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Interview with Hart Hanson

by Brianne Clemmer

We all love David Boreanaz, but what better way to describe him as “an old fashioned kind of guy – Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracy, mixed with a little Cary Grant?” That’s just the kind of compliment he received from Bone’s creator Hart Hanson. Emily Deschanel didn’t get stiffed when the compliments were handed out either. “She walked in and she just was the character,” Hanson recalls. “She is smart and beautiful and funny, and she’s slightly different. She’s just left-of-centre as an actress.”

In an interview with Hanson, we get a little look into how Bones came about. Although he had no intention of getting involved with another “procedural drama,” when Fox approached him about the show, they pitched it to him in such a way that he couldn’t resist. With the help of executive producer Barry Josephson and real-life forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, Hanson signed up and Bones was born.

Hanson talks about the heart that goes into the show, as well as the comic relief. The delicate balance that allows us to treat murder victims and the clues their bodies leave with a little bit of humor without dehumanizing them is something that the show has down perfectly. Don’t miss the article posted on Blogcritics magazine online!


2 Responses to “Interview with Hart Hanson”

  1. Brianne Says:

    wcdixon posted this comment on a different post - but I thought it might do some good here. Thanks for the link wc!

    wcdixon Says:
    January 19th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
    Here’s a more recent interview with Hart Hanson

    http://uninflectedimages.blogspot.com/2007/01/straight-from-hart-part-1.html#links

  2. Watching Bones » Blog Archive » Emily Deschanel with the mike Says:

    […] Hart Hanson was quoted as saying, “It’s funny because Emily is a good singer…and Brennan is not.” Well, I hope you enjoyed the hilarity of watching Bones perform! It’s a good thing she’s got a good day job! Too bad she couldn’t take Sweets and Booth’s comments to heart, but I understand why she wanted to believe her mom that she sang better than Cyndi Lauper! Too funny! […]

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Who doesn’t love forensic anthropology? Okay, so maybe not, but throw in David Boreanaz and an FBI agent and former sniper along with Emily Deschanel as anthropologist-by-day and best selling author-by-night, as well as other awesome cast members TJ Thyne, Micheala Conlin, Tamara Taylor, and Eric Millegan, and you’ve got a mix for an awesome show. That’s just what you get with Bones. A crime drama that has great wit, great writing, and obviously a great cast; Deschanel’s character Temperance “Bones” Brennan is socially illiterate, although brilliant, and balances out Boreanaz’s character Agent Seeley Booth as they work together to solve sometimes years-old murders. Backed by the “squints” at the Jeffersonian Museum, this team is unstoppable, but it’s the people and the relationships that really make the show. Don’t miss a minute of it!

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