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Guide: Grosse Pointe
What do you
get when one of TV's most successful producers takes a satirical
look back at the very genre that made him famous? The answer: Grosse
Pointe. Darren Star, the creator/producer of Sex in the City,
Melrose Place and Beverly Hills 90210, has culled
his years of experience in an hilarious look behind the scenes of
one of TV's hottest hits: in this case, the fictitious primetime
soap Grosse Pointe.
The onscreen
melodrama of unwanted pregnancies, flagrant infidelity, and occasional
bouts of amnesia are nothing compared to what happens when the cameras
aren't rolling.
Johnny Lane
(Al Santos), who
plays hunky hero Brad, is a womanizing surfer who's lucky to be
able to read his lines much less be a superstar. Courtney Bennet
(Bonnie Somerville)
is a "serious" Broadway actress who turns her nose up at TV, but
can't turn down the money. Hunter Fallow (Irene
Molloy) is the series' reigning sexpot who sees Courtney's cleavage
as a threat to her star status. Rounding out the cast is young stud
Quentin King (Kohl
Sudduth) and his secret hairpiece; and Marcy "network connection"
Sternfeld (Lindsay
Sloane, That 70's Show, Sabrina the Teenage Witch),
and her neurotic denial of this fact.
Shot in a realistic,
single-camera style, Grosse Pointe follows the lives of young
actors trying to adjust to the demands of their hormones and their
instant stardom.
The Cast:
Irene Molloy
Al Santos
Lindsay Sloane
Kohl Sudduth
Bonnie Sommerville
Production
Staff:
Directed by Andy Fleming (Dick, The Craft) and executive produced
by Darren Star for Artists Television Group.
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