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Enrico
Colantoni Interview
May
28th 2006
Last
year , out of the blue,
Enrico Colantoni emailed
me. He'd seen my Enrico
Colantoni Fan Site and,
no doubt, his curiosity
got the better of him. A
few emails later, we had
arranged to meet here in
San Francisco for an interview.
I
confess, until I actually
saw him in the hotel lobby,
I thought there was a chance
I was being punked. But
there he was: a living,
breathing actor and all
around nice guy. We were
joined by my friend and
photographer Seth Williams.
He chimes in with an occasional
question and he took all
the great photos, which
will get much bigger if
you click on them. (We talked
for quite a while, so only
the Veronica Mars questions
are on this page. For the
Monk questions you can go
here.
To read the entire, mostly
unedited, version of the
interview, go here.) |
Teresa:
As the co-star of the series,
do you get any control?
Do you get input into the
character?
Rico:
Not really. Rob
[Thomas] is pretty clear-minded.
He knows what he wants.
You know he’s already
broken half the series,
half the season for next
season. What he is open
to is problems that might
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up.
Just a difficulty understanding
the plot line or a history
point or… but he won’t
tell you who the killer
is. He won’t tell
you how much you know. He
just sort of… it’s
all on a need to know basis.
Teresa:
So when did you find out
who the killer was this
season?
Rico:
Oh, when I watched it.
Teresa:
You didn’t know until
then?
Rico:
I read that last episode,
got to the part where I
died in a plane crash and
I went I’m not going
to read anymore, but then
they said keep reading.
Teresa
[to Seth] I don’t
want to spoil it for you,
but he doesn’t die.
Seth:
Oh, right.
Teresa:
But I won’t tell you
who the killer is in case
I can get you to watch it. |
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Rico:
I was so surprised by it.
It was very cool. I can’t
talk about it if you’re
going to see it.
Seth:
Oh no, go ahead, guys. It
doesn’t mean…
Sometimes the information
doesn’t always reach
the end point when I start
watching it anyways. |
Rico:
Right. You’re on auto-pilot,
too.
Teresa:
For some reason with Monk,
I get spoilers all the time
and find out what’s
going to happen before it
happens.
Rico:
Oh, you do? Oh, nice.
Teresa:
With Veronica Mars I try
to avoid it entirely, because
it really would kind of
spoil the show for me.
Seth:
It’s like Twin Peaks?
Rico:
Yeah, the whole season is
around a big mystery.
Seth:
Okay.
Rico:
But what they’re going
to do next year is have
two or three big mysteries
throughout the year. So
they’ll be like a
six or seven story plot
line, a four story a four
episode plot, instead of
this…. in the past
it’s been one big
mystery.
Teresa:
With the separate mysteries
for each episode, right?
Rico:
Yeah. |
Teresa:
Why do you think they decided
to go that direction?
Rico:
Just to spice it up. Make
it a little more interesting.
I think it’s hard
to write 22 episodes having
to keep including bits of
information.
Teresa:
And not just the 22 episodes,
but he brought in the first
season mysteries again. |
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Rico:
All that stuff too.
Teresa:
That was brilliant.
Rico:
And that’s where you
sort of look at Rob and
say, “You know what
you know better than me.”
Because a lot of those things,
they happen in the moment.
You know, “Harry
Hamlin we need you back
for an episode.” Well,
Harry says he doesn’t
want to come back for anything
less than four episodes.
“Okay, well then we’re
going to have to deal with
that. We’re going
to have to find another
story line, it wasn’t
what we were intending,
but what a great idea.”
You know so you’re
working, you’re open
to everybody and everybody’s
collaborative input. That’s
what makes him great.
Teresa:
[Harry Hamlin’s] character’s
resolution was great for
the audience, too.
Rico:
Wasn’t it so satisfying?
Teresa:
Yes.
Rico:
He was so smarmy. What a
brilliant man though. I
just love listening to him
talk: a smart, smart man.
Yeah, but when he died I
didn’t lose any sleep.
You can even tell in Keith’s
reaction when he asked Veronica
so how’s Logan taking
the, you know, whatever
and he’s sort of like,
thank god, another one bites
the dust.
Teresa:
I think Logan was as relieved
as everybody else.
Rico:
Yeah, but Logan, oh boy,
talk about the weight of
the world.
Teresa:
Do you want you’re
TV daughter dating him?
Rico:
You know what, he’s
loyal and true. |
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Teresa:
So how’s it feel to
be surrounded by all the
younger actors?
