If The Breakfast Club had been filmed like The Real World, it might look something like My Generation, a docu-style drama chronicling nine fictional Austin high-school students over the last 10 years. Every actor plays both 18-year-old and 28-year-old versions of their characters.
Jaime King (Gary Unmarried), 31, plays Jackie Vachs, "the Beauty Queen," who went to Hollywood but came back to Austin with her dreams unfulfilled. "When she's young, she's open and vibrant and fun," King says. "And now she has a life she never would have chosen."
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My Generation showcases the firsts that young adults typically go through, and star Jaime King says the impact of what's happened in the last 10 years — Enron, 9/11 — will play a large role in the show as well.
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"It's not to say that it's heavy," co-star Julian Morris adds. "It's still...
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ER is bringing on a quartet of new recurring players for its final season — all of them playing interns at County General. According to the Reporter, Shiri Appleby (Roswell) and Julian Morris have been cast as siblings (she's smart, he tries to skate by on looks alone), Emily Rose (Brothers & Sisters) will play a controlling type who (all together now) rubs folks the wrong way, and Victor Rasuk's character is a native New Yorker henpecked by his wife. — Matt Mitovich
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