Steven Pasquale
Don't worry, we cringed too when Steven Pasquale burst into song in the latest episode of Rescue Me.
But once the shock wore off — and we realized that Pasquale could still make Sean Garrity hilariously stupid while singing — it became apparent that creators Denis Leary and Peter Tolan had put some thought into the song-and-dance routines. (That's right, routines; there are more to come.)
"Those would be my fault," Tolan told TVGuide.com. "We were sort of looking for a way to showcase Steve's singing, and this seemed like the most natural way — these fantasies while he was being prepped for surgery or after. The good thing is they're all on story. The first one is more naturalistic — there's sort of an MTV feel to the second half of it, but it feels a little more grounded. Then they just spin out of control."
Pasquale has a history with ...
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Steven Pasquale and John Scurti, Rescue Me
Rescue Me fans have laughed at Sean Garrity for five seasons, but with the revelation in Tuesday's episode that Garrity has kidney cancer, Steven Pasquale's character will be more than just a punch line.
Despite the heavy subject matter, Pasquale says playing this story arc is "great fun." He particularly enjoyed the emotional breakdown at the doctor's office when Garrity learns his problems are more serious than just back pain. "I've been playing such comic relief on the show for so many years that it was good to get back to having some really serious material for a couple of episodes," Pasquale told TVGuide.com.
But don't look for Garrity to stay weepy ...
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Wipeout by Adam Larkey/ABC
First, some good news before the bad: July is less than a week away, and a month that once upon a time signified the absolute doldrums for TV fans now looms like an oasis of bountiful pleasures, with returning shows on the horizon including The Closer, Burn Notice, the Monk-Psych combo, and the piece de resistance of Mad Men's second season. (You’ll also want to add HBO’s gripping Generation Kill docudrama miniseries to your calendar.) Naturally, this is all on cable, but this is still especially good news after the dismal reality circus of June, capped by the current week’s onslaught of ridiculous time-wasters.More than ever, I’ve been feeling trapped in a bizarro world, as if I’d bought a subscription to a season of “To Each Their Own” theater. I know there are people out there who get their jollies at watching elaborate and messy pratfalls accompanied by snarky commentary—the model being Spike’s MXC, which I found mildly amusing until ...
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Denis Leary by Timothy White/FX
The summer would be just a little less hot without the boys from Ladder 62 Fortunately FX is keeping our Rescue Me passion stoked with 10 minisodes Tuesdays at 10 pmET and also at Cracklecom The five-minute standalone vignettes will premiere June 24 as a sort of preview to the strike-delayed fifth season which isnt kicking off until April 09 Series cocreator and star Denis Leary chatted with us about those as well as the status of Tatum ONeal Mike FlahertyTV Guide These minisodes seem ideally suited for a show like Rescue MeDennis Leary Yeah It would be really hard for another drama to do them But we have comedy and drama as well as giant action sequences which play well in small doses People will get a taste of everything they like about the showTV Guide Tell me about a couple of the plotlinesLeary In one Sean Garrity Steven Pasquale spills a drink in his bed while the guys are asleep in the bunkroom and he decides to climb into bed with Tomm
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Per Variety, Reiko Aylesworth (24) and Steven Pasquale (Rescue Me) have grabbed the leads in Alien vs. Predator 2, to start filming next week in Vancouver.... Ron Howard is on board to direct a film adaptation of Frost/Nixon, a play currently earning raves on the West End about the famed 1977 television interviews between David Frost and Richard Nixon.... Per the Hollywood Reporter, Cate Blanchett is set to star in Cancer Vixen: A True Story, based on the memoir of Marisa Acocella Marchetto, a fashionista cartoonist for Glamour and the New Yorker.
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Tatum O'Neal, Rescue Me
Although life hasn't always been a paper moon for Tatum O'Neal, it's been great practice for braving the boys' club of FX's Rescue Me (Tuesdays at 10 pm/ET).
TV Guide: Your Rescue Me character, Maggie Gavin, is the sister of Denis Leary's Tommy Gavin. Describe her.
Tatum O'Neal: What you see is a real broad, a Queens woman who doesn't think before she speaks and is extreme in everything — extreme in her drinking, extreme in her men, extreme in her language, extreme in her opinions. Extreme all the way.
TV Guide: How did she get that way?
O'Neal: Maybe it's because s
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Question: Considering the wonderful praise given to Rescue Me by you as well as other critics, it saddens me that this show seems to be snubbed come nomination time. It's made plenty of critics' Top 10 lists and I'm happy it made AFI's list. It simply amazes me how Denis Leary does not get an acting or writing nomination for Tommy Gavin and Season 2 for the Golden Globes. It's not the first time a deserving series has been ignored, but I am just surprised given the "FX is the new HBO" attitude as of late. In HBO's prime, it got tons of nominations. Finally, what saddens me most of all is that the ensemble of this show will simply never be recognized. Jack McGee and Daniel Sunjata deserve recognition for their story lines. The wonderful work of Steven Pasquale, John Scurti and Michael Lombardi will never be awarded since their story lines are mostly comedic in a dramatic program, even though the show would not work without them. The drama is so poignant because we are able to laugh with ...
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