HOW RICHARD DAWSON FINALLY BROKE THE UNBREAKABLE SERGEANT SCHULTZ
I remember sitting on a stage in a drafty convention hall in the late nineties, leaning into a microphone that kept buzzing. A young man in the front…
THE DAY THE HELMET FINALLY SAW NOTHING AT ALL
The interviewer leans back in his chair, the studio lights reflecting off a small, grey, metallic object resting on the coffee table between him and his guest. He…
THE LONELIEST MAN IN BOOT CAMP: WHY DAVID SCHWIMMER MADE THE CAST HATE HIM
Before a single frame of the most expensive miniseries in HBO history was filmed, the cast of Band of Brothers was sent to hell. To accurately recreate the…
A WALK IN THE WINTER WOODS CHANGED HOW THEY REMEMBERED EVERYTHING
It was the dead of winter when they finally went back to the woods. More than a decade had passed since the cameras had stopped rolling on the…
THE RADIO WAS FAKE… BUT THE MEMORY BROUGHT THEM TO THEIR KNEES
The sun was beginning to dip behind the soundstages at the old Desilu lot, casting long, skeletal shadows across the cracked pavement. It was a quiet afternoon, the…
THE DAY COLONEL KLINK SALUTED THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
The lights in the studio were dimmed just enough to make the atmosphere feel intimate, like a conversation between old friends rather than a televised interview for a…
THE HEAVY GHOST OF BRECOURT MANOR: WHEN DAMIAN LEWIS REALIZED THE TRUTH ABOUT DICK WINTERS
It is one thing to read about a hero in a history book. It is an entirely different, terrifying thing to realize you have to become him. When…
A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN THE SWAMP… DAVID OGDEN STIERS NEVER FORGOT.
The studio lights always felt a little too hot when the clock crawled past midnight. They were filming on Stage 9, and the air was thick with the…
THEY HEARD ONE SOUND AND FIFTEEN YEARS OF MEMORIES CAME RUSHING BACK
It was supposed to be a standard museum visit. More than a decade had passed since the cameras stopped rolling on the set of Band of Brothers. The…
THE CHOPPER BLADES STOPPED… BUT THE SILENCE WAS EVEN LOUDER.
The sun was high over the Malibu hills, casting long, sharp shadows across the dry brush and the jagged rocks that once stood in for a world away….