Welcome to NBC Live!
tonight we are chatting with
Alicia Coppola & Anthony Starke,
who play Karen and David Chandler
NBC's new comedy "Cold Feet".
*~ Alicia Coppola ~*~
A native of Long Island, Coppola
created the role of Lorna Devlin on
Another World" in 1991 and was named
outstanding Younger Lead Actress"
By Soap Opera Digest Awards in 1993.
most recently, Coppola had a
recurring role in the NBC series
"Trinity," and she co-starred in the
Television movies "The Perfect Getaway"
and "For the Future: The Irvine
Fertility Scandal."
~*~ Anthony Starke ~*~
Starke is a native of Syracuse, New York,
whose television credits include guest
appearances on "Beverly Hills, 90210"
and "Cheers," NBC's "The Pretender"
and "Seinfeld." He also had a recurring
role on NBC's "Suddenly Susan" as
Susan's (Brooke Shields) fiancé Kip
and was a series regular on
the George Carlin Show."
most recently, Starke starred as Ezra
Standish
on the network series "The Magnificent
Seven."
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Welcome Alicia and Anthony!
Anthony: Greetings Earthlings!
Alicia: Thank you for having us!
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Guest-Marty says: Hello, Can you describe
what "Cold Feet" is about?
Anthony: Cold Feet is about the fears and
other struggles that couples go through as they
move into various stages of a relationship.
Those stages are sort of represented by the
three couples in the show
one of which is a couple just starting to
date and contemplating moving in together,
the second is about a couple about to have
their first child
and finally our characters who are juggling
career, a child the whole nine yards.
That's what it's about, and hopefully it's
excecuted in a way that's both funny and poingnant
Alicia:
also think that we explore the fears and
trials and tribulations
but at some times have and continue to show
the joys of being in a relationship.
Starting a relationship, getting married and
having children.
Anthony: It's also about 45 min long, not
including commercials.
Alicia: So basically if you have questions
about relationships you should be watching Cold Feet,
because there isn't one issue that we don't explore.
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guest-canada says: Do you like filming the
show in Vancouver? it is such a beautiful city.
Anthony: I love it up here!
It's gorgeous!

Alicia: As do I !
It's a great city, clean ... great ...
fabulous shopping!
Everything you could want is right there!
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guest-MBMistress says: Anthony, I am familar
with your body of work and think you are a magnificent
actor! What new challenges does this role pose for
you?
Anthony: Actually this character
one of a long line of charming weezils
which is something in which I've become something of a
specialist.
Seriously however, the challenge of playing
David is to put across the fact
that deep down he's doing his best to be a
good husband and father, even though he appears on the
surface to be very self absorbed.
That and being funny because it's the main
aim of the show to give people a good laugh as well.
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LStandish says: Alicia who is the joker of
the cast, I bet it as to be Anthony right?
Alicia: Yes!
There are too many stories!@
I've come to recodgnize that there's a very
specific sparkle he gets in his eyes...he's like a
little child.
Anthony: Another clue that I'll give as a
warning... is that I light my pants on fire!
Alicia: We then know he's going to keep us
in stitches!
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EZguest432 says: You both have appeared
in a bunch of different TV shows. Do either of you have
a favorite roll you have played?
Alicia: Wow!
the roles I've played ... have been quite
different.
Probably the most different role I've
played...and my most favorite today is Karen because
she's closest to who I am.
To those familiar with my work, I've always
played the strong female character or the one with the
uzi.
This is a challenge... it's sometimes easier
to play someone opposite to yourself as to who you
are.
Anthony: I'd have to say if I were to
narrow it down to two characters.. it would have to be
the last two that I've played...
the last one being Ezra from Magnificent
Seven,
and of course David on cold feet.
I like them both for the same reason,
they're filled with conflicts.
They're filled with mutually conflicting
desires that they have to work out
and they present the challenge of working
them out in a way where the
audience can see that struggle but also
have fun with their deviousness.
that and they both dress well!
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jamielynn says: Do either of you have a dream
role you would like to play? How about a dream actor
you would die to work with?
Anthony: Nothing's worth death! LOL
Alicia: My dream role would be Mary
Magdalene or Mary, mother of Jesus.
I would like to work with Anne Bancroft
and DeNiro.
Anthony: My dream role I guess would have to
be Mary Queen Of Scotts.
I've always wanted to work with Daffy Duck
.. or Yosemite Sam!
Alicia: I think Dame Edna.. I think you'd
work very well together!!
