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EXCLUSIVE: Bryan Greenberg is leaving CBS’ untitled Greg Malins/Greg Berlanti multi-camera comedy pilot, in which he was to play the male lead opposite JoAnna Garcia. The decision was made after the project’s table read this morning. I hear it has to do with the heightened tone and dynamic of a multi-camera show and Greenberg, who is coming off a darker, single-camera half-hour, HBO’s single-camera comedy How To Make It In America, not quite fitting in. The role of Nick, which Greenberg was cast in, is now being recast. The Warner Bros./Berlanti Prods. project, also known as Oh F**k It’s You, centers on Nick, a notorious womanizer who, after surviving a health scare, realizes that “The One” he has never found is actually his best friend of 15 years, Wendy (Garcia). The problem is that Wendy is engaged to a guy Nick likes; she and Nick own a business together; and their attempt at dating back in college was a disaster. Greenberg was one of the sought-after actors this season with two broadcast pilots vying for him.
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Multicamera funny is a Unique talent…It may look simple but that is only because the actor has a wonderful Genius flowing
When will everyone give sitcom acting credit, it’s fucking hard and if you’re not a theatre type actor you cant do it.
Alison, I know, The problem is , most of today’s working actors do not come from a theatre background .
But Bryan is a theatre-trained actor – esp. w/Atlantic in NYC. Granted, I don’t think he’s done theatre in quite awhile, but he does come from that background.
They go through this endless process with too many cooks and it isn’t until the table that someone in power realizes the actor is not the guy.
Another example of just because you work in development doesn’t mean you know a thing about performance.
Table reads are now opening night and the pre-table the final rehearsal. Something is so wrong with the process.
Greenberg’s incompatibility with the medium was widely predicted. What’s wrong with the “process” is it’s conducted by those who couldn’t predict it, and who don’t listen to/aren’t aware of those who did.
Ta Dah!!! (Except there’s actually no magic to it. Just competence, and common sense.)
That must have been one hell-of-a-bad table reading.
He has, he’s in 666 Park Avenue.
Isn’t he already in another pilot?
Rob Buckley has booked a pilot: 666 Park Avenue.
I’m shocked Greenberg wasn’t suitable. He totally nailed the only joke they did on How To Make It In America.
I’m shocked this project is still in development.
This is a strong point. With the run on single camera comedies the last few years I think people have forgotten multi cam acting in front of an audience is a real skill and much different then doing single cam work.
The theater is a good comparison but you have to be a toned down theatrical that can also manage the pacing.
Greenberg is awful. They should go hard after George Wendt.