Who is starring in elementary

We shot it in five days. This eight-day schedule is a luxury. Do you rule the set with an iron fist? How does it feel to be the boss?

You see that in theater quite a bit, colorblind casting. But in television they choose to stay black or white, and television has always been very groundbreaking, so it just made sense. It seems like Asian-American representation on TV is changing a lot right now. Is it changing? At the same time, it takes one person to really create that change and to be the person to upset that foundation for everyone else to follow.

It was on then, like ,14 years ago? I would never stop playing it. Write to Nolan Feeney at nolan. Elementary star Lucy Liu. By Nolan Feeney. Related Stories. Already a print subscriber? Go here to link your subscription. Need help? Visit our Help Center. But that was one of the reasons I was really excited about working on the show.

He was able to say, I want the depth of their relationship to constantly be up for discovery. They have this deep understanding of each other because their relationship started with her as his sober companion, as a support system. And then it changed and sort of metamorphosed over the course of the series.

At the end of last season she followed him to London, and then in episode two of this season, he ends up following her back, even going as far as to turn himself into the FBI. Was there ever a moment in that process where these two characters considered just going their separate ways? But they moved past that and discovered they were better together than they were apart. And I think in this season, they really start to see each other outside of just their partnership.

They see each other more in terms of their friendship. To me, those are the more interesting aspects of the show. Can you talk a little bit about your working relationship with Jonny? Because we both work in the same way. He started directing on the show, I started directing on the show. The high points to me are when we were all together. And I credit Rob as the person who really kept that foundation as strong as it was. That being said, Jonny and I work really well together.

So we try to support each other as much as we can, and I hope that will continue as time progresses. Because you do lose contact, that happens when you move on to other projects. What kinds of things were you looking for? To me, Marc Cherry is somebody who can really connect drama with comedy.

I love it, I live for it. Come on. It was kind of a no-brainer. I love the opportunity to really reach out and stretch those acting chops, the discovery and the exploration of different kinds of parts.

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