A heartbreaker to report tonight: according to Deadline, casting director Peggy Kennedy has died, a week after being diagnosed with cancer.You probably don't know Kennedy's name, but you know her handiwork. She started out as a casting assistant on memorable series like L.A. Law and Chicago Hope, before leaving an indelible fingerprint in the business when she partnered with Debi Manwiller to become a well-known team in the casting circles.
How well-known? Well, Kennedy and Manwiller cast two of my favorite series of the last decade - 24 and most recently, Human Target. For those two shows alone, and all the wonderful talent she introduced me to through them, I certainly owe her a debt of gratitude.
She will be missed.
Brittany Frederick
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It;s so sweet of you guys to post about her, people never get to see the behind the scenes people and they play such an important role.
ReplyDeleteThat's awful. Having only one week to try to come to terms with, make arrangements for, grieve over, and probably (although as I'm not sure whether she knew she was so close to death at the time she was diagnosed) possibly even thinking about treatment options, and how to go about handling such upsetting news... My apologies to her and her loved ones- although somehow I doubt they're on spoilertv.com very often- never mind so soon after her death... So I guess teletyp-athic best wishes and condolences... Sorry. perhaps that was a rude joke.
ReplyDeleteAnyways on another subject, with regards to human target- please everyone watch it in the primetime slot, or if you absolutely cannot be there to watch it then watch it either via fox.com/hulu or ctv.ca if you're canadian. I am ashamed to admit it but I really enjoy survivor- but I'll watch it online or with timeshifting because it is so important (if you enjoy human target) to try to help save it before it's too late).
Also visit http://humantarget-tv.info/Renewal/ for some other ways you can help try to save the show if you like it.
I would also suggest for those of us who are fans and discuss the show online- there are a lot of complaints due to recent changes and if there is even the slightest possibility these negative critiques contribute to the decision whether or not to cancel, please keep that in mind before posting a critical remark- I can fully appreciate some of the S2 changes have yet to prove themselves as positive additions- I mean, I think the thief is alright, themesong bleurg, and pucci well- need I say more? But we've only just begun the season, don't know what will evolve as of yet- and should not only give them a chance prior to griping in thread after thread after thread (re: imdb mainly) and even should they prove to be a detriment in the end- I can almost certainly state without a doubt that the show will still be good either despite or in part because of said changes.. And I really think it looks bad when you go to a forum about the show and see 85% of the fanbase complaining about one aspect or another of the season we almost didn't get to begin with.
Furthermore, if you've never seen Human Target, or heard of it, or maybe even saw one episode or a clip or a promo and just figured it wasn't for you- please give it a first, or second, or even third chance. I'm a female in my early twenties and I VERY rarely enjoy actiony spy/weapon/hero v villains/bang-blast-explosion-gunfire-stunt-tacular shows or films and I love this show. I just happened to be visiting my mom for the holidays last year, and she was watching it (a re-run of embassy row I believe, or the original airing not sure)- and I wasn't particularly impressed but then when I got back home and settled later that week I found to my GREAT surprise that I was too eager to watch the episodes that had aired prior to embassy row to unpack that night, and, more suprisingly- here I was really enjoying the show.
So, anyways, please please please... Help save this show. I know it's an awkward segue from death to a show's fate and I'll post this same message elsewhere just on the off chance it's a more appropriate placement and gets more views- but I don't think my post here should be altered or removed or even considered all that off base, because her casting efforts for Human Target literally took it from being a potential garbage-pit to a show where even the biggest explosions, most difficult missions, and the flashiest spy/assassin tools of the trade never overshadow the actors- and make for a very enjoyable hour of television.