Rico:
It’s really weird.
Teresa:
Not use to that are you?
Rico:
No, not at all. Because
I have admiration for them,
you know, their talent.
So when they sort of look
up to you and say, “What
do you think of this?”
I go, “Uh, I don’t
know. I’m a kid too.
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don’t
know.” And then I
have to rewind and go, oh
yeah, I’m papa. I’m
a young papa, but I’m
still papa compared to them.
I’m like what George
Segal was to me.
Teresa:
See, that’s what I
had down here. Do you feel
like George Segal now?
Rico: In a lot of ways,
but George has got the greatest
stories in the world. George’s
stories include, you know,
everybody. So I’m
like “George what
was it like hanging out
with you know Larry
Olivier?” [He
does a George Segal impression,
something not too many people
have in their repertoire.]
“It was all right.
It was quiet.” Wow!
Good old George.
Teresa:
He’s kind of youthful
himself for his age,
isn’t he?
Rico:
Yes. And we’re born
under the same astrological
sign, so I hope and pray
that I am as youthful and
as happy as he is at his
age.
Teresa:
Do you think that at that
age you’ll still be
doing television? Do you
think there will be television?
Rico:
Yeah, no absolutely. It
will be on little things
like that, but TV’s
great. TV is fun and it
satisfies my blue collar
work ethic. I get to go
to work everyday. You know,
movies would be great, but
then there would be way
to much time off in between.
Teresa:
And you’d get nervous.
Rico:
I’d get nervous. Even
if the money’s in
the bank it’s just….
I don’t know how anybody
can just do one picture.
Yeah, you make like 90 million
dollars in that one picture,
you don’t need to
work, but my mind would
rot. I need to go and dig
my ditches. I need to go
bang a nail every day. I
need that and TV gives it
to you. And I’ve been
really fortunate because
it’s been one show
after another show after
another show. Even Hope
and Gloria it was like
35 episodes it was like
a year and a half of steady
work. And now we’re
going for three years on
this thing.
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| Teresa:
Are you surprised?
Rico:
No. No, because we were
we are truly the right show
at the right time for the
UPN and the
CW. If we were on CBS
or NBC we wouldn’t
have lasted a season. We
just wouldn’t have.
Teresa:
You think you’re sort
of a prestige project for
them.
Rico:
Yeaahhh. Oh yeah. That’s
why that’s why we
have that clout, the press
and the loyal, loyal fan
base, even if it’s
a tight 4 Million.
[Try
a loose 3 million.]
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Teresa:
But they’re there.
Rico:
They are they’re so
there.
Teresa:
And organized.
Rico:
And organized and that
whole banner thing.
That’s enough to make
Dawn Ostroff go, I love
this show as much as you
guys do, she’s thinking,
so yeah that’s all
I need. You know, ten million
people aren’t watching
us, but you’ve got
to weigh into account that
it’s not on a big
time network. Now the CW
is going to cover like 97%
of the market that UPN didn’t
so….
Teresa:
How much do you think UPN
was, maybe 70?
Rico:
Maybe 70% yeah.
Teresa:
So that doesn’t give
you a chance really to climb
up in the ratings?
Rico:
No, no, it doesn’t.
Even in San Diego you couldn’t
get UPN unless you had a
certain cable subscription.
So, that’s why I never
watched it, because I couldn’t
get it in my hotel room
where I was staying. It’s
like, “Look they don’t
have UPN. What’s that
about?”
Seth:
They did that with the SCI
FI Channel for a long time
we couldn’t get that
when they first started
out.
Rico:
Yeah, couldn’t get
it.
Teresa:
Yes, but UPN’s supposed
to be a network.
Seth:
Yeah exactly.
Teresa:
Well, not anymore. So are
they going to continue to
film down in San Diego?
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Rico:
Oh, yeah. That’s the
only chink in the armor,
I think. If they could film
in L.A. it would just be
so wonderful. Everybody
would be so happy.
Teresa:
Well, now would be the perfect
time to move up, because
Veronica’s going to
college now. You could change
all the sets.
Rico:
I understand, but it’s
just, it’s still not
a runaway hit.
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Teresa:
And it’s cheaper to
do it in San Diego?
Rico:
So much cheaper. They save
I don’t know how many
hundreds of thousands of
dollars every episode just
by filming it in San Diego.
Like half a million dollars
an episode they save.
