Vol. 46
Saturday, September 4, 2010
©Marc Allan
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Neil Patrick Harris plays Barney on the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," which returns this fall for its third season.
Q: You seem to have made the transition from kid on TV to adult on TV seamlessly. Was it as easy as it looked?
A: No. It wasn't, conversely, difficult, but history truncates itself. So even though five years went by, it just seems like you sort of leaped from one to the other. But I attribute it to theater. I was lucky enough to be invited to be part of amazing theatrical productions that allowed me to reinvent myself physically, then re-approach television from a grown-up standpoint. I didn't feel like I was still carrying the anchor of my childhood with me.
Q: You were hilarious in "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle." I don't think there are a lot of actors who would take that role because they're so protective of their image.
A: I was protective. I had it stipulated contractually that any revisions that had to do with me I had to oversee and give the thumbs-up or thumbs-down to, just because I wanted to protect myself. But the revisions were like, "He does a line of coke off a stripper's ass." And I thought that was so bold that they would never keep it in the movie. So I was like, "Great. It's hilarious." And it's in the movie. But it worked out well.
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BIO:
Marc Allan is a freelance reporter/ writer whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and many other newspapers and magazines.
He's based in Indianapolis.
If you need something written, contact him at marc@marc-allan.com
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