Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Robin Miller Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv 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 Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 15:21:35 -0500 Lines: 76 Message-ID: References: <1554801279.760326364.358919.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <1563577865.760327881.490572.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <988588013.760372310.504366.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <18t4qjhsuohvhho32ubrg3laf862tl39qu@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net TC6ERsrsGbmazwGKHUi59w885YBKQMXEKNdxDAdv5dwuAR2gJG Cancel-Lock: sha1:godoSEw6J/olSvzrar13D/+cKRQ= sha256:+f6jxjlDs5xmM53BLpDW+UwJA+vRRt2yq1hHWQ7EpcA= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.20 In-Reply-To: <18t4qjhsuohvhho32ubrg3laf862tl39qu@4ax.com> X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 250204-6, 2/4/2025), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Bytes: 4002 shawn wrote: > On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 14:57:26 -0500, Robin Miller > wrote: > >> shawn wrote: >>> On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 12:42:15 -0500, Robin Miller >>> wrote: >>> >>>> anim8rfsk wrote: >>>>> Robin Miller wrote: >>>>>> Ian J. Ball wrote: >>>>>>> On 2/3/25 6:15 PM, anim8rfsk wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ian J. Ball 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. > I remember reading that Terry O'Quinn said he was considering leaving acting before he was cast in "Lost." --Robin