Teresa:
Wow. What do you think the
CW will expect from Veronica
Mars next year?
Rico:
You know what? I think they’ll
expect everything they’ve
been expecting. Hold on
to Gilmore Girls, because
that’s really their
flagship show, and if we
do as well as them maybe
even build on them, you
know, especially in that
key demo which they love
so much that 18 to 34.
Teresa:
They do get that demo though?
Rico:
They sure do. Yeah.
Teresa:
You mentioned before that
you were directing a play.
Is directing something you
enjoy doing.
Rico:
It is now, but not on television.
Teresa:
Different?
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Rico:
Those guys are whips. They’re
right brain oriented. You
know what I mean? They’re
just like [machine gun sound]
efficient and organized
and I’m like “What
do you think of this?”
and “How about that?”
“Yeah, that’s
good. We could do that.”
And all the sudden there’d
be a producer over my shoulder
[tapping his watch] “You’re
four set ups behind.”
You know, it’s like
I would just… I would
lose it. But theater or
a film when there’s
time to nurture and watch
things organically evolve,
it’s great. It’s
great.
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Teresa:
So is this the first play
you’ve directed?
Rico:
Yeah, my first play outside
of an acting class.
Teresa:
What’s it called?
Rico:
Well, the theater company
is the Echo
Theater Company and
every year they do a series
of one acts and we commission
playwrights that we’re
quite fond of to write new
one act plays. This year
the theme was an outdoor
park or a back yard. So
we got eight playwrights
who wrote variations on
that theme. Mine was a seven
minute piece called Hartshorne,
which is about two extremely
conservative teenagers who
are looking to break out
of their restrictions and
they become Satanists. So
they decapitate their dog.
And it starts right at the
end of the decapitation
where they’re going:
“What did we just
do?” “What happened?”
“This is for Satan.”
“Oh right, okay.”
Because, you know, it’s
very funny and very dark
and it’s exactly what
I like.
Teresa:
Funny and dark?
Rico:
Dark and funny. Dark and
funny. Dark and funny.
Teresa:
Veronica Mars has a little
of that too.
Rico:
It really does, right? Especially
that pilot, I really liked
that pilot. In the original
pilot it was so much darker
and seedier. I mean the
opening shot in the original
pilot, before we changed
it, was her taking pictures
of a john in a motel room.
And then the episode they
showed she was like in school
in a classroom, but that
opening shot in the beginning
it was like, ooh my God,
Then where they live is
just so clearly on the other
side of the tracks, where
the pool was just dirty
and it was just like a small
apartment and that’s
where they lived. Les Moonves
says, “We can’t
have that. We’ve gotta
feel like she’s taken
care of. Like her father
can take care of her.”
Suddenly we went up the
social ladder a little bit.
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Teresa:
There are still lines in
the earlier scripts that
give the impression that
they’re living in
a little more poverty than
it appears they are.
Rico:
Yeah, yeah. Because the
exteriors of that apartment
building is in Pacific Beach
and it’s beautiful
and very expensive. It’s
right on the water.
Teresa:
There aren’t a lot
of really cheap apartments
in that area.
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Rico:
No, there aren’t.
Teresa:
Do you think having been
the TV father of a TV teenager
that you’re going
to be better at being a
father to your own daughter
when she gets to be that
age?
Rico:
Yes, because I feel that
who I am I sort of lend
to Keith. I don’t
think he was necessarily
written that way, but I
love Kristin and I respect
her and I love my kids and
I want to respect them.
So it does give me an opportunity
to sort of see how it feels.
You look at a daughter and
know that she’s like
doing things you don’t
really want to know and
you give her enough rope
to hang herself and you
know that you’re going
to be there when she needs
you. That’s the only
thing I can hope for as
a dad that when they are
in trouble that they’ll
come to me. Not to stop
them from getting into trouble,
I just don’t want
them to hide it. I want
them to be able to come
to me when they fuck up.
Seth:
Not to fear to come to you?
Rico:
Not to fear to come to me,
right. That would be the
greatest achievement I could
hope for as a dad.
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Teresa:
I think some of the best
scenes in Veronica Mars
are the ones when he has
those discussions with her.
Rico:
Right, I love those scenes.
When I get to work with
her it’s usually in
a chunk. It’s like
a whole day, because we
do all the interiors at
the Mars apartment and the
Mars investigation stuff
all in one day. It’s
great, it’s great.
