I don’t even know that I would refer to what I feel for James Wolk and Kyle Chandler as “crushes”. They each have a certain quality that makes me want to see almost everything they are in. Even the stupid stuff. It is the charming, disarming smile. It is the guy-next-door relatability … but the kind of guy you really want to have next door. Still, it’s not a crush in the sense that I would really be interested in either guy. But I like to watch them. A lot. Anyone have a word for this? I don’t have a crush. I am not exactly a “fan”. I admire, I follow, but there are lines I won’t cross. For example, when The Crazy Ones, in which James Wolk had a starring role, became too stupid, I stopped watching. And the entire premise of the dull, forgettable What About Joan? was too maddening to accept, I did not watch it at all, despite Chandler’s role as Joan’s boyfriend.
TV actors
Suddenly Kevin Rahm
StandardI had seen him in other places like Judging Amy and Desperate Housewives (neither being shows I actually watched), so Kevin Rahm never registered with me. But now he is everywhere. He has been Mad Men’s (newly moustachioed) Ted Chaough, Bates Motel’s bad guy Bob Paris and Madam Secretary’s somewhat mad external strategist, Mike B. It is Rahm’s moment.
His simultaneous ubiquity put him on my TV obsessed radar, but I do wonder what his future holds. He is sort of an everyman, can even appear a bit on the milquetoast side. Either he can play this everyman everywhere or he can be more of a secret weapon – displaying the ability to blend in like an everyman before unleashing some craziness and villainy on unsuspecting viewers.