Interview with Ken Olin and Patricia Wetting
Philly.com’s Gail Shister has a nice little interview with Brothers & Sisters co-executive producer Ken Olin and his wife of 25 years, Patricia Wettig, who plays Holly. They talk about the fact that their children are also in the B&S family business — son Cliff is a staff writer, and daughter Roxy played Chad’s clueless girlfriend. My favorite part of the article is when Shister refers to B&S as “a lock” for renewal, but there are some good quotes from the creative twosome as well:
Wettig, on working with her husband: “We’ve always worked together. It’s so much a part of how we do things, we don’t see it as peculiar. I would expect some whispers [from jealous actors], but I don’t know that I care that much.”
Olin, on the show’s early troubles: “There’s nothing about making a pilot that’s relaxing. Everything is so pressured, so intense. You’re spending an enormous amount of money on a flier, basically. All pilots are troubled, to some extent. Because we have such a high-profile cast, we were under the bell jar in a way I think was probably unfair.”
Wettig, on Holly: “I’m seen as Sally Field’s nemesis. There’s an absolute prejudice against ‘the other woman.’ What I’ve gotten from a lot of people is that they’re starting to have sympathy for the character in spite of themselves.” (Not on the message boards I’m reading, sister.)
Olin, on the challenges of family drama: “You have so many places to go. You can’t cut to a car chase or courtroom or E.R.”
Wettig, on nepotism: “We have no more children. Eventually, we’ll hit bottom.”
Brothers & Sisters, ABC, Ken Olin, Patricia Wettig
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