Young Timothy Oliphant got his leg at Hollywood's door in 1996, when he landed in a show whose title could collect several eyebrows. His name was "Mr and Mrs Smith", and it was two spies in a complicated romantic situation. No, it was not related to the great film of the same name that came out in 2005, nor was it linked to Alfred Hitchcock's romantic comedy since the 1940s. That 2005 movie has not plagiarized this earlier TV show, though, though, When I talked to the co-creator of '96 "Mr and Mrs. Smith" In 2024, he admitted that he could see how anyone could jump to that conclusion.

Who played Oliphant in the series? Unfortunately, he did not play the titular G -Din Smith - that role went to Scott Bacula. Instead, Oliphant was playing Skubi, a man who is part of G -Din Smith's spy team and of course looks like a cool, loyal friend. Unfortunately, Skubi turns out to be a double agent, and the pilot ends up with him to go completely evil and try to kill Mr and Mrs Smith with a gun.

I hate spoiling this small plot of plot on a nearly 30-year-old show that is no longer available on streaming, but be sure, it's still fun to watch Oliphant here, even if you know exactly what's going on. Oliphant's Scubi is the best part of that "M -and Mrs Smith" pilot, providing a great spark of energy in the episode that was otherwise slightly slow to today's standards.

This was Oliphant's last episode in the series, and the play itself will soon be canceled and unfortunately forgotten. But although Oliphant's big role was difficult, he probably hoped, he might have helped the actor find his next big deal. For a year, he was thrown into "Scream 2" (the best movie "Crick", in my modest opinion) Like Mickey Altieri, and it's hard not to wonder if "Mr and Mrs Smith" was the reason he got the part.

WARNING: Spoilers For the franchise "Crick" to follow.

Oliphant's "Skrir 2" character, Mickey, is a rarely favorite killer of fans in the franchise, mainly because he won't do much before his discovery. Of course, it is a more problem with the script, not with Oliphant himself; Scream fans are not bad about his performance, especially in the last act of the film when he goes a mask-off. Mickey is probably both the most dreaded and the least cute Ghostface in the films "Crick". He is motivated by the desire for fame, not in retaliation. Of course, the same can be said about the killer in "Scream 4" (which is better than you remember)but at least the villain had just in it for fame. They did not seem to have enjoyed the killing of the way Mickey did, though (nor did they go in such length to torment Neve Campbell's heroine, Sydney).

No one is involved in "Crick 2" has not deserved "Mr and Mrs Smith" for the oliferation of Mickey's role. Actually, when the crafts (Diversity Included) reported to join the cast "Skrir 2" to join the "Skrir 2" cast, they did not mention his turnaround in the show, preferring to exclude his short performance in the 1997 medical series "High incident".

However, perhaps Oliphant's previous play as Skubi helped to push the director of the casting of the film in his favor. Or maybe Scubi's playing forced Oliphant to realize that he wanted to play evil roles, which made him particularly eager to audit film as "Creek 2." When Diversity He asked him how he landed his role in "Crick" in the 2015 interview, Oliphant replied simply: "I have audited - many times. Why wouldn't I want to be in" scream "? I wanted to be in the first. "

After landing "Hide 2", one thing became clear: Oliphant did. As he explained in the same interview for 2015, "that the role of" Crick "was a very gift. I had nothing to do on my biography at that moment. I'm sure some of it is made up. It was a leap of faith that everyone took over. I am very grateful that they are ready to take that risk. "