Quintus 5,399 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Oops... What's more surprising to me is how I watched the whole of Mad Men without realising this chap was the lead in Clash of the Titans. DrTenma 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,296 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Geez, bit embarrassing for Spielberg... guess he has skeletons in his closet too. Wonder how many questions he asks JW about The Fury? Wish Harry had said how the "audition" ended. Did Steven come down and say George couldn't make it, or did they have a "normal" audition afterwards to cover their tracks? Clearly something was amiss for Harry to eventually realise what was going on (or maybe this practice was widespread and everyone in the industry knew it was happening?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,024 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Spielberg didn't direct The Fury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thor 7,462 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Yeah, I read this the other day. I'll take 'stalking' with a grain of salt (but it would be ironic if he did, since Spielberg was himself victim of a stalker that nearly killed him). By the way, Harry Hamlin will always be associated with LA LAW to me, not CLASH OF THE TITANS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,024 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Spielberg should finally give him a role in Indy 5. It would be the decent thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 32 minutes ago, Thor said: Yeah, I read this the other day. I'll take 'stalking' with a grain of salt (but it would be ironic if he did, since Spielberg was himself victim of a stalker that nearly killed him). It was a jokey figure of speech. Spielberg was obviously pursuing Irving at the time, and the couple would later marry. Quote By the way, Harry Hamlin will always be associated with LA LAW Never saw it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,024 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 1 minute ago, Quintus said: He was using a jokey figure of speech. Spielberg was obviously pursuing Irving at the time, and the couple would later marry. I guess that by 1985 she was so tired of the stalking that she just said yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,462 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, Quintus said: It was a jokey figure of speech. Spielberg was obviously pursuing Irving at the time, and the couple would later marry. Yes, I know. He probably meant it 'jokey', although in this day and age, a joke like that could easily be misconstrued. Quote Never saw it. What? Aren't you my age? Back in the 80s, this was obligatory TV viewing on Friday nights in Norway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 4 minutes ago, Thor said: Yes, I know. He probably meant it 'jokey', although in this day and age, a joke like that could easily be misconstrued. Easily. Isn't that sad. 4 minutes ago, Thor said: What? Aren't you my age? Back in the 80s, this was obligatory TV viewing on Friday nights in Norway. I remember it being on one of the lesser terrestrial channels here, but it never interested me. Procedural, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,024 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 I guess he isn't Norwegian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,462 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, Quintus said: I remember it being on one of the lesser terrestrial channels here, but it never interested me. Procedural, isn't it? Yes. A pop cultural reference point even. Whenever I see LA LAW actors in films, I just can't help but think of their original LA LAW personas, be it Hamlin, Corbin Bernsen, Michael Tucker, Blair Underwood, Jimmy Smits (that's right, Bail Organa is all about LA LAW), Larry Drake and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 During Mad Men, I knew I recognised Hamlin's suave facial features from somewhere, but I couldn't remember where from. But I can see him in my mind now, in the LA Law clips. Younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,462 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Yeah, he was the 'handsome guy', as if pulled right out of DYNASTY or FALCON CREST or something. I've yet to see MAD MEN. The premise/setting just doesn't seem that interesting to me, but like THE POST, I'm sure they've made the most out of it. I aim to set aside time for it at some point; I don't like to be out of the loop in terms of 'buzz' shows like that. Same goes for THE SOPRANOS too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Probably mandatory gay cinema content back in 1981. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 3 hours ago, Thor said: I've yet to see MAD MEN. The premise/setting just doesn't seem that interesting to me, but like THE POST, I'm sure they've made the most out of it. I aim to set aside time for it at some point; I don't like to be out of the loop in terms of 'buzz' shows like that. Same goes for THE SOPRANOS too. Forget the advertising agency dressing (which I LOVE); Mad Men is, like the best of 'em, about much, much more than the surface. It's about the male condition. The most insightful meditation on it I've personally seen. From the point of view of the unintidated, the character of Don Draper appears to be this implausibly glam and successful personality with whom it's surely difficult to relate. He's quite off-putting, right? Unlikeable, even. But in reality, any man watching this series will come to see little parts of themselves in him, right across the engrossingly complicated expanse of the character. Sorry for my pretentious wording btw, but there's no other way for me to try and distil what MM is in just a couple of words. One of the greatest ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,643 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 I only recognize Harry Hamlin from The first few seasons of Veronica Mars. The fact that actors would go to an audition and make a cake while they wait is silly funny to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,462 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Quintus said: Forget the advertising agency dressing (which I LOVE); Mad Men is, like the best of 'em, about much, much than the surface. It's about the male condition. The most insightful meditation on it I've personally seen. From the point of view of the unintidated, the character of Don Draper appears to be this implausibly glam and successful personality with whom it's surely difficult to relate with. He's quite off-putting, right? Unlikeable, even. But in reality, any man watching this series will come to see little parts of themselves in him, right across the engrossingly complicated expanse of the character. Sorry for my pretentious wording btw, but there's no other way for me to try and distil what MM is in just a couple of words. One of the greatest ever. Not pretentious wording at all. You make a good case for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 And David Lynch was a fan https://welcometotwinpeaks.com/lynch/david-lynch-mad-men/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,281 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Here's the story in text form for anyone who doesn't want to watch a video https://www.thewrap.com/harry-hamlin-says-he-lost-indiana-jones-role-after-dissing-steven-spielberg-in-hidden-camera-audition/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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