4:22 pm - 11/08/2012
It’s hard to get to the Oval Office. Just ask Tony Goldwyn.
Goldwyn, who plays President Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III, the commander-in-chief on ABC’s “Scandal,” began not in a log cabin or as a community organizer but as one of Jason’s victims in “Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives.”
“Luckily, it’s been uphill from there,” Goldwyn tells The Post.
Although best known as an actor, including a memorable turn as Patrick Swayze’s traitorous colleague in “Ghost,” Goldwyn’s also worked behind the camera as a director.
He has directed episodes of “Dexter,” “Damages” and “Justified” as well as several films, including 2010’s “Conviction,” which kept him uninterested in tackling a role as a series regular.
But when “Scandal” creator Shonda Rhimes presented him with the chance to be a president — with a treacherous wife and a model-gorgeous girlfriend — he changed his mind.
“I just thought this was such a great, fun piece of material and a potentially fantastic role that I just wanted to give it a shot,” he says.
“And when I heard that Kerry Washington was going to be playing Olivia Pope, I barely had to read the script.
“I’m just such a huge fan of Kerry’s. I have been for years.” (lol he has such a crush on her - OP)
Given their steamy onscreen chemistry, Goldwyn’s regard for Washington appears to be mutual.
“We rarely even have to talk about the scenes,” says Goldwyn. “Sometimes we’ll sort of check in about one or two things that we want to remember to keep in mind as we’re working, but we have a kind of deeper level that we connect on as actors, and that translates for our physical chemistry.
( “Obama’s very careful and methodical in a way that perhaps Fitz is not, but he’s charming and brilliant as a speaker, which is why I’ve watched him a lot for Fitz,”Collapse )
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‘Scandal’POTUS a little bit of Obama & a lot of Clinton
It’s hard to get to the Oval Office. Just ask Tony Goldwyn.
Goldwyn, who plays President Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III, the commander-in-chief on ABC’s “Scandal,” began not in a log cabin or as a community organizer but as one of Jason’s victims in “Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives.”
“Luckily, it’s been uphill from there,” Goldwyn tells The Post.
Although best known as an actor, including a memorable turn as Patrick Swayze’s traitorous colleague in “Ghost,” Goldwyn’s also worked behind the camera as a director.
He has directed episodes of “Dexter,” “Damages” and “Justified” as well as several films, including 2010’s “Conviction,” which kept him uninterested in tackling a role as a series regular.
But when “Scandal” creator Shonda Rhimes presented him with the chance to be a president — with a treacherous wife and a model-gorgeous girlfriend — he changed his mind.
“I just thought this was such a great, fun piece of material and a potentially fantastic role that I just wanted to give it a shot,” he says.
“And when I heard that Kerry Washington was going to be playing Olivia Pope, I barely had to read the script.
“I’m just such a huge fan of Kerry’s. I have been for years.” (lol he has such a crush on her - OP)
Given their steamy onscreen chemistry, Goldwyn’s regard for Washington appears to be mutual.
“We rarely even have to talk about the scenes,” says Goldwyn. “Sometimes we’ll sort of check in about one or two things that we want to remember to keep in mind as we’re working, but we have a kind of deeper level that we connect on as actors, and that translates for our physical chemistry.
( “Obama’s very careful and methodical in a way that perhaps Fitz is not, but he’s charming and brilliant as a speaker, which is why I’ve watched him a lot for Fitz,”Collapse )
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ms_mmelissa tonight over at scandaltv for live discussion.
i think the only thing that takes me out of the show is when i remember that fitz is a republican and i try to wrap my head around the idea that a woc as strong and independent as olivia would willingly vote for someone with conservative values, so in my head, the republicans on the show aren't as oppressively rightwing as they are irl.
Also: I would die of happiness of Mellie and Olivia got together. Lawd.
i would be hft bc fitz has been becoming so gross and smugly possessive in the last few episodes and he needs a reality check in the form of them getting together and leaving him to dry
Edited at 2012-11-09 01:08 am (UTC)
And remember
I forgot Tony was married. I just saw this on tumblr. He has two daughters too. I can't believe my mom is only a couple years older than him.
I am dying.
my vagina is confused
he needs to grow a brain and a backbone. he's also v creepy with olivia esp when he got jelous of seeing her and her old bf and getting all up in her personal space. gtfo.
with that said, his chemistry with her is amazing and they look hot together. he's attractive even with invisible eyebrows.
also, mellie for president with liv and cyrus helping her. they'd get shit done.
fitz can babysit their suspiciously absent children.
lol
WHERE ARE THEEEEEEEEEY
omg I love me some cracky looking guys (on TV only ofc)
King Cyrus to rule the whole world pls.
I love sexy, illicit doomed romances between good looking, intelligent people.
ON TV ofc, not irl that shit is just sad and disgusting.
perfect ship/perfect POTUS/perfect SHOW