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I knew that Claudia Black (the Australian actor who played Aeryn Sun on Farscape) had gotten divorced. I had not known about her C-PTSD or her custody battle. But she is a terrific actor who should be more widely recognized. And who I already knew had had some bad luck in terms of casting.
Regrettably, the contracts of Farscapeâs Australian actors (I.e. most of the cast, since it was an American show shot in Sydney) did not include American residuals. Only imported American actors like Ben Browder who were members of SAG-AFTRA got residuals. Which is a damn shame, because the show ran 1999-2003. In the 2000s, syndicated reruns were still a good way for actors to get some financial stability courtesy of residuals from past work.
After moving to America following the end of Farscape, Black was cast in a recurring role on a big network show, as the ex-wife of Damian Lewisâs star character Charlie Crews on âLifeâ, which aired 2007-2009. She appeared as Jennifer in the pilot episode and some ads. But Blackâs role was recast (and her scenes in the pilot episode reshot with a new actor) because in between the shooting of the pilot and production of the first season, Black had become pregnant.
It was a shame she lost that role, particularly since the actor they cast in her place didnât have nearly as much charisma. Also because Jennifer is remarried with kids in the pilot episode, so it wouldnât have been particularly difficult to write Jennifer as pregnant again by her second husband.
Jennifer was someone Charlie was still carrying a torch for a decade after their divorce. She shouldâve been compelling. But the chemistry between Damian Lewis and the replacement Jennifer just wasnât there, so it was sometimes hard to understand why Charlie was so nuts over her. Judging by Blackâs accidental appearance in some ads for âLifeâ, she had envisioned and played Jennifer as a significantly tougher character than the replacement actor did.
Now, making Jennifer âsofterâ was probably the showrunnerâs idea, rather than the fault of the replacement actor. Presumably she played Jennifer as she was directed to. But particularly in Season 2, when Jenniferâs role expands, the lack of chemistry between Damian Lewis and the replacement Jennifer had me wishing for a spikier version. Like the Jennifer weâd briefly glimpsed from footage of Claudia Black in early ads for the show.
Maybe the showrunner wanted Jennifer softer, and Claudia Blackâs pregnancy was the excuse he needed to axe her and hire someone else to play the role differently. But it always seemed like a shame to me. In most industries, firing someone because theyâre pregnant would be grounds for a lawsuit. Apparently in Hollywood itâs de rigeur.
Note that in âThe Night Managerâ, a British miniseries which aired in 2016, Olivia Colman was visibly pregnant with her third child. She played a prominent role in the series in spite of her pregnancy. Apparently the character had not been pregnant in John le Carreâs book (which I havenât read).
But then, âThe Night Managerâ was directed by a woman, Danish director Susanne Bier. As a woman, and a mother of 2 kids herself, presumably Bier realized pregnancy wouldnât sap Colmanâs thespian powers. The male show runners of âLifeâ evidently felt differently in 2007.
For every Olivia Colman out there (a working actor whose career suddenly goes stratospheric when sheâs approaching 40), there are probably a hundred Claudia Blacks. Excellent working actors whose careers start to wane as theyâre approaching 40, and continue to wane as theyâre approaching 50. And not because theyâve suddenly lost their talent. Hollywood is just fixated on youth.
#queue#Farscape#Claudia black#Ben browder#aeryn sun#syfy channel#life#damian lewis#charlie crews#Jennifer crews#residuals#Farscape residuals#syndication#the night manager#john le carre#the night manager tv#Olivia Colman#Susanne bier#women in hollywood#Hollywood#sexism#ageism#pregnancy discrimination#divorce#ptsd#adhd#c ptsd#complex ptsd#dune#james mcavoy
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#tom hiddleston#loki#loki series#marvel#mcu#the night manager#jonathan pine#the night manager 2#loki season 2#loki 2#marvel phase 5#marvel cinematic universe#lokius#loki tv#avengers#loki laufeyson#mcu loki#loki show#loki odinson#twhiddleston
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The Night Manager (2016) dir. Susanne Bier
#The Night Manager#Tom Hiddleston#Hugh Laurie#hiddlesedit#Susanne Bier#tvedit#tvgifs#tv shows#gifs#black and white#my gifs
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Happy birthday to Elizabeth Debicki!
The Australian actress turns 34 years today!
