Crash Series Production Blog

From Iraq to Hollywood

starz_mktg — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:28:57 GMT

by Jake McLaughlin (Bo Olinville)

"After much deliberation, with $200 dollars in my bank account and a brand new baby, I took the risk and spent the last of my money on a flight to Los Angeles."

Four Takes is Perfect

starz_mktg — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:21:38 GMT

by Tess Harper (Wendy Olinville)

"I worked on Wendy’s character development by doing research on diabetes, and coming up with the back-story for my character."

Re: The Inside Story on My Tattoos

MsFelix — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:52:28 GMT

Nick - what nationality are you? Middle Eastern, yes?? I loved your character the first season and was sad to see you leave! Between you and Ross (Kenny), you two give/gave Crash some "heat" (sexy heat, I mean)!! :-) My ex-husband was Arabic, that's why I asked about your nationality, not to offend.

I loved your rough character on Crash and I thought you performed it TOP NOTCH! What is in the future for you, anything I can look forward to?? Wishing you all the best, and stay the sexy man you are!! :)

Re: Going To The Edge

MsFelix — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:45:53 GMT

Ross - you are my absolute favorite character on Crash!! For whatever reason, I just think you're HOT & SEXY!! :-) I actually like your character better working with Eric Roberts than when you were a cop dealing with Inez. There's just something about you...maybe it's because you're Scottish and my uncle married a lady from Glasgow. :-)

Either way, I wish you would post a more recent blog and let us know your thoughts on this season's episodes. The whole cast does an excellent job (this season is WAY better than last season), especially since they got Hopper to calm down. His character was just way too crazy for me. :-)

All the best to you and I'd love to hear that accent some day. Some more love scenes from you wouldn't hurt either!! Best wishes for the series...it's really, really good! :-)

Kindred Spirits

starz_mktg — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:32:51 GMT

by Peggy Lipton (Suzy Fields)

"I must say the dinner scene with Ben and Owen at our home touched me to my deepest core."

On the Baseball Field

starz_mktg — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:23:20 GMT

by Spencer Daniels (Tyler Lomand)

"I play baseball at home for Valencia High School in California, so I know a lot about what he goes through, which helps when portraying him."

Grooving on the Sixties

starz_mktg — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:46:36 GMT

by Keith Carradine (Owen Fields)

"My character was originally conceived as a sixties musician, then evolved into an author, like a Richard Brautigan or Timothy Leary."

Taking it to Extremes

starz_mktg — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:40:10 GMT

by Vincent Misiano (Director, episode six)

"Then there’s Owen (Keith Carradine), who joined the “Crash” cast in my episode, and took on an assignment that was particularly challenging with a grace and confidence that I found inspiring."

Re: It’s Like Alchemy

TVTalk — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:19:47 GMT

Every scene is powerful. The cast melds together very well this season.

Here's hoping for a third season of the series!!

Re: Inside the Writers’ Room

quetzal — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:13:03 GMT

Check out the forums to see what the viewers are thinking!
Several issues that I've noticed:
Pacing: WAAAAAAY too slow. Soap opera slow and sappy on top of it. Seth is happy that his wife is having a baby? What makes that interesting? His assistant is frustrated by him? Boring.
Social issues; Yes, I was looking forward to Cesar's journey. It was educational and exciting to travel with him. Now we have a billionaire who wants to build a homeless shelter. Billionaires are NOT fascinating to most viewers. It would have been better to develop a homeless character for your social cause.
Characters; Returning characters are obviously being written by new writers. They've lost their edge ( especially Kenny and Inez) and do nothing unpredictable. I keep waitng for something to happen.
Loyal fans: We returned to this series because of the characters and the eventful hour. Only Bo has shown some mystery and then he does the easily seen action of ruining the other pitcher's arm. This is not cable writng. We want this show to make it. Notice how few comments you are getting on these tweets. That has to tell you something.

Inside the Writers’ Room

starz_mktg — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:50:35 GMT

by Todd Harthan, Supervising Producer

"A general comment about casting: It’s awkward as hell."

Re: Getting Going on a New Season

elih — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:24:46 GMT

This is borderline cruelty. You lifted us up with season 1 and gave us great characters and storylines. and nowyou give season 2 which is bunch of BS. I was very passionate about this show and it's been ruined. I'm disgusted.

It’s Like Alchemy

starz_mktg — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:20:25 GMT

by Stefan Schwartz, (director, episodes three, four, and eight)

"I have to say, I am continually surprised by cast members. The way they can bring a scene to life."

