When you sign a seven-year contract, what are some of the things that need to be in place? That's how I got my union card.ĭo you interact with the extras on the show now? I don't, I remember I also auditioned for the Oliver Stone film "Born On The Fourth of July" as an extra. We were background, and a number – not a person I was an extra for many years and the extra stories vary. We can't read." He put in some lights and I remember cockroaches running off the furniture. I said to a grip, "There are no lights in here. So the rules were that you needed a light and have a dial phone. I was doing a Woody Allen film 100 years ago – my memory of it is that it got dark and we were sitting in a tent with no lights – this is in the day of dial phones, no cell phones. You got your SAG card from doing work as an extra. I'm going to have to remember, "Sorry buddy – S.A.G." And if I save a life and break a nail, I'll be sued. I'm telling you, if you need a thoracotomy, I can do it! Someone's going to fall down at the airport and they're going to yell "Doctor!" and I'll lurch forward and have to remember we are in a nation that sues. I even had to learn what bicarb did otherwise I can't do it.Īre you better at the medical jargon now? Unrestrained means "not wearing a seatbelt." I actually asked the writers if it'd possible to be unrestrained in the newer vehicles and they said it was. PSI is "passenger-side intrusion," meaning the passenger side was hit. I have to learn what every single thing is so when I have a line like, "MVC with a positive PSI, unrestrained, push two amps of bicarb," I have to break it down: MVC is "motor vehicle collision". The language is very hard because it doesn't mean anything to me. That creates ways that you can shut down, so I think each character has something they're really trying to move forward with that gets in the way of work, and that's when it's interesting. I'll say this because I'm divorced: divorce is a backstory and is its own tragedy for anyone who has been through it.
There's more tragedy for some than for others, so it's created a certain way she has of working and maybe a certain shut down-ness. I think of all the people I know and everyone has a backstory of some kind. We'll delve more into that because her backstory has created a certain attitude in life for her. Will we see more of your character's backstory? She's a General in some ways and that's fantastic. I'm a woman in my 50s and no one has to come to me to say play this fierce rich General. For us, the problem isn't getting the stories, it's the way we tell them, not sentimental but authentic. The stories are universal and there are infinite possibilities for drama. Why will people like this show more than some of the other medical shows? "Code Black" premiers tonight 10PM/9c on CBS.
But she's only scary on camera – about how talented she is. "She has most of the technical jargon and is pro. "Marcia is the best," he reveals to HNGN exclusively. Thanks to an impressive ensemble cast that also includes Bonnie Somerville, Raza Jaffrey, Luis Guzmán, and Benjamin Hollingsworth viewers will be glad she did too and something co-star Hollingsworth attests to. "I could see a kind of generosity in the characters and the doctors and thought it's something I wanted to do," she reveals. That was until she watched the documentary the show is based and carefull read the script. And then they say cut and you can't use your cell phone! "I don't want to do a medical show, surrounded by 9,000 extras, in some high energy thing where you pretend with your hands, placing them in sticky blood. "Years ago I did 'Chicago Hope' episode as a guest star, not in a doctor role," Harden told HNGN and a small group of reporters while promoting the show as the Television Critics Association Press Tour in July. Her portrayal is effortless, so its surprising to hear that doing a medical drama, especially something as fast paced and dialogue heavy as this, was the last thing she wanted.
On the surface this part looks like it was written specifically for Harden.