Jared Harris already knew his character's
fate on Mad Men, the brisk spring morning he sat before a small group of
visiting, out-of-town journalists, from as far away as France, the U.K. and
Israel.
True to Mad Men tradition, though, Harris was sworn to secrecy. Mum's the word. He had signed a non-disclosure form to that effect, he added in his droll, West London accent. Mad Men's brain trust, in the person of writer-creator-producer Matthew Weiner, is, well, mad about secrecy.
It was never like this in the days Harris' late father, Irish acting leg-end Richard Harris, played King Arthur in the original, 1967 musical Camelot, or even when his late father played Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films.
We live in the world, though, and the world is now thus.
By now, followers of television's most sophisticated,Buy high quality bedding and bed linen from Yorkshire Linen. deeply textured drama know that Lane Pryce, Harris' character and the chief financial officer at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, committed suicide at the end of the June 3 episode, titled - true to Mad Men's oblique tradition - Commissions and Fees.This page contains information about tooling.
When Mad Men returns for its fifth-season finale June 10, Sterling Cooper staff will still be feeling the reverberations of Pryce's hanging himself in his office - this, after bungling an earlier, more private suicide attempt.
The reasons are known to Mad Men's audience, if not the characters in the show. Pryce felt overwhelmed by shame and financial pressure. He had forged the signature of senior partner Don Draper on a Christmas bonus cheque that was never delivered. Draper found out, and insisted that Pryce resign, agreeing to keep Pryce's transgression between them.We are the largest producer of projectorlamp products here. When Mad Men returns, Draper alone will know the reason the firm's junior partner took such a drastic step: Pryce left no suicide note.
Pryce's untimely end marks the end of a strange and serendipitous journey for Harris. He was originally signed to appear in one episode, and even that was shrouded in mystery. The lines,Bathroom floortiles at Great Prices from Topps Tiles. or "sides," Harris read at his audition never made it into the series. He later learned they were never intended to be.
Weiner told him at the time that his character might or might not return. It all depended on how things were going at the time, whether it was working, whether the wind was blowing in the right direction, whether it was sunny or cloudy that day, or in what direction the chicken entrails pointed.
"I really had no idea how involved I would be at the beginning. Matt said it would be one episode, maybe more, we'll see. They gave themselves the option of writing me into 10 episodes if they wanted, which is a standard deal they do with characters who may or may not develop, so I really had no idea. For me, it was just one episode at first - that's how I looked at it. There might be more. I was going to have to audition each time, each episode, to do a good job."
Left to his own devices, Harris viewed Lane Pryce as an outsider hiding a personal secret - much like Don Draper -trying to reinvent himself in a new world. Harris' own journey to the new world mirrored his character's, to some extent.We offer you the top quality plasticmoulds design
"I come from a great acting family, but I think they had in mind for me that I was going to be a teacher or lawyer or something like that," Harris said. "And that's why I came to America. I didn't like the future they were mapping out for me.
True to Mad Men tradition, though, Harris was sworn to secrecy. Mum's the word. He had signed a non-disclosure form to that effect, he added in his droll, West London accent. Mad Men's brain trust, in the person of writer-creator-producer Matthew Weiner, is, well, mad about secrecy.
It was never like this in the days Harris' late father, Irish acting leg-end Richard Harris, played King Arthur in the original, 1967 musical Camelot, or even when his late father played Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films.
We live in the world, though, and the world is now thus.
By now, followers of television's most sophisticated,Buy high quality bedding and bed linen from Yorkshire Linen. deeply textured drama know that Lane Pryce, Harris' character and the chief financial officer at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, committed suicide at the end of the June 3 episode, titled - true to Mad Men's oblique tradition - Commissions and Fees.This page contains information about tooling.
When Mad Men returns for its fifth-season finale June 10, Sterling Cooper staff will still be feeling the reverberations of Pryce's hanging himself in his office - this, after bungling an earlier, more private suicide attempt.
The reasons are known to Mad Men's audience, if not the characters in the show. Pryce felt overwhelmed by shame and financial pressure. He had forged the signature of senior partner Don Draper on a Christmas bonus cheque that was never delivered. Draper found out, and insisted that Pryce resign, agreeing to keep Pryce's transgression between them.We are the largest producer of projectorlamp products here. When Mad Men returns, Draper alone will know the reason the firm's junior partner took such a drastic step: Pryce left no suicide note.
Pryce's untimely end marks the end of a strange and serendipitous journey for Harris. He was originally signed to appear in one episode, and even that was shrouded in mystery. The lines,Bathroom floortiles at Great Prices from Topps Tiles. or "sides," Harris read at his audition never made it into the series. He later learned they were never intended to be.
Weiner told him at the time that his character might or might not return. It all depended on how things were going at the time, whether it was working, whether the wind was blowing in the right direction, whether it was sunny or cloudy that day, or in what direction the chicken entrails pointed.
"I really had no idea how involved I would be at the beginning. Matt said it would be one episode, maybe more, we'll see. They gave themselves the option of writing me into 10 episodes if they wanted, which is a standard deal they do with characters who may or may not develop, so I really had no idea. For me, it was just one episode at first - that's how I looked at it. There might be more. I was going to have to audition each time, each episode, to do a good job."
Left to his own devices, Harris viewed Lane Pryce as an outsider hiding a personal secret - much like Don Draper -trying to reinvent himself in a new world. Harris' own journey to the new world mirrored his character's, to some extent.We offer you the top quality plasticmoulds design
"I come from a great acting family, but I think they had in mind for me that I was going to be a teacher or lawyer or something like that," Harris said. "And that's why I came to America. I didn't like the future they were mapping out for me.
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