Wow, I am in shock at what some people will say years later about the people they worked with on a particular show. Although this article is completely negative, I felt it was necessary to share it here, since it’ll be splashed everywhere anyway (or already is!).
Dawson’s Creek (which Katie Holmes starred in) show runner Tom Kapinos had some harsh things to say about the show and the stars. I couldn’t believe what this man said! He spoke at a Los Angeles Times’ Envelope Emmy screening panel about his show Californication yesterday (June 2).
The stars of Dawson's Creek
Check out what he had to say about Dawson’s Creek:
In talking about the genesis of Californication, Tom explained: “The idea came out of my own misery of working on Dawson’s Creek. I came out here to write screenplays, and I ended up on Dawson’s Creek, which was very lucrative and fun, but it was not what I wanted to do.”
Well, you have to start somewhere right?
He didn’t stop there either.
“The experience was miserable,” he continued about Dawson’s. “But it was a four-year boot camp. It was like going to TV grad school and learning how to run a television show. Anybody on that show who could make a decision was allowed to run it at some point. I inherited the very awkward college years, and I almost ran the show into the ground. But I learned everything that I needed to know about how to run a show.”
What did he have to say about the show’s stars? Nothing nice, that’s for sure.
When the panel moderator asked, “What was it specifically that made it such a challenge?” Tom dropped this bomb: “It was the four monstrous actors at the core of it.”
The audience erupted in laughter as Tom continued, saying: “They were very young, and they got very famous, and they made life miserable for any writer or producer on the show.”
What do you think about Tom’s comments? I would love to hear what you have to say!
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