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jga412 says: To both Alicia and Tony: How is
it different working on "Cold Feet" from other things
you've done, especially "Another World" and "The
Magnificent Seven?"
Anthony: The main difference between
working on Magnificent Seven and this show is the
noticable lack of forces.
You went to work on Mag7 everyday worrying
if you were going to get horribly injured by falling
off a horse or one
of the gun battles...there were actually
lots of stunt.
In Cold Feet...one of the biggest stunts
I've done .. is working with Alicia!!
LOL!
Alicia: LOL!!
Alicia: I don't really think that working
on Mag 7 was an absolute joy for me... I unlike Tony
really enjoyed the horses.
There really is no difference to me from
working on Another World and Cold Feet ...
in the specific sense I'm surrounded by
people who've come to mean a lot to me.
We always have a lot of fun on the set!
I don't have to cry as much!
Which is very nice, my sinuses have thanked
me!
Anthony: She asks me to cry for her!
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guest-soapbox says: Alicia I loved you in
Another World!!! What is the difference acting in a
night time drama as opposed to a daytime soap opera?
Alicia: It's really the same answer again.
I get to be light and funny instead of being
heavy and tearful.
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guest-Marty says: Hello Alicia and Anthony is
it difficult to cry on cue?
Alicia: The other difference is that on a
soap opera we're doing an episode a day so I would have
to learn 30-50 pages of dialogue for the next days
shoot.
On Cold Feet we're doing an episode every 8
days, so the prep time is a lot less.
Marty:
Anthony: Not for Alicia!
Alicia has a peculiar gift for that sort of
thing that dazzles me.
I sort of have to have a week's notice and
begin marsaling my forces.
The problem is that I don't cry in real
life,
so I have to really torture myself to really
squirt a few tears out.
Alicia: I have to say that that is not
true.
I think that adding to Tony's already
brilliant gift at comedy, he is quite able to conjure up
a little tear.
I just think about how much I'm paying my
agent!
nonetoomany says: Anthony what made you
decide to change from pre-law to acting?
Alicia: Money!
Anthony: I could give a joke answer to
that..
but the truth is I was a junior in college
and I was about to take the LSAT's
and I found myself getting very depressed
and I didn't know why,
and I realized that it wasn't really what I
wanted to do.
I was just going through the motions to
please my parents.
I got upset long enough and threw up my
hands and said "I've got to do what I have got to do"
...
and the despair and idea of going through
three years of Law School is what gave me the kick in
the ass to start pursuing acting professionally.
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samsmom says: I think your show is terrific
in dealing with real issues facing today's couples. Do
you have any input on the story lines?
Alicia: No, not really.
Anthony: On story lines... No.
There is an ongoing dialogue with the
writers about dialogue about how the character would
express him or herself,
but in terms of storylines that is something
that Kerry Ehrin our show writer
has been meticulously mapping out for the
entire arc of the season

so she's way ahead of us knowing where the
story is going.
By the time we get the scripts it's too late
to have any input ..she's already mapped out the
season... and doing a great job by the way!
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LadyTundra says: Hello Mr. Starke, I was
wondering what brought about your decision to take on
the role of David Chandler?
Anthony: 7 months of unremitting
unemployment~!
in other words, I needed a job!
Fortunately my need for a job was met with a
really good job, which this is.
I would have been happy with it had it come
at any point,
but it came at a nice point because I've
been knocking around since 7 got cancelled.
I also like the idea of doing comedy in an
hour format.
I've done so much in a half hour where all
you do is tell jokes rather than explore situations.
It's ironic to me that half hour comedy is
called as sitcom..
I think that comedy that comes out of the
situation more than jokes is to be found in shows such
as ours... without the audience or the laugh track.
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karatekid says: Anthony i read you have a
black belt in in Tae-Kwon-Do, do you compete in the
sport?
I don't compete anymore.
Anthony: I studied Tae Kwan do avidly from
12 to 22 yrs and competed
won a few trophies here and there.
I quickly lost my love of the competition
because it was killing the love of the art.
If I didn't win I was left frustrated and it
was just spoiling my joy for studying the art for its
own sake.
I let go of the competition in HS...but have
been studying the various arts since ...
everything from kick boxing to jujitsu
I don't view it as a competitive thing
...but as a way of self-improvement... a way of
rounding myself.
It also keeps me from drinking before noon!
;-)
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guest-brittanyfan says: Alicia I read in your
bio that you are into kickboxing, do you use this to
stay fit or do you have a workout routine?
Alicia: Gosh, I try to have a workout
routine.
I try to stick to it.
Lately I've been failing miserably in that
area.
