Remember when William Hurt made that out-of-nowhere guest appearance as a shrink on "The King of Queens"? William Hurt on a sitcom was weird enough, but I'm still trying to figure out why "King of Queens" and not, say, "Frasier" or even "Seinfeld". (This might've happened around the same time that Gary Oldman popped up on "Friends," suggesting to me that many, high-profile dramatic actors were dipping their toes in the sitcom waters to see whether they could have any longevity in the genre).
IIRC, "Sling Blade" was the moment when the industry, at least, sat up and took notice of John Ritter as more than just the dude from "Three's Company" who "fell funny." It's just a shame that that film didn't translate into more "serious" gigs for him. I feel like he was primed and ready for a lead on a really good, really dark drama series, like how Bryan Cranston went from "Malcolm in the Middle" to "Breaking Bad."
You didn't miss much, lol!
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