Re: Playing Good Guys and Bad Guys

MovieLover — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:30:48 GMT

It's really fun for me to learn these details...About twitter.com/ronloveslinda and the twitter.com/keatonsimons connection -
And about twitter.com/lisa2la hearing about CRASH from twitter.
There's a book: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO TWITTER.

It's really great to hear from my Dragoncon friends and from each and every one of you!
Means a lot.

ER

Breaking Down the Scene

starz_mktg — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:07:32 GMT

by Julie Warner (Andrea Schillo)

"All characters have a heroic side, and have to fight for something they believe in passionately."

Re: Making Anyone Believe Anything

iloveinez — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:24:22 GMT

Omg Omg Omg OMG!
If anyone thinks that they are a bigger inez fan than me, well they have got another thing coming!

Wow aside from her being UNBELIEVABLY SEXY, she can actually act! I mean homegirl has got some good animated facial reactions. I loved the part when she was talking to her boyfriend about stealing her $5,000 and looked at him, with the look of death upon her face--i mean WOW that gave me the chills.

She has got the whole package, BEAUTY and TALENT. Nowadays that is sooooooo rare to come by.
It is SO refreshing to come upon an actress who is constantly improving. Just when you think she can't possibly get any better, she DOES.

---love always,
INEz'S BIGGEST FAN

Designing “Crash”

starz_mktg — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:51:03 GMT

by Hilda Stark, Production Designer

"Recreating Los Angeles has as much to do with people’s perception of the city as it does with a realistic representation."

Re: Directing Episode 103 - "Panic"

djsonofjack — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:32:48 GMT

What is the name of panic's rap??? is there any way to download or buy it??? is there a crash soundtrack i can get that has all the cool music from the show??? thanks!!!

Re: Getting Going on a New Season

Constantinova — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:50:10 GMT

Oh, my God, what happened to the Crash we knew and loved! It was murdered! Did you change writers along with most of the characters? You muzzled Dennis Hopper -- not only is his character "sober" and not "talking to his **bleep**" anymore, Ben is totally lifeless: where's Dennis' electricity? Was he as bored by Ben as the audience was? What happened to the chemistry between Ben and Anthony? And the chemical reaction between Jules and Ben? Did somebody throw vinegar on the lye? Wow... what an incredibly dull, disappointing season opener.

And Kenny. Please, get his **bleep** back out, for heaven's sake. And where's Inez's sexuality, her danger, her brains? Did they fall off some cliff between Albuquerque and the Sangre de Christo Mountains here in NM between seasons 1 & 2? The characters' entire personalities have changed from the first season, and, unfortunately, not in a good way. There's no urgency, no chemistry, no electricity, no nothing.

It was good that you got rid of the Guatemalen, and the architect's wife storylines: they weren't going anywhere. But Ben & Anthony & Jules, or just Ben & Anthony, Kenny & Inez and all they were about, the entire police station. What, no more law and order now that Axel got busted? Korea-town disappeared because Eddie went to medical school?

No offence to Eric Roberts, who is a fine actor, but his performance verged on soporific, and Linda Park's (who is unknown to me, as are the other newcomers) were beyond dull.

I live in New Mexico and have written several best-selling novels, taught writing for 30 years on the university level, won major writing awards, etc. If you need help getting the spark back into Crash, feel free to call me.

Either that, or let Dennis Hopper start to ad lib or improvise.

Because what you've got now is not "out of the box thinking", I can assure you. Last season was **bleep**ing award-winning, chemical-reaction, urgent, let's watch it three times a week, can't wait till next week's show comes on, best drama on television characters, plots, dialogue, etc. Last year's show had everything. From the very first minute with Dennis Hopper's character talking to his **bleep** in the back seat of his limousine. Now that's "out of the box thinking" and that's one hell of an opening.

This season's premiere: boring and incredibly disappointing to the fans who've been waiting and who watched all the reruns of the first season in anticipation of an even better second season.

Please bring back the writers from season 1.

Please, unmuzzle Dennis.

Yours, most humbly and sincerely,
Constantinova

Re: Creating The Show

ron144 — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:46:30 GMT

I found the show a couple of weeks ago and was impressed with the one episode I viewed. I decided to get current and rented season 1 and watched all 13 episodes. I am really into the show now and when I watched the first episode of season 2 I thought I missed an entire season.

Season 1 ended with Batagglia on suspension, Inez being dragged off by the Gypsies, Ben driving to the office (with the impression that his "former" friend was in the trunk of his car, and Axle being arrested and handcuffed.

Season 2 starts off with Ben "returning" to LA after being in rehab; Inez working as a stripper with a new boyfriend; Ben's daughter has been murdered; there is now a billionaire and baseball player introduced to the game. Will someone explain what happened between season 1 and season 2?