Ed Asner Explains How He Changed Up Lou Grant
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The publication is called Smashing Interviews magazine. And certainly, Melissa Parker’s Q&A with Ed Asner for the Birmingham, Ala.-based outlet lives up to that lofty title.
The record holder for male actor Emmy Awards covers a lot of topics. One of the conversation highlights involves how Asner transitioned from The Mary Tyler Moore Show to Lou Grant:
Asner: We continued to work on the [Lou Grant] first year, and finally I came to the realization that I was using my two older brothers as inspirations for the “Mary Tyler Moore Lou.”
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