Re: B5 Physics (was Re: OFF-TOPIC mini review B5 Wars (Designers

On Wed, Jul 30, 1997 at 10:04:58 PM, Allan Goodall wrote:
> Claudia Christian was at TorontoTrek a couple of weeks ago. I didn't
go, 
> but a friend did. According to HER, she asked for four episodes off to

> shoot a movie. They said "No," and fired her. She seems pretty steamed

> about the whole thing and WANTS to come back. 
>  
> I suspect that the answer lies somewhere in the middle. The best guess
is 
> that she was keeping her options open, went past her contract
deadline, 
> and tried to do some back peddling when a movie deal fell through.
Either 
> way, she should can her agent. 

I recommend checking the Lurker's Guide.  Both CC and JMS are quoted
(JMS 
somewhat more so, and he has the last word), but JMS is somewhat more 
persuasive.  [He claims, for example, that the issue wasn't that she
wanted 
four episodes off, but that she wanted to get PAID for them anyway.]  It

sounds to me like there might have been a serious communication problem.

Of course, I know nothing about television production, etc.

--Chris Weuve		[My opinion, not my employers.]
mailto:caw@ascend.com (wk/day)		mailto:caw@wizard.net (h)
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