#elizabethdebicki#elizabeth debicki#happy birthday elizabeth#liz debicki#princess diana#Elizabeth Bender#gotg vol 2#gotg vol 3#netflix the crown#maxxxine#the night manager#movies#tv series
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Have we, as a fandom, progressed to the point that we can realize that Twilight of the Apprentice, while a good episode, is not a particularly great Rebels episode and is certainly the least functional finale in the entirety of Rebels?
#like I enjoy twilight of the apprentice#but itâs largely focused on the relationship between one recurring character and a villain that is barely in the show#and that relationship is only meaningful in any way if youâve watched a completely different show#aside from that it only resolves one of the plot threads of the season (inquisitors)#while the others (Hera becoming a leader for the Rebellion Sabine growing toward accepting her past Zeb reconnecting with his people#and finding peace and even chopper becoming a more complex character what with the introduction of his backstory and his newfound ability to#connect to others outside of the Spectres and the Rebellion growing and becoming more structured)#are completely left behind#4/6 of the MAIN CHARACTERS of the ENSEMBLE SHOW do not even appear in the SEASON FINALE#the main villains are unceremoniously killed off not by the efforts of the main characters#but by a completely new guy who you know nothing about if you havenât watched a different only vaguely connected movie and a slightly more#connected TV show. but even then lots of stuff doesnât add up because Ahsoka and Maul had never met before when TotA aired#at a lot of points TotA BARELY feels like a Rebels episode and more like a continuation of TCW (the Ahsoka and Vader fights$#itâs a well written episode overall hence how it manages to somehow make this work#but itâs more a resolution to TCWâs Anakin & Ahsoka dynamic than anything else#itâs not really Rebels and itâs certainly not a satisfying finale to most of the season#it just seems like it is because it plays on nostalgia and does have a strong resolution to Ahsoka & Vader#ok hot take for the night! will be watching this episode tomorrow#donât kill me#star wars#is this the original post tag#rebels#star wars rebels#sw rebels#twilight of the apprentice
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sometimes ya just gotta scribble your favorite character giving you words of encouragement. even if that favorite is a guy from your own brain
#shoutout to my Specialest Boy he always has my back#hes not a real person but he's got me!!! he always does!#he's been Getting Me Through It since eighth fucking grade!#whether its nice words or a mental slap and a Do It Scared#setting him as my home screen for extra Courage on this scary day#(have to apply for a job in person somewhere ive never been)#if i feel too nervous i can open my phone and look at his smiling face!#there is a gay ace gender-nonconforming man on my phone and he's 50% of my emotional support#IF HE DID ALL OF THOSE TERRIBLE THINGS SCARED THEN! THEN I CAN APPLY FOR A JOB!#said through gritted teeth and with panicked breathing#i really gotta work on that Do It For Him board...#absolutely unprompted#if i get this done he'd be proud of me and that's all i need#gazing at him lovingly. someday ill pay him back#i have years to puzzle out how i want to put him out into the world#since i highly doubt ill ever manage to get into tv business and make my own animated show#childish dreams! but they soothe me at night#man i just want him to be loved... OKAY IM GETTING EMOTIONAL time to cut myself off tags over
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im five years late but finally watching ready or not
#i was gonna watch creep finally but couldnt get it to work on the tv#idk im so beat after last night and have still barely managed to sleep ):
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Crime Show Meme - CSI insp [10/10 episodes]
"...as much as this is our universe, surrounded by science every day, I still like to think there's room for a spiritual side." - Ghosts of the Past (Season 13 Episode 21, 8th May 2013)
#csi#crime show meme#cinnacrimeshowmeme#mine: crime show meme#crime show meme: csi#greg sanders#catherine willows#sara sidle#gil grissom#nick stokes#warrick brown#db russell#julie finlay#Morgan Brody#csi s13#csi 13x21#I swear they put crack in this episode I watched it religiously the first week it aired in the uk#i watched it twice the night it aired first on channel 5 then immediately after on channel 5 +1#then at least once a day on 5 on demand đ#I was gripping my tv when the picture of the building manager came up#the only other time I was that stressed watching CSI was the season 10 finale when I thought Nick was dead#when you see me using some of this gifs for other posts in this series no you don't
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if you haven't watched The Night Manager. do it.
it's beautiful and tragic and poignant. and Hugh Laurie is an amazing actor. I knew that already but this was another level.
