Casting for a television series is significantly different from casting for a movie or stage performance by being more than just finding the right ensemble of right Now; The creators should take into account the capacity of each actor for maturation and/or develop in their role, as well as their ability to work and play well with others. You may be able to get out of casting a bit of a little movie (though most directors I have spoken about to strictly discourage this line of thinking), but if someone is even just weak disputed during the casting process, they could To make every life miserable during long transportation, and it is not worth it.

Obviously, the creators and casting directors are trying to get it for the first time (which does not always happen, As "Gilligan Island" Master Sherwood Schwartz I would tell you), but a compromise is always necessary. Sometimes your first choice suddenly becomes unavailable, sometimes they want too much money, and sometimes the network or studio does not like and orders you to throw someone else (not TV, but Athonate Bennett withdrew briefly from "Medium Girls" for mixing in the studio).

And sometimes you say, "Screwed a compromise, I love this person and if you don't let me have them, I won't let you have the play." It is a baller move, the one that requires a serious contribution, but that is exactly what Donald P. had. Belisari in 2003 when he collected "NCIS".

When "NFIS" (originally titled "Navy: NSIS") was preparing to rotate from Belisario's "Jag", he had some special casting requests. The one who shouldn't have been very controversial was his desire to throw David McCallum, a veteran actor and Former Portrait of Fashion Plaque of Ilja Kurakin The original NBC of "Man of Uncle" NBC, as a medical examination, Dr. Donald "Daki" Malard.

Unfortunately, network suits tend to be ignorant of the history of their medium and pure agrost, so they were strenuous against throwing the then 70-year-old actor in such a prominent role. As Jamesesheims Witmore Runior recalled, who directed many episodes of NCIS Retrospective in 2023 in Hollywood reporter:

"When they threw David McCallum like Daki, the studio said:" No, we don't throw this old character actor in the role. " And Don (Belisario) said, 'If not, we don't make the show.' He was so serious about it.

What did CBS have against McCallum? According to the head of the network, it was his British. "The feeling was:" Can you do that? "He remembered. "This was such an American show."

CBS Studios President David Staff:

"I felt like the show would probably not do it also globally because it was a US military unit. So why would other countries accept that? But I think (returns) to the universality of good versus evil, and caring for people. "

The studio gave up, paving the way for McCalum's Daci to become one of the most beloved characters of the series until his death at the age of 90 in 2023. The lesson? Stick to your pistols, especially when you have already mixed the Gazilion's mixture through other hit series (in the case of Belisari, these would be the original Tom Selek, "Magnum Pi" and "Jag").