DENNIS FRANZ 2016 MOVIE

There was a guy who was a hostage negotiator, and it was about a seven-page scene, it was very intense. I was, barely, a member of Bochco Rep…They were looking for people to fill out the squad, so I auditioned. Gordon Clapp: I came in for a guest role and I ended up staying for 12 years. I was thinking, ” Oh Christ, I do not want to play another cop.” I told them – and this was probably one of the only, good, smart decisions I’ve made in my lifetime - I said, “If I’m going to play Cop No.

They wanted to see if I was available so I was flattered that they were coming to me first. It was just an idea formulating in their head. while passionately pursuing classical and boundary-pushing theater roles in New York.ĭennis Franz: I got a call from Steven and David talking about a new cop show that they were thinking about doing, similar in style to “Hill Street Blues,” but more focused and more centered on a fewer number of characters, and more introspective. Meanwhile, Harvard grad Brenneman’s career was just getting started, with toe-dips into TV roles in L.A. Making his way in Hollywood, he continued to land guest shots on sitcoms, dramas and TV-movies, including Bochco series, including the divorce attorney drama “Civil Wars” and the ill- fated musical police drama “Cop Rock.”

DENNIS FRANZ 2016 MOVIE

Greg Medavoy) and Amy Brenneman (Officer Janice Licalsi), recall the tumultuous journey to launch a TV upstart that would ultimately become an institution.Īlong with a busy movie career that included frequent collaborations with filmmaker Brian de Palma, Franz was a familiar face guesting on television hits and had become part of Bochco’s recurring “repertory company,” having starred in the short-lived baseball drama “Bay City Blues” and played two different roles on “Hill Street Blues,” one of which was spun off to headline the one-season comedy “Beverly Hills Buntz.”Ĭlapp was a frequent presence in the early and mid-career films of director John Sayles and a regular in the Canadian series “Mr. Here, three of “NYPD Blue’s” first-season standouts, Dennis Franz (Det.

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