Law & Order: 20 Years - Actors on Developing Characters (Paley Center Interview)

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13 жыл бұрын

Moderator Pat Mitchell asks how Law and Order has changed from a plot driven show to a character driven show. Actors S. Epatha Merkerson ("Lt. Anita Van Buren") and Sam Waterston ("D.A. Jack McCoy") talk about their thoughts on the show's evolution of plot and character elements.
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@mr.silverio9343 7 жыл бұрын

My goodness, what a beautiful look from Sam Waterston. The best actor of all time

@Mili91100 12 жыл бұрын

It's true it is hard to believe that McCoy is a fictional character... everytime I see him I truly believe he is an Attorney..... :) I love the show..

@ianharvey954 7 жыл бұрын

don't forget Lenny Briscoe!!!

@matthewgresham7060 3 жыл бұрын

Wish Jerry could've been alive for this. I'd love to hear his process behind developing Lennie's character

@ajfiveohfour 3 жыл бұрын

“Hey no baby, I don’t use rubbers. It’s better bareback.”

@AwfulWaffle8474 12 жыл бұрын

jack mccoy rocks

@HectorFranco7 12 жыл бұрын

hard to believe Jack McCoy is a fictional character lol

@dparsons1225 4 жыл бұрын

I love it because they just played the facts, no drama just facts .. It not about style or looks..To me anyways..

@sharpaycutie2 3 ай бұрын

I hate it because it gets boring because if I want to watch a police procedure they might as well just did a documentary or you might as well just watch cops😂😂😂 Listen, some characters are interesting enough to make you hang on so I didn’t hate it completely. Like people who think like that just come out very cynical and therefore you might as well watch the news or go people watching if reality is all that thrilling to you😂😂

@verve92 8 жыл бұрын

Thought Ben Stone was the best, but McCoy fit in admirably.

@citizenerased7746 7 жыл бұрын

verve92 - I love McCoy

@kendallrivers1119 Жыл бұрын

@@dornravlin Stone who? do many people even remember him? McCoy was one of the faces of that show along with Lennie, Van Buren and Green.

@dornravlin Жыл бұрын

@@kendallrivers1119 Does anyone remember who you are fool!? Who asked your opinion no one go sell your ass on the street

@mikearchibald744 Жыл бұрын

@@kendallrivers1119 Ben Stone was the first and always seemed the most 'realistic'. McCoy always seemed like an actor reading lines, Ben Stone seemed like an actual person. And thats when the show started and didn't face heat from the network that essentially turned it into a cartoon where every case was a defendant getting off because of Miranda rights. The first seasons seemed like ACTUAL cops and lawyers, in fact I don't even think there was a woman on it for two years, which seems incredible now. But they had such a revolving door that they never really had a 'face', which I think is what should happen, after that it just becomes 'a tv show'.