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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 22 april 2017

Shonda Rhimes tells all _ about how to be a screenwriter

LYNN ELBER matter where you are, “I would suggest getting
AP Television Writer what you were doing, a job as a PA (production
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shon- where you were in life, you assistant), anywhere, be-
da Rhimes, the TV master- could stop for a little bit cause it is a way in and
mind whose hits include of time and take this class lot of this is about know-
“Grey’s Anatomy” and and get this education.” ing people,” Rhimes said.
“Scandal,” keeps a lid on “It felt like an equalizer to Entering — and winning —
plot twists. But she’s giv- me, and that was great,” the many available writing
ing aspiring screenwriters she said of the project from contests is another path,
a behind-the-scenes look San Francisco-based com- she said.
at how to succeed in her pany MasterClass, adding, Keep in mind the advan-
craft. “I’m also the child of pro- tage of writing over oth-
In six hours of online class- fessors, so it seems to be er entertainment industry
es, Rhimes offers lessons the way to go: You teach occupations, Rhimes said.
on writing scripts, pitching things.” “For young TV writers trying
pilots, and how series’ writ- The so-called second gold- to get in, writing is the only
ers work together to create en age of television with job you can do in this busi-
stories and screenplays. its expanded number of ness when no one is hiring
Scripts from “Scandal” and outlets, including stream- you to do it,” she said.
the “story bible” that laid ing platforms, has created “You can sit at your com-
out the characters and new but not unlimited op- puter or your legal pad and
structure of “Grey’s Anato- portunities. write a script ... and have a In this April 8, 2017 file photo, Shonda Rhimes attends the “Scan-
dal” 100th Episode Celebration at Fig & Olive in West Hollywood,
my” are part of her master- Breaking into the competi- calling card.” Calif. - In this April 8, 2017 file photo, Shonda Rhimes attends the
class.com course. tive field requires creative And there are jobs to be “Scandal” 100th Episode Celebration at Fig & Olive in West Hol-
So why spill? thinking on and off the had, she assures the hope- lywood, Calif.
“I love the idea that for $90, page, Rhimes suggested. ful. Associated Press
somebody who couldn’t She went the “film school That includes at Shonda-
afford to go to film school route,” she said, but there land, her production com- Murder.” industry), because they
would get to take this are other ways to get start- pany that also is behind “We’re always looking for have new and fresh voic-
class,” Rhimes said. “No ed. “How to Get Away with people not from here (the es,” Rhimes said.q

Like his ‘Veep’ character, Reid Scott has been fired _ a lot

ALICIA RANCILIO Hale and Matt Walsh. Now the White House. Scott
Associated Press in its sixth season, Louis- plays her former staffer,
NEW YORK (AP) — Reid Dreyfus plays Selina Meyer, who is now an on-air TV
Scott says he can relate to who has been ousted from personality.q
Dan Egan, the character
he plays on HBO’s “Veep” Viggo Mortensen slams
— a cocky, selfish political
insider who gets fired as Argentina’s Macri over
much as he’s hired.
“No one has been fired film policies
more than Dan, which is
kind of funny because ac-
tually in my own personal ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Mortensen said in fluent
life I’ve been fired quite Associated Press Spanish in the video, wear-
a bit,” he said in a recent BUENOS AIRES, Argentina ing a San Lorenzo T-shirt.
interview. “I think my bud- (AP) — Oscar-nominated “The state support to the
dies, we calculated it one actor Viggo Mortensen is film industry in counties like
time, and I had been fired joining a protest by Argen- Argentina and France are
nine times, so (I’m) very tine actors against the gov- unique and successful ex-
proud of that.” ernment’s decision to fire amples of the cultural pro-
The 39-year-old actor said In this Jan. 6, 2017, file photo, Reid Scott appears at the AFI the head of the country’s motion and are admired
he was fired from his job Awards in Los Angeles. Scott says that like his “Veep” character, film institute. worldwide.”
delivering newspapers Dan Egan, he’s been fired many times, and it’s not the end of In a video posted online, A group of actors and
the world.
when he was a child. “I Associated Press Mortensen also calls cen- members of Argentina’s
grew up in upstate New ter-right President Mauricio film chamber say the re-
York and it used to snow It was like, ‘This isn’t gonna ally cared. I think the other Macri a “neoliberal brag- cent firing of INCAA Film
a lot ... and I think just one work. This is not how a pa- jobs it was like, you know, gard” who seeks to plun- Institute President Alejan-
winter I was like, ‘I’m not perboy works. You need getting fired from wash- der the financial resources dro Cacetta was part of a
gonna do this. I’m just not to deliver the paper.’ They ing dishes or bartending or of Argentina’s thriving film plan by Macri to intervene
gonna deliver the papers. fired me.” landscaping or cleaning industry. The Danish-Amer- and defund the industry.
I just don’t want to get out Scott said it stings to be gutters. I had some horrible ican actor lived until age Argentina’s culture minis-
of bed. It’s too cold.’ fired but “then something jobs. I had some terrible 11 in Argentina, where he ter says Cacetta failed to
“... And, of course, every- else comes along.” jobs that I was happy to be learned Spanish and be- act against film industry of-
one on my route started “I mean it does not feel fired from.” came a fan of the San ficials who were suspected
calling the paper like, good to get fired and I’ve “Veep” airs Sundays on Lorenzo soccer club. of corruption during the
‘Where’s my paper?’ And been fired from acting HBO (10:30 p.m. EDT). It “Argentina’s film pays for administration of Macri’s
they called me and I was gigs, too. That was actually also stars Julia Louis-Drey- itself and is a source of left-leaning predecessor,
like, ‘Yeah, I’ll do it later.’ the only time where I re- fus, Anna Chlumsky, Tony pride for all Argentines,” Cristina Fernandez. q