It wasn’t always rosy in this Little House on the Prairie. As Karen Grassle, the famous “Ma” of the series, recounted, it was sometimes very difficult to act with Michael Landon, who played her husband on screen. To the point that she could hate certain scenes alongside him.
Karen Grassle and Michael Landon have such on-screen chemistry that it’s hard to believe for fans of Little House on the Prairie that their relationship could be tense on the set. And yet this was the case if we are to believe the confidences of the iconic Caroline Ingalls, in her memoirs Bright Lights, Prairie Dust: Reflections on Life, Loss, and Love from Little House’s Ma.
As she explains in her book, Michael Landon has worn many hats in Little House on the Prairie. Besides being an actor, he was also producer, screenwriter and directorThe series was absolutely everything to the American star, to the point that he had difficulty delegating his work. Mike was the man for the job (…) He tried to give way to other directors, and even though they were good and the crew liked them, they never managed to be appreciated by Mike. » .
Michael Landon was sometimes more of a boss to Karen Grassle, rather than her husband in Little House on the Prairie
The media Showbiz Cheat Sheet tried to find out more about this, and contacted Karen Grassle to get more information about this difficulty in playing with Michael Landon. It’s complicated to have the person directing you play a scene with you, because she judges the way you play her ” she explained.
Karen Grassle therefore sometimes had difficulty getting completely into the skin of her character when she gave the reply to Michael Landon, for fear that he would reprimand her on her acting. Sometimes it was hard to tell myself that he wasn’t judging me.” . Fortunately, this has never been seen in the episodes of Little House on the Prairie !
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