It’s like home. And
then there are those odd
days when we’re on
location and I’m working
with somebody that I’ve
never
met and it’s like
uhhhhh. |
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Teresa:
It’s not as easy cold
like that?
Rico:
Not as easy and it’s
cold and you gotta like
you know jump out of window
and stuff.
Teresa:
They made you do that yourself?
Didn’t they have a
stunt guy for that?
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Rico:
Oh, for sure. It was like,
“Cut!” “Oh,
thank God. Doo Doo Doo,”
coat over my shoulders.
“All right, action!”
[Imitates breaking glass.]
“Great.” [Claps.]
“Good job, Rico.”
I love it when they pat
me on the back.
Teresa:
After the stunt guy’s
done the work.
Rico:
“Thanks, thanks. Good
job, Rico.” “Shut
up.” Rod
[Rowland], the guy who
plays Liam Fitzpatrick…
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I
actually saw the one episode
where he was about to beat
the shit out of Veronica.
Remember that one?
Teresa:
Yes.
Rico:
And I thought, who is that
guy? He’s so intense
and so mean. Oh fuck. And
then when I realized I had
to fight him I go, “Are
you kidding me? Are you
kidding me?” And I’m
in the dressing room and
I see him and I go, “Uh
oh.” And he looks
at me and he goes, “Do
you remember me?”
I go, “I don’t
know.” “I’m
Robbie from New York”
“Robbie? That skinny
little fuck back in New
York.” He goes, “Yeah,
I bulked up a little bit.”
It
turns out I’ve known
him way back in New York.
We used to hang out all
the time in New York and
what a joy it is to have
that connection with somebody
that you’re supposed
to hate. I’m not one
of those actors who needs
to hate somebody, you know,
to hate them. I need to
really feel safe with them.
I really need to trust them
and then we can we can get
up and say, “Hey thanks,
bro. Thanks for holding
me up. Thanks for making
eye contact with me. Thanks
for keeping it safe.”
Thank God, cause that’s
intense when you’ve
got to fight somebody.
Teresa:
I’m sure it made it
easier for him to do that,
too.
Rico:
Yeah, but he could do that
anyway. He’s that
kind of actor. He’s
all [panting]: “Arrr
I hate you.” And I’m
laughing. “Action!
Cut!”
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Rico
signs a few autographs for me.
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Old
News on Veronica Mars
Please see the
main site for new news
Excerpt
from The
Salt Lake City Weekly
Veronica Mars
Tuesday,
Oct. 3 2006 (The CW)
Season Premiere: After
surviving two seasons on UPN being
watched more by critics than actual
people (once again, critics are
not people, they’re scum—and
I oughta know), the 26-year-old
“teen” detective lands
at The CW with a Get Ratings or
Die! edict. That said, the Season
3 premiere effectively pulls off
the trick of offering as much
for newbies to latch onto (sparkling,
fluid dialogue and viral pop-cultural
zings for Gilmore Girls holdovers—introducing
prime-time’s first Battlestar
Galactica references, frak you
very much) as for the VM faithful
reconnect with (Kristen Bell’s
brainy-beauty charm and a gnarly
noir subplot for dad, Enrico Colantoni).
It’d be a shame if the new
CW had to cancel one of the smartest
shows on TV in favor of One Tree
Hill reruns, just sayin.’
Full
Article
Excerpt
from IGN.com
Enrico Colantoni on the Future
of Veronica Mars
Exclusive Interview: IGN chats
with the Mars dad about moving
to The CW and that mysterious
briefcase.
by Eric Goldman
May 26, 2006
IGN TV: Do you know what's in
the briefcase yet? Did you know
when you were shooting it?
Colantoni: Ahh, well when we shot
it, it was just a briefcase full
of cookies.
IGN TV: Wow, and that's why Keith
didn't go to see his daughter
at the airport?
Colantoni: Yeah, that's exactly
it. 'Cause he's like stuffed.
"Uhhhh, Veronica… they
were snickerdoodles! I couldn't
go!" "Dad?" [Colantoni
hums the first bars of the Veronica
theme song] But no, I don't know
what's in the briefcase. He hasn't
told us. It could be this or it
could be that.
Full
Article
Excerpt
from Zap2it.com
UPN Wants More 'Mars'
Monday, April 11, 2005
08:25 AM PT
"With
its terrific ensemble cast, sharp
writing and high production values,
we're tremendously proud of the
level of quality that 'Veronica
Mars' brings to UPN," says
UPN Entertainment President Dawn
Ostroff. "Headlined by the
brilliant Kristen Bell, this intriguing,
youthful series continues to garner
tremendous buzz and critical acclaim,
and this is the type of smart,
compelling show we want viewers
to expect from UPN."
