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Memo to Casting Agents: Please don’t waste actors from The Wire

Posted By Jay Bushman On March 6, 2008 @ 3:51 pm In Celebrity, Entertainment, Filmmaking/Filmmakers, LA | Comments Disabled

Sunday night, the Best ^[1] Show ^[2] In ^[3] The ^[4] History ^[5] Of ^[6] Television ^[7] airs its final episode. Once The Wire ^[8] is gone, what is going to happen to its stellar cast? Several of them have relocated to Los Angeles and I hope that their stars will be on the rise. But somehow, I’m guessing they’re in for some rough road.

For example, Andre Royo has recently relocated to Silverlake ^[9] with his wife, who runs Canele ^[10] in Atwater. He should be getting ready to collect his fifth Emmy for his portrayal of Bubbles. Instead, you may have seen him for a second and a half, getting wordlessly gunned down in the background of an episode of Terminator, the Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Robert F. Chew, who played the amazing Proposition Joe, is still in Baltimore, and given the parts he’s been asked to read for by Hollywood production companies ^[11], maybe that’s a good thing. (listen at about 20:30 mark.)

At least Lance Reddick is showing up on Lost ^[12], when he’s not hawking Cadillacs ^[13].

Anybody else seen or heard of Wire alumni here in town? Anybody see them in other shows, in parts big or small?

And is there any hope for a sitcom starring Isiah Whitlock ^[14], following the antics of a lovably corrupt public official with a penchant for a certain extra-syllabic epithet ^[15]? Or how about pilots for Wendell Pierce ^[16] or Clarke Peters ^[17]?

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[1] Best: http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2007/09/15/best_show/index1.html

[2] Show: http://www.slate.com/id/2149566/

[3] In: http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117931487.html?categoryId=32&cs=1

[4] The: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/06/DDG7BKV7HK26.DTL

[5] History: http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/aug2003/nf20030826_1769_db028.htm

[6] Of: http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2006-09-07-the-wire_x.htm

[7] Television: http://www.mercurynews.com/charliemccollum/ci_7896040

[8] The Wire: http://www.hbo.com/thewire

[9] recently relocated to Silverlake: http://laist.com/2008/01/03/laist_interview_86.php

[10] Canele: http://www.canele-la.com/

[11] the parts he’s been asked to read for by Hollywood production companies: http://media.switchpod.com/users/cem/PropJoeFinalMP3.mp3

[12] Lost: http://tviv.org/Lost/Matthew_Abaddon

[13] Cadillacs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EovRilNtuQM

[14] Isiah Whitlock: http://sepinwall.blogspot.com/2008/03/wire-secret-origin-of-clays-catchphrase.html

[15] a certain extra-syllabic epithet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGXWUniLCZc

[16] Wendell Pierce: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15855355

[17] Clarke Peters: http://www.clarkepeters.com/main.html

[18] Archiving Angeles (AA): Meow Casting: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/08/07/archiving-angeles-aa-meow-casting/

[19] SGV e-waste round up Saturday 3/7/09: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/03/06/sgv-e-waste-round-up-saturday-3709/

[20] Open casting call for visual artists in Los Angeles July 11th and 12th: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/07/01/open-casting-call-for-visual-artists-in-los-angeles-july-11th-and-12th/

[21] Archiving Angeles (AA): Italian Actors Strike: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/02/20/archiving-angeles-aa-italian-actors-strike/

[22] Subway Riders Join Actors as Scum of the Earth: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/02/27/subway-riders-join-actors-as-scum-of-the-earth/

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