Today, Showtime announced that Mary-Kate Olsen will be joining the cast of Weeds as a love interest for Nancy Botwin's (Mary Louise Parker) son, Silas. Normally, I don't find cast additions to be that interesting but this one is definitely news-worthy.
For a generation of TV viewers, the names Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have become synonymous with safe, children's entertainment. I know that my daughters still enjoy an Olsen twins DVD every now and then and I will never forget being the only adult male in the theatre when I took them to see New York Minute. As I watched them grow up over the years, I often wondered if there would ever come a time when they would try and be taken seriously as actresses (the Olsen twins, not my daughters).
Well, it seems that time has come. By joining the cast of Weeds, Mary-Kate has declared that she is ready to be taken seriously and, more importantly, ready to work without her sister. All things being equal, I have always thought the Olsen sisters had what it took to be stars beyond their chldhood. I guess we will find out soon enough.
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5-25-2007 @ 10:07AM
khamel said...
i hope weeds get bad. it started getting a little strange at the end but it never veered too far off course. when does the next season start again?
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5-25-2007 @ 10:54AM
jim said...
I'm happy for Mary-Kate. I think work will be good for her before the tabloids destroy her.
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5-25-2007 @ 11:13AM
David said...
NOOOOOOOOOO!!! The best comedy on TV with her?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
And Silas needs more sex? He already got one girl knocked up.
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5-25-2007 @ 11:59AM
Kim said...
I wasn't impressed when I first heard of this, however, I'm willing to give her a chance. Weeds is an excellent show with excellent writers and I think it will be an excellent opportunity for Mary Kate to try to prove herself as an actress...I am surprised that she's supposedly going to be in 10 of the 15 episodes. That's a huge vote of confidence from TPTB.
khamel - Season 3 starts on August 13.
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5-25-2007 @ 12:28PM
Cody said...
So does this mean that Shoshannah Stern is officially not coming back if Silas moves on? She is a fantastic actress and really made the Silas storylines more sympathetic and interesting when she was in them.
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5-25-2007 @ 3:20PM
Melissa said...
I personally think they will always be Michelle, and I'll be expecting every other line of hers to be "you got it, dude."
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5-25-2007 @ 11:19PM
Dwayne Conyers said...
I'll watch the show despite MK replacing Shoshana...
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7-16-2007 @ 6:27PM
Vicki said...
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8-14-2007 @ 11:21AM
Bella said...
I am 100% looking to see what Mark-Kate Olsen can do on the show weeds with out her sister. I love that show and I can see her being Silas' love interest. I think it will be a good new addition.
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