Can a TV Series Survive the Death of an Actor?
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There's Taggart as well. That's now been going on a fair few years without anyone called Taggart being in it at all.Nimzar said:
Spartacus: Blood and Sand is currently going through something similar. The actor who plays Spartacus (sorry I can't remember his name!) was diagnosed with cancer, and his doctors won't allow him to shoot the planned second season.
Ahh, brain fart, sorry! Although HP is a relatively long running series (If you take each movie as an episode, there are more episodes in that than many britsh TV Shows)so my point still stands.vrbtny said:
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Lol this I was going to bring this up, I remember Clarkson mentioning it on top gear, was it when David Tennant went on?Scobie said:
Dads Army is a classic example of a TV show in spite of having a strong ensemble cast didn't survive the loss of the character Private Joe Walker. James Beck died of alcohol poisoning inbetween the sixth and seventh series. While the first siex series are widely cited as classics the final three series are considerably weaker.
The Sopranos scripts were rewritten to include more of Livia Soprano due to the strength of her character, and they then had to factor in her death due to the impending passing away of the actor. If she had been more central it could have been problematic (Sopranso without James Gandolfini?!)
The Sopranos scripts were rewritten to include more of Livia Soprano due to the strength of her character, and they then had to factor in her death due to the impending passing away of the actor. If she had been more central it could have been problematic (Sopranso without James Gandolfini?!)
