'One Day at a Time' Boss on Golden Globe Honoree Norman Lear's Legacy of Humor and Humility
Reading now: 782
hollywoodreporter.comAt 98, Norman Lear has an overall deal, an aggressive development slate and a legacy that would put any power producer to shame.
He's also empowering. Few can better speak to that fact than Gloria Calderón Kellett. The comedy writer, 53 years Lear's junior, had free creative reign when tapped to run his Cuban American reboot of One Day at a Time.
One Day at a Time was an arranged marriage, right? Mike Royce had already been tapped to run One Day at a Time. But once Norman, Brent Miller and Mike were in a room together, they were like, "Well, this isn't going to work.
We can't tell a story about this Latina single mom with three white guys." (Laughs.) What was your first meeting like? I don't think I even knew what the project was.
Read more on hollywoodreporter.com
The website celebsbar.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
