At today’s Contenders panel for Fox’s zany freshman comedy La to Vegas, panel moderator Michael Ausiello of TVLine pointed out the obvious: Comedy is the not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Dylan McDermott, who stars in the airborne series as irreverent pilot Captain Dave.
After all, McDermott’s long line of drama credits includes The Practice and American Horror Story — not a lineup of wacky sitcoms and not exactly the first guy who comes to mind to play a character who might be Sully Sullenberger’s evil twin.
“I knew it was time,” said McDermott of his flight into comedy. “I knew it was time. I had done too much darkness…no one thought of me for this. Dylan, he’s not funny.”
McDermott said he had paid his dues in stand-up comedy in New York. “I knew I could do it,...
After all, McDermott’s long line of drama credits includes The Practice and American Horror Story — not a lineup of wacky sitcoms and not exactly the first guy who comes to mind to play a character who might be Sully Sullenberger’s evil twin.
“I knew it was time,” said McDermott of his flight into comedy. “I knew it was time. I had done too much darkness…no one thought of me for this. Dylan, he’s not funny.”
McDermott said he had paid his dues in stand-up comedy in New York. “I knew I could do it,...
- 4/15/2018
- by Diane Haithman
- Deadline Film + TV
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