Connie Britton Reflects Back on "Friday Night Lights" - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

JamesG · 05-21-2017, 03:01 PM

At first, she thought she’d made a mistake taking on the role of Tami Taylor on "Friday Night Lights".

After signing on to play Mrs. Coach in the high school football series, Britton worried she should never have taken the part. “I thought it was a terrible idea being a supporting character on a football show,” she says.

However, it wasn’t long before she fell in love with Tami Taylor. “She’s brave; she’s just such a ballsy woman. Living in a small town world, for a woman to be as strong and powerful as she is takes skill and effort. She lives in that world in a very brave way and I love that about her.”

Whenever they were cooking in the Taylor household, they were really cooking.

“Kyle Chandler would always come in and make bacon. There was always bacon cooking on the stove and then everybody would get to eat bacon and pass it round,” she says.

“We wanted all of these things to feel as real as possible so we were always doing those things.”

Britton and Chandler’s relationship was “unique” and they plan to work together soon.

“We both were very fortunate because we really shared the same values in terms of the the stories we wanted to tell about marriage,” she explains.

“We wanted these people to be real partners and that was first and foremost. Sometimes it doesn’t look very pretty. TV loves to bring in affairs — as soon as you have a relationship, let’s screw it up. We were very adamant that wouldn’t happen.”

She adds that even the small story line where co-worker Glenn develops a crush on Tami was too far for her and Chandler.

“Kyle and I were like, ‘We see what you’re doing here.’ If cheating and jealousy weren’t on the table, then we could really tell the stories of people just trying to make their marriage work and just trying to make their lives work and be the best parents they can be and be good humans to each other.”

As far reuniting with Chandler on a new project?

“Every time we get together it’s like, ‘How much time has to pass until we can do that thing that we want to do?'” she teases.

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Pittsburghgirl · 05-23-2017, 05:48 PM

Very interesting. They complemented each other in their roles very well.

05-21-2017, 03:01 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 56,961	Connie Britton Reflects Back on "Friday Night Lights" *At first, she thought she’d made a mistake taking on the role of Tami Taylor on "Friday Night Lights".* After signing on to play Mrs. Coach in the high school football series, Britton worried she should never have taken the part. “I thought it was a terrible idea being a supporting character on a football show,” she says. However, it wasn’t long before she fell in love with Tami Taylor. “She’s brave; she’s just such a ballsy woman. Living in a small town world, for a woman to be as strong and powerful as she is takes skill and effort. She lives in that world in a very brave way and I love that about her.” Whenever they were cooking in the Taylor household, they were really cooking. “Kyle Chandler would always come in and make bacon. There was always bacon cooking on the stove and then everybody would get to eat bacon and pass it round,” she says. “We wanted all of these things to feel as real as possible so we were always doing those things.” *Britton and Chandler’s relationship was “unique” and they plan to work together soon.* “We both were very fortunate because we really shared the same values in terms of the the stories we wanted to tell about marriage,” she explains. “We wanted these people to be real partners and that was first and foremost. Sometimes it doesn’t look very pretty. TV loves to bring in affairs — as soon as you have a relationship, let’s screw it up. We were very adamant that wouldn’t happen.” She adds that even the small story line where co-worker Glenn develops a crush on Tami was too far for her and Chandler. “Kyle and I were like, ‘We see what you’re doing here.’ If cheating and jealousy weren’t on the table, then we could really tell the stories of people just trying to make their marriage work and just trying to make their lives work and be the best parents they can be and be good humans to each other.” As far reuniting with Chandler on a new project? “Every time we get together it’s like, ‘How much time has to pass until we can do that thing that we want to do?'” she teases. http://ew.com/tv/2017/05/20/connie-b...-vulture-fest/ Attached Images

05-23-2017, 05:48 PM	#2
Pittsburghgirl Member First Time Poster Join Date: May 23, 2017 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 1	Very interesting. They complemented each other in their roles very well.