didn't say anything else about Dollhouse, and didn't say much about Dexter either--just that it's also brilliant. But the audience was, like, 95% film students who were asking him lots of technical questions, stuff about acting and directing, and some of his movies which I haven't seen. I felt far too nerdy and inarticulate in the face of such academia to just ask "Hey, so can you tell me about Joss Whedon and Jennifer Carpenter?" Still, it was pretty cool.
ETA because I just remembered: He did say a bit more about Dollhouse. Said that he was attracted to the show and the role because he liked the politics, and that playing a villain was fun. And he enjoyed playing "a representation of corporate evil."
