Helen wrote: Yes, both of these bits - the fact that Chris said he did give more and better lines to the actors who stuck to what he wrote, *and* the story about David Jackson pointing out how few lines he got on one script - are on the same 'Blake's Back' tape, close enough together that one can suspect they're connected in his view <veg>. But it does appear that he at least ran out of ideas on what to *do* with Gan ...

When he was speaking at Deliverance, I got the impression that it was what to do with Gan that caused the dearth of lines, rather than the quality of delivery. That's merely my impression, and based on a hazy memory at best, although I do know that Gan was specifically named as being a character that ran out of lines (for whatever reason), while he didn't name actors that got fewer lines because of their delivery. (Again, I might be mis-remembering). This made me wonder whether it was the reason that Jenna and Cally got pushed to the side, but that's entirely my own thought.

Of course, if you all come along to Redemption '03, then you can *ask* him. :-)

steve