Erica Durance as Wonder Woman on “Harry’s Law”
Erica Durance dons a Wonder Woman costume — in fact, the costume that was used for the Adrianne Palicki pilot — in an upcoming episode of “Harry’s Law.” Durance played Lois Lane on “Smallville,” and in one episode donned “Amazon Princess” garb.
She’s even closer to Wonder Woman in the “Harry’s Law” episode, where she plays a psychologically damaged woman who retreats into a Wonder Woman persona.
She tells TV Guide it was “a little daunting.”
“I’m really very respectful of the people that love this character,” she said. “I do take it very seriously. As a side note, just to be light about it, any woman wearing tight pants is not super excited the first time she puts them on. [Laughs] I wasn’t exactly, you know, tight pants- or underwear-ready.”
She said, in fact, she was happier to wear the long pants of Wonder Woman than the more traditional short-shorts.
“I’m very grateful for the pants,” she told TV Guide. “I know that people were very excited about the underwear and seeing them. To be quite frank, I don’t know if I could’ve done the underwear justice at this point in time and it might have been more upsetting for people to see me in them than to not, so I think the pants are a safe bet for me.”
Durance’s episode of “Harry’s Law” airs Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 8 p.m. Central on NBC.
- Matt Price
Click past the cut for another photo of Erica Durance in the Wonder Woman outfit from “Harry’s Law,” and her “Amazon Princess” costume from “Smallville.”
Zombies may represent our darkest fears
A sign promoting zombie preparadness is seen in a hardware store in Omaha, Neb., Monday, Oct. 10, 2011.
What makes the zombie genre so popular? I looked at some reasons for this Halloween story for The Oklahoman.
“Every dead body that is not exterminated becomes one of them. It gets up and kills. The people it kills get up and kill.”
— Dr. Foster (“Dawn of the Dead,” 1978)
Arguably the most popular horror subgenre of the past decade has been the zombie tale, with motion picture hits including “Zombieland,” “Shaun of the Dead,” and the “Resident Evil” series. People have even taken to dressing like zombies in “Zombie Walks” in various parts of the world, including in Oklahoma City. (In 2010, fake blood left by a zombie walk led to a brief police investigation.)
But what has led to the ongoing appeal of these brain-eating, slow-witted monsters? Maybe it’s a way of facing our fears.
Hayley Atwell on Captain America: The First Avenger DVD; Robot Chicken season 5 giveaway; Punisher TV show
Hayley Atwell is on the Planet 46 NewsOK Comics Podcast; a Punisher TV pilot is in the works; and you could win Robot Chicken season 5.
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Adrianne Palicki’s Wonder Woman will wear short pants, too
Wonder Woman, as played by Adrianne Palicki, will have yet another look, according to TV Line. In addition to the shiny costume with blue boots (shown above) and the second, similar look with red boots revealed in recent set photos, Palicki will also wear a costume revealing more leg, similar to Lynda Carter’s 1970s look.
“There was an initial outcry about the long pants – you know, skintight pants as opposed to those little shorts [worn by Lynda Carter in the original TV series],” NBC’s Robert Greenblatt tells TVLine.com. “But the shorts were always planned. They are actually used in the final confrontation when she beats Veronica Cale (played by Elizabeth Hurley).”
- Matt Price
Wonder Woman on TV: What are your thoughts?
Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman
It was recently reported that David E. Kelley was developing Wonder Woman as a TV series. The character was the focus of a 1970s TV series starring Lynda Carter.
With “Superman” and “Batman” set for movie screens in the near future under the auspices of Christopher Nolan, and “Green Lantern” and “Flash” waiting in the wings, is TV a good home for Wonder Woman? Does the character make more sense in episodic TV than in a big-budget feature? Or is this another example of Hollywood’s problem with strong female roles?
Also, are you excited for David E. Kelley’s take on the character? What do you expect?
Share your thoughts in the comments!
- Matt Price
Tuesday TV quote challenge #7
“We’re ruined because we get these things and wish for what we had.”
Identify who said the above quote in what show in the comments!
Tuesday TV quote challenge #6
“Sidehackin’ is the thing to do/When it doesn’t hurt to have a low IQ.”
Identify who said the above quote in what show in the comments!
Andrew Lincoln is The Walking Dead’s Rick Grimes
Andrew Lincoln in "Love Actually."
Andrew Lincoln, perhaps best known for his role in “Love Actually,” has landed the role of Rick Grimes in “The Walking Dead,” based on the Image Comics graphic novels written by Robert Kirkman, according to THR.
“Andrew Lincoln, wow–what an amazing find this guy is,” Kirkman tells THR. “Writing Rick Grimes month after month in the comic series, I had no idea he was an actual living breathing human being and yet here he is. I couldn’t be more thrilled with how this show is coming together.”
In “The Walking Dead,” Grimes is a small-town police officer who leads a band of survivors in an apocalyptic, zombie-filled world.
- Matt Price
Cassidy Freeman’s Tess Mercer brings complexities to Smallville Season 8 DVD
The eighth season of the CW series “Smallville” comes to DVD today, featuring Clark Kent’s battle with Doomsday, the character that in the comics, killed Superman.
Season 8 of “Smallville” introduced another villain to the mythos – Tess Mercer, played by Cassidy Freeman. Freeman has an Oklahoma connection – her grandmother lives in Tulsa, and Freeman visits the state frequently.
Freeman provides commentary on episode 7 of “Smallville” Season 8 for the DVD, along with director Mairzee Almas and executive producer Brian Peterson.
It’s Freeman’s first DVD commentary, though she said she often provides commentary during “Smallville” watch parties with her and her brother.
“We watch as much as we can in real time,” Freeman said in a phone interview. While some actors don’t like to watch their performances, Freeman finds it helpful.
“You want to learn from everything you’re doing,” she said, saying that sometimes she’ll notice something new watching a scene again on television.
Freeman had nothing but praise for the work of the “Smallville” cast, which includes Tom Welling (Clark Kent), Erica Durance (Lois Lane) and Justin Hartley (Green Arrow).
“They really did a good job of getting quality people,” Freeman said.
Freeman knew Hartley before joining the cast of “Smallville,” from working on a CW pilot called “Austin Golden Hour.” When that fell through, she moved over to “Smallville,” as Tess. In Season 8, Tess is running Lex Luthor’s company, as Luthor was presumed dead.
Tess Mercer is a new character, though she has some similarities in her name to two former Luthor assistants, Miss Tessmacher from “Superman: The Movie” and Mercy from the comic books and “Superman: The Animated Series.” But Tess’ story is uniquely part of “Smallville.”
“It lends itself to a lot more complexities,” Freeman said. “It’s more fun to play the passionate person. I get to do good and bad things depending on how I feel, on my passion and what drives me. And that’s human, and that’s more interesting than playing what’s already been written.”
- by Matthew Price
From Tuesday’s The Oklahoman
Former Witchblade star set to ‘Kick Ass’
RICHARDSON, Texas – Yancy Butler, who starred as NYPD detective Sara Pezzini on the TNT drama “Witchblade,” will take on another comic-book role, in an upcoming film based on a comic book by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.
Butler appeared at the Dallas Comic-Con in Richardson, Texas, last weekend, and appeared on a panel hosted by Devin Pike of redcarpetcrash.com. She talked about her career and current projects with the gathered fans.
