Patricia Wettig discusses Holly, family, and Prison Break
TV Guide has an interview online with Patricia Wettig, who plays Holly on Brothers & Sisters and is also the wife of series producer Ken Olin, and mother of Cliff Olin, who writes many of the episodes, and Roxy Olin, who plays Chad’s alleged girlfriend. Here’s a little of what she has to say:
On working with family: “I’ve been around family and friends in so many professional settings. Afterward, I say to myself, “Do you know how unusual it is that Roxy is doing a part that Cliff wrote, and that Ken and I are there, too?” I guess so much of thirtysomething was about family and friends. We knew [thirtysomething creator/executive producer] Marshall Herskovitz and [his wife, writer] Susan Shilliday…. Everybody was all entwined. It all seemed perfectly normal.
On friendship between Holly and Nora: “I don’t think we’ve quite met on common ground. It’s always tense. And I don’t think we’ve ever actually been friends or that we ever will be, but circumstances keep putting us together. I think what’s particular about [our relationship] is that each of us has a prejudice about how the other should be. But there have been some surprises. I’m not sure where it’s ultimately going, but I do enjoy it.”
On Holly’s daughter, Rebecca: “I just read the episode! The character is, like, 21, and she’s a college girl. She’s potentially the next sibling [to join the Walker clan]. She shows up in the very last scene of this last episode that I just read.”
On Prison Break: “I’m doing a couple of voice-overs off camera for a couple [of shows]. Then I’m doing an episode [where I'll be on screen], and I believe it’s a scene with Wentworth [Miller, who plays Michael]. I have not seen the script.”
Check out the full interview for more scoop.
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