Unforgettable Bobby Ewing in dallasPatrick Duffy remembered his on-screen brother, the late Larry Hagman, whom no one forgot in the costume of JR A man with whom he spent many years, and who had a penchant for drinking alcoholic…
Simply listening to the first note of its theme song is enough to make it recognizable: dallas is undoubtedly one of the most legendary series in television culture. Broadcast for the very first time in 1978ce soap opera created by David Jacobs immersed many fans in the intrigues of the Ewing family, and this over the course of 357 episodes.
Bobby and JR, the Ewing brothers from dallas
Big sister of West Coasta spin-off in three seasons which features the Ewing cadets from 1979, dallas had a sequel in 2012 with the new generation of Ewing at the top of its poster. Fans could discover Jesse Metcalfe, Brenda Strong and Josh Henderson in the title roles – known for their presence in Desperate Housewives – and find the iconic Linda Gray, Patrick Duffy and Larry Hagman as Sue Ellen, Bobby and JR respectively And the last two characters, brothers on screen, were also very close in real life.
Revealed notably in Our beautiful familyPatrick Duffy is also famous for many viewers for having played the famous Bobby Ewing for many years. The actor, who originally came to the project dallas thinking this one would be a five-episode mini-seriesthus met Larry Hagman who plays his older brother, JR Ewing, before becoming friends with the latter. A friendship that Patrick Duffy remembered with emotion, without however sparing his former colleague, on the podcast of actresses Staci Keanan and Christine Lakin.
dallas : Larry Hagman drank a lot of alcohol backstage according to Patrick Duffy
« He arrived in a leather and fringed cowboy outfit, a large hat, leather saddlebags on his shoulders, inside which were bottles of champagne. So we sat down and started drinking champagne, before starting to read the episodesremembered Patrick Duffy to his former acolytes of Our beautiful family. That day when I got home I told my wife 'I think I met my best friend.‘ »
And the actor pointed out the penchant for alcohol of the late Larry Hagman, who died in 2021. ” Every morning that we worked together, we went to Hagman's dressing room. We had a glass of champagne to start the day“, he described. A little habit which had the effect of instantly plunging Patrick Duffy into serious fatigue, while Larry Hagman could continue to drink in large quantities, he who “ drank three or four bottles of champagne during the day“, before ending the day with “ a small glass of tequila. »
