Walker women on the Web
Kind words about the sisters and their mom, from around the Web:
Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune, in an article on “women who make TV worth watching,” sites Sally Field’s performance on Brothers & Sisters: “This enjoyable family drama was supposed to be a comeback vehicle for Calista Flockhart, but Field is one of the main reasons to tune in — she is the most magnetic performer in this sprawling cast. As the head of the Walker family, Field has given a brave, deeply appealing heart to widow Nora Walker, whose journey from doting mom and worried widow to independent woman has been poignant and even hilarious at times.”
Flockhart gets more attention on the Yale set of the new Indiana Jones movie, where she’s hanging out with boyfriend Harrison Ford. According to a report in the New Haven Register, “Ford and girlfriend Calista Flockhart … received positive reviews Wednesday evening as they ventured downtown. Accompanied by a boy, likely Flockhart’s son, they had dinner at Barcelona on Temple Street and then stopped for ice cream at Tasti D-Lite on High Street. ‘He walks into the restaurant, and you watch his movies your whole life and there he was, standing in front of you,’ said Matt Davies, Barcelona’s general manager. ‘They were extremely nice people. They came in, they had a nice, little tapas experience. It was almost just like a normal family came in,’ he said.”
Apparently, we’re lucky we get to pay attention to Rachel Griffiths at all, because according to an item on the Starpulse News Blog, she had vowed never to do TV again after Six Feet Under, and was drawn back in only by the wonderfulness of Brothers & Sisters. She’s quoted as saying: “I really wasn’t going to do anything - you know, the reality of having two young kids…And then I read this script. I really had a strong reaction to how it would feel to be (Sarah), where I was at in my life, where she was. That felt good. Then I went off to the interview, hoping the producers were bastards so that I’d have a valid reason not to do the show. And, of course, they utterly charmed me.”
Brothers & Sisters, ABC, Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths, Calista Flockhart
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