Why did John Leguizamo hate working on ER so much?
I think he would have been brilliant if not for the Jody storyline and they gave him a better story, He's a great actor, they completely wasted him and it was a shame. They brought on big name actors towards the end but wasted them completely on silly storylines. Imagine how great it would have been to have John Leguizamo and Angela Basset in the earlier seasons when the writing was better!
I'm guessing because the character was total crap and a waste of his talent
Not to mention the writers engaged in some gross cultural tropes when creating that character.
I was JUST saying this!!
I've seen some things written online that he didn't like the way ER filming was done. It's been known that it's a pretty tight schedule, fast paced, long days. I imagine that doesn't leave time to really dig into a scene too much, do a lot of takes and discuss it in between since they have to keep things moving. Leguizamo is a great character actor and really shines bringing those characters to life. I doubt he had much time to really do that on ER. But he did great with what he was given, though it's unfortunate he was given crap.
Yeah I was bummed putative how they handled his story arc. It could have been much better. He's a great actor and they kinda did him dirty.
Gotta say he had one of the best entrances of any doctor.
I do really hate where he took his story though…