In three weeks, the Coens wrote a script with a title role written specifically for actor John Turturro, with whom they'd been working on Miller's Crossing.
Greg Daniels said since the Parks and Recreation characters had now been established in the second season, the writers were able to write more specifically for the actors.
The character of Astrid Peth was written for Minogue; Davies later stated that Minogue was a "very exceptional case": he considered writing a role specifically for one actor "dangerous territory" because the desired actor may be unavailable or decline the part.
Not only did the role seem written specifically for the actor, it also seemed as if he might have been the real-life model: a stubborn old codger who refused to surrender his independence, an irascible (but lovable) survivor of all wars, political and domestic.
I had written the scene specifically for that actor.
Maybe this is because, as co-writer Henoch says, "Many of the characters were inspired by real people we've encountered or were written specifically for the actor".
After all, only when black, east Asian and other minority actors get a crack at roles that weren't written specifically for non-white actors, but which are just fantastically good parts, will we be able to celebrate the untapped talent and have a theatre that genuinely reflects the world we live in.
This particular night, however, would have been a very bad night for Plan B, since 99% of the audience were there not for my theatrical chutzpah; they were there specifically for my second actor.
Warren had written the part of Annie Walker specifically for Speed, another actor from his Children's Hour days, who was close to retiring from her full-time job as a secretary with the Guinness brewery.
"Most of the commercial roles that I book are not written specifically for an Asian actor.
And enjoyable unto themselves, regardless of the quality of the plot for the DLC (which itself was actually good, too, with tons of media, including live actors created specifically for the expansion).
