Actor Growth

So this week there has been a lot of season premieres starting on TV. The show Fringe and The Good Wife were actually shot here in Vancouver for a lot of the scenes and as a result a lot of local talent were cast to act in them. I knew that two local acting coaches were in them too which made me curious to IMDB them. In both of the shows I noticed that the actor’s character names were simply using the actor’s real names. That was odd I thought.

At the same time, I guess it can be funny where you would see say a badge or plague specifically made for the show where you are like a doctor or FBI agent. The only similarities I saw on why there weren’t original character names is because the roles were simply a small principal role. Example, I guess in the script it would be something like “Doctor #1”. So, I guess that is just a fast way of doing it since they don’t think it is important enough to come up with a name. Although, I usually do see people get credited as just “Doctor #1” many times though.

I only worked as a background on those shows, so I know that would definitely not matter in terms of having to attach a name to the character. Speaking of which, I was then informed that I was spotted on the good wife. Guess I didn’t hide good enough. lol. Errr, then again….I remembered that they placed me right behind the girl that was being accused of murder and I was like the only Asian guy on set. Looked at the online video on the network site and sure enough that is the case. Won’t see me debating about character names for things like that.