WATCH IT. đ„ș
#the night manager#house#dr house#hugh laurie#tom hiddleston#arms dealer#crime#thriller#tv#tv recommendations
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donald sutherland is Such a bitch in the thg movies and is one of those perfect casting instances that doesn't get the props it should
#the movie night continues#tho for real it's Very rare that a tv/movie version of a character#will become the image of the character i have in my brain from reading the book#he managed it tho#very little casting in these movies is good so u know... u can have this one!!
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So this is all Loki (2021)âs fault: I remembered that Tom Hiddleston exists and is a cutie. So I watched The Night Manager, and I noticed something:
All of the names Tom Hiddlestonâs character uses are plant based.
Jonathan Pine (kind of tree)
Jack Linden (also a kind of tree)
Thomas Quince (fruit/tree)
Andrew Birch (tree, that was on purpose in-universe)
I have no idea if this means something, if this was intentional on the part of the showâs writers, or on John Le Carreâs in the original novel. I just noticed it, and I wondered if anyone else had, too.
#loki (tv)#tom hiddleston#the night manager#name meanings#name significance#idk I canât be the only one to notice this can I
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#tom hiddleston#loki#loki series#marvel#mcu#poem#poetry#prose#poem reading#loki show#loki tv#mcu loki#loki season 2#loki 2#twhiddleston#marvel phase 5#loki laufeyson#loki odinson#marvel cinematic universe#the night manager#jonathan pine#the night manager 2
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The Night Manager (2016) dir. Susanne Bier
#The Night Manager#Tom Hiddleston#Hugh Laurie#hiddlesedit#Susanne Bier#tvedit#tvgifs#tv shows#gifs#my gifs#black and white
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The Meeting of the Tom Hiddleston Characters (a la Twisted from StarKid)
Prince Hal: I only wished to prove I was worthy for the throne!
Thomas Sharpe: I only wished to appease my abuser and save my wife from getting killed!
Dr. Robert Laing: I only wished to save myself from the loneliness of capitalism!
Loki: I only wished to gain power and control over my life!
Jonathan Pine: I only wished to protect England from napalms!
James Conrad: I only wanted to survive a dangerous island for my job!
Coriolanus: I only wanted to find a way to live in peace when all I've known was war!
Captain James Nicholls: I only wished to serve my country!
Thomas Sharpe: I only wished for people to love me!
Johnathan Pine: I only wished to have safety!
Coriolanus: To not feel lonely or depressed!
Loki: To be included!
Johnathan Pine: To live in harmony!
Captain James Nicholls: For once!
Prince Hal: I never truly knew my father!
W*ll Ransome: I only wished to cheat on my dying wife with a Pick Me Girl Widow!
(The others turn around to look at him in disgust and shock and voice disapproval)
Loki: WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?????
(Inspired by "Twisted" from Starkid's musical parody Twisted. Specifically this part from 4:26- 5:22)
#tom hiddleston#tom hiddleston characters#loki#mcu#loki tv series#crimson peak#twisted#twisted starkid#the night manager#high rise#war horse#coriolanus#the hollow crown#henry iv#henry v#kong skull island#the essex serpent#james nicholls#jonathan pine#thomas sharpe#prince hal#dr robert laing#robert laing#captain james nicholls#caius martius#w*ll hate#all my boyfriends would beat up w*lliam ransome in a heartbeat#no I do not accept criticism
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as of today i am taking lay down in my favourite place out of bark like a god universe/series bc honestly i am sick of writing around it! it can still fit in there buuuuut tbh i will not be trying to fit puppy mandy into other bark like a god fics
#txt#the pup thing is so all consuming#i love it dearly puppy mandy babygirl but it just doesnt fit how i'd like it to with what comes after. it's not deep but :3#if i ever manage to write again i do want to write another kinda slice of life thing like a sequel to late night tv#but i cant do that rn with pup mandy in there. so it's its own thing whatever#none of this means anything if i never write again!! just . update. woo
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Polls are a spectator sport
#watching those tv show polls i made on and off throughout the day and#it's f u n#last night white collar had a solid lead on its poll#but this morning totally spies had overtaken it by a l o t#now they're almost tied#also x files and fringe were tied for a good chunk of the day#but now x files has a firm lead again#still a couple of my rewatch shows with no votes#and timeless has mostly managed to hold onto the lead in its poll#just. fun times#i speak
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