Quote: Timbo @ December 4 2009, 9:27 PM GMTDoes anyone have any experience of pitching scripts involving animals, or (to broaden the discussion and make it more generally relevant) children?
Nope. The capuchin monkey in Friends was apparently a nuisance to film with, although it continued to get acting jobs after leaving Friends. I dislike simians being in TV/movies for a purely 'cute' effect. A squirrel might be fun though.
Quote: Ming the Mirthless @ December 6 2009, 2:45 PM GMTmost people in their right minds hate child actors because they've almost always got their parts by having sprung from the loins of someone already influential in the world of TV. And that's nepotism.
What about Gary Coleman and Dennis Waterman?