Friday April 17, 2009 14:29
Janeane Garofalo Nearly Said No to 24 Role Due to Politics
You’d think that any actress would jump at the chance at joining one of the top dramas on television. Janeane Garofalo, who portrays Janis Gold on 24, nearly turned down the role because of its right-wing nature. She told the Village Voice yesterday:
“At first I passed on it because of the right-wing nature of a couple of the writers.” But the comedian relented as as she added. “”There’s only one or two right-wingers in the whole show, in the writer’s room. There’s nobody else whose opinions reflect that in the cast or the crew. And then midway through when I was working there the main right-winger left the show anyway.”
That didn’t stop Garofalo from dissing some high powered Republicans who love the show. She says:
“When Rush Limbaugh visited the set, and when Lynne Cheney visited the set, I refused to have my picture taken with them or meet them or anything,”
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