Authenticity As Important As Comedy To ‘Going Dutch’ Star & Producer Denis Leary — Contenders TV
deadline.comDenis Leary said authenticity to the military is as important as being funny on his new show Going Dutch. Leary plays Army Col.
Patrick Quinn, who gets re-assigned to a base in the Netherlands after ranting against the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He and the base’s soldiers engage in comic hijinx, but they’re never making fun of the Army. “I know we’re supposed to be funny but we’re also supposed to be soldiers,” Leary said. “We’re all dressed that way.
Even if we’re just in the hair and makeup trailer, generally we’re in our uniforms. It’s a constant reminder.” Leary developed the show as executive producer with creator Joel Church-Cooper.
Leary said detail is so important to him, he insists on acoutrements the audience will never see. “There are certain props the audience will never see that I want my character to have with him,” Leary said. “In this case there was a challenge coin I wanted made that comes from my character’s background, back when he was winning medals in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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