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<blockquote data-quote="Richard Denault" data-source="post: 343718" data-attributes="member: 23030">May 15, 2001 in the A New Vintage Chat Room LIVE Online Chat with Gregory Harrison (Michael Sharpe)Steffi &gt; Did you enjoy your time with the Fc cast?Greg_Harrison &gt; Hmmmm. Yes and no. There were a lot of problems because of Jane&#039;s health, and she was unhappy with the show, and things just weren&#039;t very positive backstagemaggie_channing &gt; What did you personally think of the kind of relationship Michael had with his sister.?maggie_channing &gt; We have all been wondering about that, sorryGreg_Harrison &gt; Wendy and I never really understood it, to be honest, so I just tried to play it the way it was written&nbsp;We had a team of writers that season that I understand were kinda new, and we never saw them, so there wasn&#039;t [much of a] chance to get explanationsmaggie_channing &gt; Here we all feel the new writers didn&#039;t understand Falcon CrestFalconCrestANV &gt; Most fans tend to react negatively to those last few seasons, Greg...because of the writer changetjp &gt; Did you watch the show before you started playing Michael Sharpe, Greg?Greg_Harrison &gt; Believe me, we felt it. I can remember the oodles of fan mail that was just utterly crucifying us for what was happening, but what people didn&#039;t understand was that we were just there doing our jobs.&nbsp;We&#039;re actors, we&#039;re paid to perform the scripts we get.Greg_Harrison &gt; I had watched it on occasion, but I wouldn&#039;t say I was a regular viewer. I watched about the last 10 episodes of the season before I started so I&#039;d be familiar with characters and thingsNancy &gt; Was it hard to jump into a show that was so established, and where you were portraying the new &#039;bad guy&#039; besides?Greg_Harrison &gt; It was hard because there was such a feeling of negativity going on backstage, and here I was jumping into this boat and the show&#039;s heroine dies in the same episode.Greg_Harrison &gt; The fan reaction to the show was the hardestGreg_Harrison &gt; And especially when Susan Sullivan left. I never got much chance to work with Susan, but I understood real quick that the audience loved hertjp &gt; When did you get the rôle of Michael Sharpe? Did they hire you during the show was on hiatus after season 8? And who came up with the idea of your character?Greg_Harrison &gt;. When Warner Bros approached me, they told me they wanted a ruthless playboy with a heart of stone. I think that&#039;s what I gave them.maggie_channing &gt; How did you personally feel about Michael Sharpe? And how much of you did you put into his character?Greg_Harrison &gt; If I just met Michael Sharpe, I certainly wouldn&#039;t want to have a beer with him, so I guess you could say I didn&#039;t much like him.&nbsp;And I&#039;d like to think that whatever I used from myself for the character is a part of me that is well hidden from the world</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Richard Denault, post: 343718, member: 23030"] May 15, 2001 in the A New Vintage Chat Room LIVE Online Chat with Gregory Harrison (Michael Sharpe) Steffi > Did you enjoy your time with the Fc cast? Greg_Harrison > Hmmmm. Yes and no. There were a lot of problems because of Jane's health, and she was unhappy with the show, and things just weren't very positive backstage maggie_channing > What did you personally think of the kind of relationship Michael had with his sister.? maggie_channing > We have all been wondering about that, sorry Greg_Harrison > Wendy and I never really understood it, to be honest, so I just tried to play it the way it was written We had a team of writers that season that I understand were kinda new, and we never saw them, so there wasn't [much of a] chance to get explanations maggie_channing > Here we all feel the new writers didn't understand Falcon Crest FalconCrestANV > Most fans tend to react negatively to those last few seasons, Greg...because of the writer change tjp > Did you watch the show before you started playing Michael Sharpe, Greg? Greg_Harrison > Believe me, we felt it. I can remember the oodles of fan mail that was just utterly crucifying us for what was happening, but what people didn't understand was that we were just there doing our jobs. We're actors, we're paid to perform the scripts we get. Greg_Harrison > I had watched it on occasion, but I wouldn't say I was a regular viewer. I watched about the last 10 episodes of the season before I started so I'd be familiar with characters and things Nancy > Was it hard to jump into a show that was so established, and where you were portraying the new 'bad guy' besides? Greg_Harrison > It was hard because there was such a feeling of negativity going on backstage, and here I was jumping into this boat and the show's heroine dies in the same episode. Greg_Harrison > The fan reaction to the show was the hardest Greg_Harrison > And especially when Susan Sullivan left. I never got much chance to work with Susan, but I understood real quick that the audience loved her tjp > When did you get the rôle of Michael Sharpe? Did they hire you during the show was on hiatus after season 8? And who came up with the idea of your character? Greg_Harrison >. When Warner Bros approached me, they told me they wanted a ruthless playboy with a heart of stone. I think that's what I gave them. maggie_channing > How did you personally feel about Michael Sharpe? And how much of you did you put into his character? Greg_Harrison > If I just met Michael Sharpe, I certainly wouldn't want to have a beer with him, so I guess you could say I didn't much like him. And I'd like to think that whatever I used from myself for the character is a part of me that is well hidden from the world [/QUOTE]

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