Greg Pitts, who you know from Office Space and a bunch of other stuff, he is just great. We started him off as the father of my little sister's child that they had out of wedlock and they're still not married. We saw him as this kind of rednecky, party dude who used to be a big man on campus and now he's just kind of a loser. We saw him as a regular but not in the forefront and he just brought so much to the table that we stepped up his role in the show considerably.
Desmond Harrington, who has done a lot of film work and was on L.A. Dragnet, plays Wiley Blake. He makes the triangle in that relationship between White [the character played by Greg Pitts] and Jenna [Cameron's half-sister played by Amanda Walsh] cause he's her assistant manager at the coffee shop. He's just an incredible actor.
Dee Wallace ... incredible. Max Gail ... I mean who doesn't love him? He's just got such a presence. Every time I see him on screen it just kinda ... it kinda warms me. Dee just plays the passive-aggressive mother so perfectly.
The kids are all fantastic. Trevor Einhorn, who plays my son Henry, he used to be on Frasier as Frasier's son Frederick. He's incredible. And the little ones, the little four-year-olds ... people keep asking us "Wow. How can you do improv with kids?" It's like "Dude, they're the best ones!" Kids improvise by instinct. If you tell them just to go off, they'll just go off on a tear and start talking. You just use what you need and don't use the rest, you know. They're great. It makes a child actor a better actor when they're not actually saying a line.
SF: Sounds like a really strong cast.
FG: Yeah, they're really great. And to me when I watch it, it feels like a real family. I hope other people see it the same way. I'm real pleased. I'm pleased with all the episodes. I'm really pleased with the cast. The crew is great. It would just be really nice to do this more.
SF: Just overall, what do you think is gonna really set Sons & Daughters apart from the other shows dealing with families on TV?
FG: We are a ... we're not a dramedy because that usually references a one-hour [show]. But I would say that we're a com-ma.
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1 - Sue
this show is hysterical! can't wait for the next episode.