I do use the Kick boxing to stay fit.
Believe me, it's just to stay fit. I'm not
that good at it.
It's great exercise...
Anthony: I also try to help Alicia stay fit
by sometimes attacking her on the set... sort of Kato
in the Pink Panther movies.
I'll hide for example in a refrigerator on
the set...and sort of jump out at her ... just to hone
her reflexes!
Alicia: My cardiologist loves that one!
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LStandish says: Anthony, Alicia what is it
like to work with a small child on the set?
Anthony: To be honest it's very tricky.
Working with a 2 yr old is a little bit like
working with Brando.
If he "ain't feeling it.. it ain't gonna
happen."
they're very method little creatures and not
afraid to go off script.
Alicia: I think when the children are on
the set, it is baby time
So your performance and what you hope to
accomplish in a scene goes out the window and it's all
about the child.
Anthony: It's all about Don Corleone!
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MiladyTaz says: Both: What is the
characteristic you like most about your character?
Anthony: I particularly enjoy the fact that
he's a couple of inches taller than I am.
And that he's left handed.
Alicia: I like that Karen is a real person,
she feels things
she's a bit uninhibited in what she's
feeling or thinking.
And, she also dresses really well.
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marc says: Alicia is a kickboxer and Tony is
a tae kwondo expert. Do you work with each other
happily or use your skills on each other?
Anthony: We use our powers only for good
and never for evil!
Alicia: Wonder Twin Powers!
Anthony: We have developed a genuine
affection and respect for eachother. It's been very
nice!
Alicia: Yes, I agree!
Anthony: You'd better!
Alicia: It really is a true partnership!
Anthony: Besides, I outweigh her by about 50
lbs.
Alicia: I realize that I'll never get my
way. ;-)
We get along very, very well!
We compliment eachother!
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LadyTundra says: To both of you, do you have
a lot of fun on the set?
Anthony: By that I think she means ...the
shoes match the hat ...rather than flattering eachother
all day.
Tundra:
Alicia: Oh yes!
Constantly!
It wouldn't be worth it if we didn't.
Anthony: The atmosphere is really relaxed.
Alicia: You don't even notice the hours
you're working ...you're just having a really good
time.
Anthony: When the actor is being framed by
the camera by a tight shot..it's sort of a rule that
they be naked from the waist down...and the crew is
always completely nude.
And if you saw us naked, you'd know why
we're all laughing!!!
Alicia: LOL!!
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guest-JillyStandish says: What is the biggest
practical joke Anthony or anyone else on the set has
played and to whom?
Anthony: I don't think we've had a lot of
practical jokes.
Alicia: It's not that kind of humor.
Anthony: It's like a party at Noel Coward's
house... a lot of witty banter.
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jga412 says: My favorite scene was when Karen
interrupted David's conference to demand a nanny. What
was your favorite scene to watch, and your favorite to
tape?
Anthony: Out of that pilot episode that
scene was my favorite to.
We had to go through so much to get that
right.
It was very tricky on a lot of levels.
When we originally shot it, the little boy
who plays our son wasn't having a good day.
So it threw things off kilter.
We had to reshoot it... they had already
done a different version and then I was cast...it was
the 3rd time Alicia had to do the scene.
It really came together .. in a way that it
tied our characters together.
Alicia: I agree
Anthony: You were a trooper Alicia!
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jga412 says: Tony and Alicia, any exciting
storylines for you coming up? Any little hints?
Alicia: I think that David and Karen will
be going through a bit of a marital crisis,
but I believe they will ultimately find
their way.
Anthony: It's also revealed that David was
behind the military coup in Pakistan
Alicia: Which made me see my husband in a
new light !!
Anthony: A scary one!
Alicia: I think that Jenny and Pete will be
going through a bit of a scare...
and Shelly and Adam are just simply trying
not to get in eachothers way.
Anthony: And Shelly has a big secret that
gets revealed in a few weeks ...
She's a man baby!!
Alicia: We can't say anymore than that...
it will ruin the surprise!!
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NBCLive says: We are just about out of time
for today, thank you Alicia and Anthony for joining us.
Any last words for our audience?
Alicia: Tune in.. Friday!
Anthony: Thanks to everybody for being
interested in the show,
because that interest is going to pay off
We promise you that the episodes will keep
getting better and better.
I guarantee that you'll get hooked!
This Friday's show is particularly
funny...so watch!
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A very special thanks to
Alicia Coppola & Anthony Starke
for participating tonight.
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Session Close: Tue Oct 19 10:29:47 1999