I guess this just proves what great actor Michael Landona and Karen Grassle were. I just read an interview from a page
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Karen Grassle
DawnZEJ3 — 19 years ago(October 12, 2006 07:24 PM)
I guess this just proves what great actor Michael Landona and Karen Grassle were. I just read an interview from a page on Class of '59 Ventura in which she states it was hard to get to know Michael because he was the boss. A lot of us Little House fans know he was the Exec Prod, not to mention the Director and writer of a lot of the episodes. But, it looks so much like they were in love (Charles and Caroline Ingalls) When she states that it was hard to get to know Michael it surprised me and disappointed me. They had so much chemistry and Melissa Gilbert seemed to be close to him off the set. She went over to his house and was friends with his daughter Leslie, s9 Miss Plumb)
It states that she keeps in touch with Allison Angrim (Nellie Olesen) and Lindsey/Sidney Greenbush (Carrie Ingalls) but nothing about Melissa Gilbert and Melissa Sue Anderson. Kind of strange and kind of sad, considering they were her "oldest daughters". -
DawnZEJ3 — 19 years ago(November 06, 2006 06:40 PM)
Melissa Gilbert has always said how much she felt like Michael Landon was a second father to her. But even Melissa Sue Anderson didn't rave about him. She said he was very controlling. He was a good man. But, Little House was his baby and he was very in control of everything. So obviously, Melissa Gilbert was the pet. I think she was lucky.
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sarahxelizabeth — 18 years ago(August 24, 2007 01:44 AM)
That's interesting, but strange, I think it always came off that they must be very close they had this amazing chemistry on the show that I don't think people who didn't care much for each other could pull off. They were both great actors with a lot of talent, though. I knew that Melissa Gilbert considered him like a 2nd father to her(didn't her adoptive father die when she was young?), but I always wondered about Melissa Sue Anderson. Michael Landon seemed to really like her.
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bill3-1 — 18 years ago(November 17, 2007 03:33 PM)
It just goes to show what great actors KG and ML were, they had the very best married couple chemistry I have ever seen, so convincing - you can feel the love.
Another interesting thing Melissa Gilbert said about Karen in her DVD interview from "The Last Farewell" is that when she was a tiny girl on the set, she herself wanted to grow up and be just like Karen. Melissa joked that she even tried to get physically near Karen, because she thought that if she did, that would help get some of Karen's qualities to rub off on her. -
harlowfan — 17 years ago(September 29, 2008 08:20 AM)
Well.. that just goes to prove that what takes place onscreen isn't reality.
Sad, but true.
You hear stories like that all the time. I find that amazing, too - how actors can have such an amazing chemistry onscreen, and then it just doesn't carry over into real life when the director yells "cut." So strange.
And then you hear stories about actors themselves.
Some of the actors who play some of the nicest people on our favorite TV shows and in our favorite movies are jerks in real life.
And on the same token, some of the celebs who play the villains we love to hate onscreen or actors whom we just would NOT imagine to be extremely nice or approachable turn out to be wonderful.
I heard a bad encounter story from a fan about Michael Landon a couple years ago. I kind of took it with a grain of salt, because I don't know what really went on. I'm not discounting the fan's story, but I'm not going to believe a story that can't be proved to me, either. But in all honesty, whenever I hear of Michael Landon these days, or see him on TV or in old video clips, I can't help but think of that story, and wonder. Just goes to show the effect fan encounter stories can have. I kind of wish I'd never heard it.
(In reality, it was probably just a celeb being human and having a bad day. And a fan taking it personally.) -
aisleys — 17 years ago(April 04, 2009 11:20 AM)
I've actually heard the opposite in regards to Melissa Gilbert's relationship with Michael Landon. I heard they had a huge falling out, but she later reconciled with him before his death. She was upset over him leaving his wife and their children at the time.
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fiatlux-1 — 15 years ago(July 17, 2010 12:29 PM)
I'd heard Michael Landon could be hard to get 'near'. He was quite aggressive and in control. I bought Karen and Michael as on-screen couple, but I never ever thought Karen looked "comfortable" in that role! She often looked.uncomfortable!
I've heard conflicting reports on Melissa Gilbert's relationship with him, she liked him she didn't etc. etc. But even in the interview I saw where Melissa claimed she really liked him, she herself said he could be manipulating for a scene. He'd get her to cry for a 'sad scene' by telling her he loved her etc. She said she was so touched, and that he may have meant itbut she didn't realize until later that he still was manipulating her by doing that.
He looked like a man I wouldn't want to cross, he always had that vibe about him.
He may have been kind, but he looked tough and often upset also.
"I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus."
"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush."