NPR on NPH

NPRにNPHの記事。エミー賞授賞式の予習として、主にHIMYMのバーニーの役作りと、最近増えてきた「授賞式プレゼンター」の仕事について。インタビューも交えて最近のNPHの功績 :-pが分かりやすくまとめてあります。Dr. Horribleについて言及なしなのがちょっと残念。

"He has just added so much dimension to a character that was, on paper, just a joke delivery system," says series co-creator Carter Bays. "He's a guy who does his homework. You can tell when he's on the set that he's really studied the script and put thought into how to make it funny."

台本上は薄っぺらだったバーニーをあそこまで憎めないキャラにしたのはNPH？脚本家さん謙虚です。

"And then, right when the last award was announced, I ran through it a couple of times," Harris explains. "Then they threw me out on stage, and I looked at teleprompters and crossed my fingers."

トニー賞クロージングナンバーの裏話。臨場感が伝わってきます。