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GW Bailey talks about Major Crimes and his work with the Sunshine Kids Foundation
In a new interview with Assignment X, GW Bailey talks about the transition to Major Crimes and the changes that has meant for Provenza and his work as Executive Director of the childrens cancer charity The Sunshine Kids.
ASSIGNMENT X: Is MAJOR CRIMES more of an ensemble now that it’s not THE CLOSER and no longer titled after a single lead character?
G.W. BAILEY: Oh, I think so. We still have a lead character and her story is still the catalyst, the glue that holds us together, but there certainly is more of a sense of ensemble. With Brenda Leigh Johnson – we’re supposed to be the crème de la crème of the LAPD, but of course, we couldn’t find a clue [laughs]. Only the lead could find clues.
AX: So you now get to look like better detectives?
BAILEY: Yeah. We’re marginally smarter than we were.
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G.W. Bailey Talks About His Involvement With ‘The Sunshine Kids’ and Major Crimes
In a great new interview with GiveMeMyRemote.com, G.W. Bailey talks about his involvement with the children’s cancer charity “The Sunshine Kids” and discusses Major Crimes and the chances of a second season.
As for Bailey’s day job, he said he was pleased by the reaction he’s been getting to MAJOR CRIMES.
“Great feedback,” he said. “I’m not even on set now, so I don’t have to talk positive. When they pay me, I have to talk nice, but I’m not being paid so I can say what I want. I just came back from a trip…and the reaction is tremendous. I think, obviously, that can be proven or shown by the ratings. The ratings not only started strong as anticipated because we were immediately after THE CLOSER on the same night, but then they stayed strong and they increased. Everybody expected a good, strong falloff from the cushion-y debut when you’re right behind the number one show on cable. And it turned out to be the number one finale in the history of cable. And lo and behold it turned out to be the number one launch and just grew from there.”
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TV Guide Talks to Mary McDonnell About “Major Crimes”
In a new interview with TVGuide.com, Mary McDonnell talks about the unlikely path that took her from guest-star to series lead, and Captain Raydor’s transition from foe to friend of the squad.
“I’ve never had something grow this way,” McDonnell tells TVGuide.com. “This was just a delightful three-episode romp, and I was very excited to be able to fully embrace the antagonist. Then it just grew and grew. And I was standing by going, ‘Well, this is interesting. Let’s take another step.’ I don’t think it was really until we [premiered] a few of weeks ago that it truly occurred to me what had happened.”
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‘Major Crimes’: Mary McDonnell on Taking Over From Kyra Sedgwick and Unexpected Challenges
A great new interview with Mary McDonnell was posted today from The Hollywood Reporter, with lots of great new insight into the transition between The Closer and Major Crimes, Raydor’s backstory, and what to expect as the season progresses.
THR: You’re now leading your own show, taking the reins from Kyra Sedgwick. Was there any moment of hesitation?
McDonnell: No, there really wasn’t. To be perfectly honest with you, it evolved so organically. It was a natural evolution. The whole idea that it would blossom into more of an ensemble was also a part of the equation. On the one hand, I knew and was quite happy to carry the bulk and I loved James Duff’s writing and his mind — the transition of this character from antagonist to protagonist, which I’ve never done in my career — but I also felt very strongly about this whole group of people was a whole new show as well, I knew there was tons of story to be mined.
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‘Major Crimes’ Mary McDonnell on what keeps her coming back to television
Zap2it: What’s your overall view of taking your role as police captain Sharon Raydor from “The Closer” into “Major Crimes”?
Mary McDonnell: I can already feel the potential in some of these scenes rising. I look around cable television, and there are strong women on every single network who are not 25 years old; let’s put it that way.
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Mary McDonnell on the KTLA Morning Show 8/28/12
Interview: Kearran Giovanni Talks ‘Major Crimes’
Kearran Giovanni talked to Starry Constellation Magazine about coming to Major Crimes, and what to expect from Amy Sykes this season.
Q: What do you think it is about the show “Major Crimes” that has really captivated so many viewers? Is it because it is jumping in with some of the already known cast, or is it something new to other people because maybe they didn’t follow along? A little bit of both?
A: I think it’s a little bit of both. I remember when “Sex in the City” ended I felt I lost all my best friends, I mourned the show. I feel like in that way, the people that were huge “Closer” fans, you’re making this thing from a piece of “The Closer,” but you still get to continue on and in a way you get to learn even more about some of the characters that you didn’t really get to see before, that everyone has a part. You’ll see that there’s pretty much an episode per person. They’ve really spread out our storyline where we all really get to showcase ourselves, and I think for a long time that didn’t really get to happen for a lot of the cast, so now it’s really a nice ensemble show. Then I think, for some new people coming in that maybe weren’t huge “Closer” fans, I think they’re going to get more of a cop drama in a way. There was kind of a quirkiness about “The Closer” that maybe had been a little – what’s the word – I think it’s focused a little more on Kyra obviously and her family, whereas this show I think, it’s a little speedier. I think there’s a little more speed in how things are solved and how quickly we move, and especially in the first episodes you’ll see, it’s almost like watching a feature film. Just the way it’s filmed, the music has changed, and I think that faster pace is going to get a lot of new audience members as well.
Read the whole interview here.