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Subject: Re: ATTN JMS: Ad-libbing, etc.?
Date: 21 Jun 2001 05:09:14 GMT
From: jmsatb5@aol.com (Jms at B5)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated

>I know you've
>stated recently that you keep tight control with actors sticking to the
>script, but that bit where Ivanova checks Sheridan's coffee cup was
>almost TOO good to have been scripted (especially knowing Claudia's
>warped sense of humor).

It was scripted.

>In a similar vein, do all actors in a scene always know what's coming
>up?  Ivanova's reaction when Sheridan pounded the table earlier in that
>scene was also almost too real to have been scripted: I'd swear she
>wasn't ready for it :)

It was scripted.


 jms

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