Who Is Louis Mandylor? Actor Nearly Got Joey Role in Friends Over Matt LeBlanc
On 5/27/21 at 10:19 AM EDT
Friends to actor Louis Mandylor before a drunken mishap saw won him the part.
LeBlanc was launched to fame for his role as the charismatic failing actor on the 1994 hit sitcom.
Show director Kevin Bright and creator Marta Kauffman spoke candidly about the difficult audition process for the character during the show s one-off reunion
Bright revealed that LeBlanc went down to the wire for the role as the creators debated between him and another actor. But the funny thing about it is the other actor ended up in the show, in The One With Unagi, he explained. Playing Fake Joey, ironically.
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Mamma Mia!, before teaming up with American film and TV producer Goetzman (whose credits include
My Big Fat Greek Wedding and
News of the World), to bring the musical to the big screen. Cher herself memorably made an appearance in the sequel,
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, appearing as Sophie (Amanda Seyfried)’s glamorous grandmother, Ruby.
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Goetzman has also worked on a number of projects about real-life musical artists, such as the
Neil Young: Heart of Gold documentary and the
Review: âIn The Heightsâ Is Almost Oppressively Joyful
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Filled with splashy songs and uplifting sentiments, In the Heights is such a celebration of itself that it almost forgets to tell a story amid its many colorful characters.
Directed by Jon M. Chu and based upon Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes and Lin-Manuel Mirandaâs blockbuster Broadway show,
In the Heights is being pitched by Warner Bros. as their own âwelcome back to the moviesâ summer event flick. Opening June 11 in theaters and on HBO Max (in participating markets), the film is nonetheless the very definition of âworth seeing in a theater.â Itâs a big-scale, lively and explicitly colorful live-action musical. Recent history (
A college graduate learns that a big salary carries a high price. Not reviewed.
Just Getting Started Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Morgan Freeman. Another ’ageing disgracefully’ comedy starring Freeman. Here he plays Duke, a former Mob lawyer now managing a retirement resort in Palm Springs. A former FBI agent moves in, beats him at all the resort’s games, and is more popular with the ladies. But when the Mob learns of Duke’s new life, they set out to get him. Sadly, Just Getting Started never gets going. ★
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Mama Africa
Māori TV, 8.30pm Documentary celebration of the life of Miriam Makeba, the first South African musician to become an international star in the 1950s. She was an outspoken critic of apartheid and was forced to move to New York where she married Black Panther Stokely Carmichael. She returned to her homeland when Nelson Mandela became President. ★★★★