Here's an article by TVLine's Matt Webb Mitovich, where Lee Majors talks about his multiple episode guest arc on TNT's Dallas. He also talks about Larry Hagman and reflects on his acting career. Here's an excerpt from the article, which gives some scoop on Majors' storyline on Dallas:
Majors, however, is now filling the primetime sudser gap in his resume this week on TNT’s Dallas (Monday, 9/8c), when he kicks off a three-episode arc as Ken Richards, an old, pre-J.R. flame of Sue Ellen’s.
“She calls him out of the blue for some business help — and she does mention that she’d been wanting to call me for quite a while, but needed a reason to pick up the phone,” Majors previews. As for whether their reunion will be strictly business, “Sue Ellen hints at some romanticism, but I don’t know which way it’s going.”
Regardless, could this reconnect with an old friend cure what’s been ailing the grande dame, who tumbled off the wagon when J.R. passed? “She is drinking heavily. Every scene I had with her, she had just finished poured some vodka in her Coca-Cola,” Majors confirms. “So she is still having that problem. But that’s about all I can tell ya!”
Though this Dallas stint marked the first time Majors had met Gray (“We clicked right away,” he reports, “because we work the same way”), it’s not his first brush with Southfork royalty.
“Larry [Hagman] lived a few houses down from me in Malibu, so I’d see him on the weekends,” he recalls. “He would dress in funny outfits, like as a monk or something, and he wouldn’t talk on Sundays — because one time he lost his voice and his doctor told him to take one day and don’t talk. We thought it was silly, but we would drink and have a good time, and at least we didn’t have to listen to him!” he jokes.
Although Majors’ Dallas arc stops short of the Season 2 finale (airing April 15), “It’s wide open,” he says, for Ken to resurface during any possible Season 3. And he seems up for the gig, seeing as the TNT drama is missing that tiring The from its title.
Links to the full article:Lee Majors Previews His Dallas Arc, Remembers Neighbor Larry Hagman and Talks Bionic Reboot - TVLine
My thoughts: I'm pretty sure that I've never seen Lee Majors in anything before, but I've heard of him. That being said, one of my biggest complaints about Dallas' first season is that Linda Gray/Sue Ellen wasn't featured nearly as much as Patrick Duffy and Larry Hagman were. I'm thrilled that Linda Gray has gotten a lot more screen time this season though, and her storylines have been very interesting so far. I've been really excited about Lee Majors' arc ever since it was first announced that he would be guest-starring in Dallas' second season and that he was going to be involved with Sue Ellen's storyline for the season.