Full
Article
L to R: Kristen Bell,
Dawn "smartest network exec
ever" Ostroff,
Enrico Colantoni
Enrico
Colantoni appeared April 17th
on "Jimmy Kimmel Live"
(ABC).
Excerpt
from TV
Guide.com
Mum's the Word for Veronica
Mars' Dad
by Matt Webb Mitovich
"If Keith
were sheriff again, he wouldn't
have any conflicts, and everything
would be easy. [He and Veronica]
would be back on the right side
of the track, and order would
be restored in Neptune. You've
got to have a guy like Lamb to
be the a--hole — and he
is such an a--hole."
Jan 17, 2006
Full
Article
Excerpt
from IGN.com
IGN Interviews Enrico
Colantoni
A one-on-one with
Veronica Mars's dad.
by Eric Goldman
April 10, 2006
COLANTONI:
They sort of teased me in the
beginning of the first season,
where he was walking this fine
line of, is Keith really a corrupt
guy or is he a good guy? And they
ended up cutting it out, because
the network really wanted him
to go one way. They wanted him
to be the stand up guy. Since
then, I've always hoped that they
made him more three dimensional,
that they made him just a little
more on the other side of the
law. That he's willing to sort
of bend the law a little bit.
It seems more humanistic that
way. Especially since he's so
out of the rules. He really doesn't
have to live up to any standards
as a policeman, you know what
I mean? And I would like to just
see him bend it a little bit more,
whatever storyline that takes.
Maybe a little undercover thing.
Maybe just a little bit that shows
that he can be corrupted. That
he's not without fault.
Full
Article
Excerpt
from the
Los Angeles Daily News
These 5 actors shine in supporting
roles
You may not know their
names, but whenever they're in
a scene, the TV show suddenly
starts to sizzle
DAVID KRONKE
You
know them when you see them: They're
supporting characters on your
favorite TV shows whose scenes
seem to pop just a little more
than the others, whose presence
elevates a good show to great.
In other words, they're folks
you wouldn't mind seeing more
of. Here are five of one TV writer's
favorite supporting players.
•
Enrico Colantoni, "Veronica
Mars" (9 p.m. Wednesdays;
UPN). "Veronica Mars' "
sexy, street-smart teenage detective
(Kristin Bell) and deadpan dialogue
has made the show cool, but Colantoni
brings it warmth. He co-stars
as Veronica's divorced father,
Keith, a sheriff-turned-private-investigator
who recruits his daughter for
his cases.
Colantoni credits his and Bell's
chemistry: "It was immediate.
... My only concern was, she's
so cute and blond and blue-eyed
... how will anyone buy me as
her father?" he says. "She's
adorable, she's funny, and she
does no wrong. Thank goodness
-- if she was bratty on any level,
I would hate to come to work."
The father and daughter are "underdogs
who have fallen from grace,"
he notes. "They constantly
get knocked down, but they always
get back up."
Full
Article (Just in case you
want to know who else made the
list.)
Posted on Sun, Nov. 20, 2005
Article
published Saturday, September
24, 2005
FALL PREMIERES
Now's
the time to take TV journey to
'Mars'
By ROB OWEN
BLOCK NEWS ALLIANCE
You heard the rave reviews
about UPN's Veronica Mars (9 p.m.
Wednesday) last season, but you
also knew it had a continuing
story line and figured by the
time you heard the buzz it was
too late to tune in and get caught
up.
You
were probably right, but the show
wrapped up its first-season mystery
in May and an all-new one kicks
off this week. Now is the time
to journey to Mars.
Though this year's mystery is
new, character arcs from last
year continue, including the revelation
of which of our teen detective's
unseen beaus was at her door at
the end of the May season finale.
Was Veronica (Kristen Bell) greeting
psychologically damaged Logan
(Jason Dohring) or her ex-boyfriend,
Duncan (Teddy Dunn)?
The season premiere takes a few
twists before settling on which
guy she's squiring around Neptune,
Calif., now. What's established
early is that Veronica is now
viewed as one of the rich kids
rather than the outcast she was
last year. Her father, Keith (Enrico
Colantoni), has written a book
he's now promoting on The Julie
Chen Show (when you're a low-rated,
critically adored series like
Veronica, it doesn't hurt to stroke
UPN overseer Leslie Moonves, Chen's
husband).
