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Emma Stone on dropping out of High School: “Had I graduated I would’ve missed [Superbad], and had I missed that opportunity I wouldn’t be here right now”

Jennifer Abidor — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:31:08 +0000

In the next two months, Emma Stone will appear in a whopping three films: Friends with Benefits (July 22), Crazy Stupid Love (July 29) and The Help (August 12). It’s hard to believe that she only got her start at age 18 with Superbad in 2007.

To get to where she is today, Emma dropped out of High School and made the move to Los Angeles.

She told Vanity Fair, “I did Superbad in what would’ve been my senior year… I was playing a senior, and had I graduated I would’ve missed that opportunity, and had I missed that opportunity I wouldn’t be here right now.”

That doesn’t mean things were easy for her. In fact, she said that she hit “rock bottom” after auditioning for Claire on NBC’s Heroes. “I could hear that, in the other room, a girl had just gone in and they were saying, ‘You are our pick … On a scale of 1 to 10 you’re an 11.” That’s when Hayden Panettiere, who played the part, walked out of the room. “I went home and just had this meltdown,” she says.

Robert Knepper, from ‘Prison Break’ to ‘Heroes’

Lance Carter — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:52:32 +0000

From Canada.com:

Robert Knepper, a career actor who cut his teeth on the theatrical stage in his hometown of Fremont, Ohio before majoring in drama at Chicago’s Northwestern University, is often typecast as a villain, but he approaches each new role as if he were playing the sweetest person in the world.

Lessons from Prison Break:
“Prison Break taught me that the writers have to break the story. They ponder it, they wrestle with it and all of a sudden they figure it out. What I realized, week after week after week of doing Prison Break, is that you do the same thing as an actor. You break the story from that character’s point of view. You break that scene down and go, `Ah-a, I get it.’ It’s kind of like a slow- moving river that’s coming to a waterfall, and all of a sudden the water starts to flow. You can’t just memorize a scene without knowing what the scene’s about. If the writing’s not good, I can’t memorize it at all. I’m like, `Damn, why won’t these words stick in my head?’ Once I break the scene, like the writers do, then it flows.”

On Heroes:
“I have a good vibe for Heroes, because I’m pulling my hair out trying to discover that character. The difference between now and Prison Break is that Prison Break put me on the map. With Heroes – it’s weird, but I haven’t talked about this before – it’s almost as if I feel the audience will be watching me develop the character as I’m developing it. I haven’t got it all developed ahead of time. I’m still fiddling with it. We’ll get to see what happens with it from one week to the next. For the audience, it’s like the theatre. It’s like watching a live performance unfold that happens to be on film.”

“What I’m doing is not radically different from what I’ve done before. Maybe, after one year of being on the show, then I’ll have it figured out; I’ll know exactly what it is. But, right now, I love the challenge. I love the craziness of not knowing what’s coming next.”

On his Heroes character, Samuel:
“He’s going to draw you in. He’s going to draw all these heroes’ stories out of them. Samuel is also looking to reclaim a part of his soul. Samuel isn’t a villain, really. He’s a hero who’s misunderstood. Hopefully, you’ll get a gleam of light into his life as well.”

Starring role or ensemble?
“I’m an ensemble guy. My whole life, I’ve been an ensemble guy, because I grew up in the theatre. Anything I can do to help tell the story as a whole – that’s who I am. And I always will be.”

House & Heroes!

Lance Carter — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:41:10 +0000

MONDAY
Cory Blevins
House
Co-Star as State Trooper
8pm on FOX
April 13th

MONDAY
William Charlton
HEROES
9pm on NBC
April 13th

Heroes, Cold Case, 90210 and much more!

Lance Carter — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:24:30 +0000

Michael Castle booked a Guest Star on CASTLE	Hissoni Johnson booked a Lead in the Feature Film THE RIOT, which shoots in Seattle	Suzette Tomlinson booked a Starring Role in the Feature Film OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY
May Wang booked a Co-Star in 90210 and a Lead in the Film NO RETURN	Jason Kelley booked a Co-Star in COLD CASE and a Co-Star in HEROES	Nic Haas booked a Supporting Role in the Feature Film FORTUNE 500
Annette LeSure booked a Co-Star in SAMANTHA WHO?	Phillip Jordan booked a Supporting Role in the Feature Film COUPLES RETREAT with Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau	Jim Titus booked WITHOUT A TRACE.
Thomas O’Leary booked a Starring Role in the Film SOFT TOUCH	Brittany Peltier booked a Supporting Role in the Feature Film OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY

Heroes, Bold & The Beautiful and Criminal Minds

Lance Carter — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:30:58 +0000

Roger Bridges booked Heroes & The Bold And The Beautiful

David O’Hara booked Criminal Minds

One thing NBC doesn't suck at – Webisodes!

Lance Carter — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:38:43 +0000

NBC has given us 15 episodes a week of “Deal or No Deal” and is about to kill 5 hours of scripted programming with the Jay Leno show… but one thing it does give us is Webisodes. They’re the only network who consistently deliver true online stories.

With mini-episodes of “The Office“, “Chuck” and the “Heroes” webisode “The Recruit“, NBC has gone farther than any other network in trying to keep viewers with an out-reach to the internet.

Click here for the story