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Subject: Re: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Reboot Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar Nears Hulu Pilot Order With Chloe Zhao Directing By Nellie Andreeva February 3, 2025 12:30pm
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On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 14:57:26 -0500, Robin Miller
<robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>shawn wrote:
>> On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 12:42:15 -0500, Robin Miller
>> <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>> anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>> Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> Ian J. Ball wrote:
>>>>>> On 2/3/25 6:15 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2/3/25 5:49 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://deadline.com/2025/02/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-reboot-sarah-michelle-gellar-hulu-pilot-chloe-zhao-1236273767/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>> 
>> snip
>> 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And perhaps more importantly, she played dub dub in THE MIDDLEMAN!
>>>>
>>>> (Well? I am waiting?)
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Middleman!
>>>
>>> But two questions:
>>>
>>> You know that Natalie Morales played Dub Dub. So who are you referring to?
>>>
>>> And what happened to Matt Keeslar, the Middleman himself? IMDb lists
>>> only four credits after "The Middleman" in 2008, the last in 2015.
>> 
>> 
>>  From Wikipedia:
>> 
>> Keeslar retired from acting in 2010, citing financial difficulties and
>> a lack of work, and went on to pursue a career in science. He wrote an
>> essay about his struggles with his acting career and subsequent
>> decision to enroll at Portland Community College.[3] He graduated Phi
>> Beta Kappa from Reed College with a biology degree in May 2014. His
>> biology thesis explored the effects of antimalarials on the brains of
>> frogs.[4]
>> 
>> Keeslar became a practicing PA-C (certified physician assistant). He
>> is an instructor of urology at the Oregon Health & Science
>> University's School of Medicine.[5]
>> 
>> https://www.ohsu.edu/providers/matthew-keeslar-pa-c
>> 
>
>
>Thanks, Shawn. I think I may remember that now. Maybe I asked the 
>question 10 years ago and forgot the answer.  :-)
>
>Too bad, I liked him. He was great in "The Middleman."

I liked him too but acting is a rough gig. Even if you have the looks
and some acting ability you still need a good deal of luck. I guess he
didn't have the luck needed to keep his career going and not enough
dedication to keep hitting his head against that rejection brick wall.