Ed Asner wanted to do Dore Schary's one-man play "Fdr" for several reasons, most notably his admiration for the 32nd president. "If he was not the greatest president, he was certainly the second greatest," says Asner. "I am distressed by the savagery of the attacks upon him. He's not been honored sufficiently."The veteran actor and activist, still probably best known as TV's crusty editor Lou Grant, says Franklin D. Roosevelt has special resonance today because of his onslaught against the Depression. Abruptly Asner's voice shifts into Fdr mode, simultaneously patrician and booming: "My friends, I want you to know if you vote for me, the insurance companies will fail."Roosevelt's politics aside, he is a great character for an actor, Asner says, because he was a chameleon with a savage sense of humor, "who could be this to this one and that to that one and could accomplish...
- 4/21/2010
- backstage.com
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