Six Degrees of trickery

Today's column features an interview with "Six Degrees" co-stars/old friends Hope Davis and Campbell Scott, plus some brief thoughts on Showtime's "This American Life" adaptation. The most interesting part is where the two talk about why they would leave their indie-movie cocoon to do a TV show:

So what made them want to do it?

"I was kind of lured into it," Davis says, referring to Laura's backstory as the widow of a TV reporter killed in Iraq, "thinking that my story was going to be quite political and that it was going to be about what it was like for the average American that you don't expect to be caught up in the Iraq war to be blown sideways. I thought my storyline was going to have much more to do with politics and the war, and it's hardly done that at all. It became clear that some powers that be wanted me to quickly recuperate and get on with my life, which wasn't what I intended.

And Scott?

"I bamboozled Campbell," Davis explains.

"I don't think 'bamboozled' is the correct word," he counters.

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