New characters arrive, including
a mayoral candidate (Steve Guttenberg)
and the hot-to-trot stepmom (Charisma
Carpenter, Angel) of two of Veronica's
fellow students.
By the end of the hour, which
is a little too slow-paced, there's
a tragedy that will set up the
new mystery. No doubt, Veronica
will be on the case.
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From
the San Jose Mercury News
Thursday,
July 21, 2005
The new TV season:
Some
extra love for "Veronica Mars"
Charlie McCollum, 01:15
PM
UPN
is really, really trying to pump
up the promotion volume for "Veronica
Mars," its critically-acclaimed
drama that has had trouble finding
an audience.
The
show, which is scheduled to return
with new episodes on Sept. 21 behind
a new installment of "America's
Next Top Model," will air four
episodes on UPN's big brother, CBS,
starting Friday, July 29 at 8 p.m.
Back-to-back episodes will be shown
the 29th, followed by single installments
on Aug. 5 and 12.
The
idea is to expose the series, which
follows the life of an 18-year-old
high school student (the marvelous
Kristen Bell) who dabbles in solving
mysteries, to a wider audience for
the start of its new season on UPN.
The episodes haven't been picked
yet, but UPN boss Dawn Ostroff says
they won't be ones that deal too
deeply with the season-long murder
mystery that dominated season one.
And
speaking of "Veronica Mars,"
Ostroff says the network is NOT
asking for any tonal changes in
the series. Creator Rob Thomas has
been quoted as saying he was having
a "mini-war" with UPN
over changes the suits wanted in
the show, setting off great concerns
within "Veronica's" cult
following. |
NEW YORK -- Former "Angel"
and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
star Charisma Carpenter has been
added to the cast of UPN's "Veronica
Mars."
"Veronica Mars" stars
Kristen Bell as a smart, fearless
18-year-old apprentice private investigator
who is dedicated to solving the
toughest mysteries of her wealthy
seaside community of Neptune, Calif.
Carpenter will play Kendall Casablancas,
a sexy trophy wife and stepmother
to brothers Dick and Cassidy "Beaver"
Casablancas, two of Veronica's rival,
affluent schoolmates, UPN announced
Thursday.
The 34-year-old actress, who played
the character Cordelia Chase on
"Angel" and "Buffy,"
will appear in at least six episodes.
Steve Guttenberg is also joining
the cast and will appear in at least
seven episodes, the cable channel
said. He will play a charismatic
major league baseball team owner
and leading candidate in the race
for mayor of Neptune.
Guttenberg, 46, stars in the upcoming
TV movie "The Poseidon Adventure."
His screen credits include the "Police
Academy" films and "Three
Men and a Baby."
|
The
Keith Mars Story
|
Keith
Mars is the father of TV's
newest and brightest young
detective, Veronica Mars.
Once sheriff of the little
seaside town of Neptune CA,
Keith now eeks out a living
as a private detective with
the able assistance of his
teenage daughter. |
Season
one of Veronica Mars
began with both father and
daughter conducting their
own separate investigations
into the death of Lilly Kane,
Veronica's best friend. In
Keith's original investigation
he suspected Jake Kane, the
victim's rich and powerful
father, was involoved in her
death. His suspicions led
to his recall election, the
loss of his job, and social
ostracization for him and
Veronica. The two also must
deal with their adandonment
by wife and mother Lianne.
Between
tracking down bail jumpers,
investigating unfaithful spouses
and keeping his hand in the
Kane murder case, Keith does
his best to protect, encourage
and love Veronica.
His
paternity, however, does come
into question. His missing
spouse Lianne was also involved
with Jake Kane around the
time of Veronica's conception
and she is a little fuzzy
on who the father might be.
No
worries, though, a paternity
test (and one of the best-acted
scenes in the history of television)
reveals Keith is indeed Veronica's
biological father.
He
and Veronica become even closer
as the season draws to a close
and they join forces to find
Lilly's real killer.
“Tonight we eat like
the lower-middle class to
which we aspire.” —"Pilot"
|
Keith:
Let's do something normal
fathers and daughters do.
Veronica:
Buy
me a pony?
Keith:
I was
thinking I'd watch TV and
you'd rub my feet.
Veronica:
Hmm. Yeah, that's normal.
—"The
Girl Next Door"
Veronica:
Hi, Dad. Their | | | | | | | |
