But it gets back to “what am I going to do when this show is over?”.
Which is why I referenced David Schwimmer and Band of Brothers. His portrayal of Sobol was spectacular (and wildly disrespectful but that is what happens when you make a miniseries based off someone’s memoirs). But he was basically in 3 episodes and was arguably more background than not in 2 of those. But there is a reason that every few months you have a “Holy shit, So and So was in Band of Brothers?”. That was basically a production where anyone whose agent knew the right people could get a bit part.
But it gets back to the “problem” with the old TV model. Signing up for a TV show was basically admitting you were going to “cap out” at that unless you got INCREDIBLY lucky. Versus staying flexible and potentially becoming a great.
But it gets back to “what am I going to do when this show is over?”.
Which is why I referenced David Schwimmer and Band of Brothers. His portrayal of Sobol was spectacular (and wildly disrespectful but that is what happens when you make a miniseries based off someone’s memoirs). But he was basically in 3 episodes and was arguably more background than not in 2 of those. But there is a reason that every few months you have a “Holy shit, So and So was in Band of Brothers?”. That was basically a production where anyone whose agent knew the right people could get a bit part.
But it gets back to the “problem” with the old TV model. Signing up for a TV show was basically admitting you were going to “cap out” at that unless you got INCREDIBLY lucky. Versus staying flexible and potentially becoming a great.