Tom Bosley may have passed, but through that part and that character, a part of him will live on forever.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In the life of any actor or actress, there is inevitably a time when they will be eligible to act in a Tom Stoppard play. He has written a lot, and they are revived often, and there are so many characters of different ages that it was more likely I'd end up in something of his than that I wouldn't.
He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt.
Character actors have a long shelf life.
What about the hero of The House on the Strand? What did it mean when he dropped the telephone at the end of the book? I don't really know, but I rather think he was going to be paralysed for life. Don't you?
If Casey Stengel were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave.
Tom Brokaw was never young.
To re-live these characters would be wonderful, because I know when the show ends it will be huge mourning process.
I remember Tom Stoppard saying to me when I came out, 'I feel so sorry for you, because you'll never have children.' These days I would say, 'Well, why not, Tom?'
If a character dies, you get to do a big, juicy death scene. But the flip side is you're out of the sequel, which is where the real money is.
As long as a character doesn't die, the character can always come back.