BEDIAN: ‘I’M DEBBIE DOWNER’
By BILL HARRIS
Edmonton Sun
Oct 4, 2008
Canada
When Canadian Anne Bedian first auditioned for the new comedy The Ex
List, she thought there was some mistake.
"I read the script and I thought, ‘I’m excited and I want to do this,’
but I also thought, ‘They obviously haven’t seen my demo reel, because
if they had, they wouldn’t bring me in for this part,’ " Bedian said.
"I’m Mrs. Lost, CSI, Law & Order, very dark stuff. I love my work in
episodes of all those shows. But I’m Debbie Downer.
"I guess because I looked like such a fit for this character — as
someone who is authentically of Armenian heritage, and the character
is Armenian –my agents obviously put in the word and said, ‘She’ll
deliver.’ "
So Bedian had to get in touch with her funny side for The Ex List,
which debuts tonight on Global and CBS. Bedian plays a fortune teller
who informs Elizabeth Reaser (Grey’s Anatomy) that she has to marry
within the next year or she never will; the catch is, Reaser already
has met her potential husband.
"As an actor, I’ve been working on my funny side for a long time,"
said Bedian, a Montrealer who also has acting credits under her full
surname, Nahabedian.
"For years I’ve been telling people I’m funny, and everyone is like,
‘Uh, OK, sure.’ Then they’ll say, ‘We need someone a little more
soft.’ And I’ll be like, ‘I’m soft! What is wrong with you people?’ No
one listens to me!"
Well, Elizabeth Reaser sure does.
BOOB TUBERY
Returning tonight: The Ghost Whisperer (CTV, CBS), Numb3rs (Global,
CBS), Wife Swap (A, ABC) and Supernanny (CTV, ABC) … Sunday on CBC
Newsworld’s The Passionate Eye, the timely documentary Liberty USA
visits six of the more than 200 towns and counties in the United
States named Liberty. The doc features interviews with memorable
residents who are grappling with the issues at the core of the
U.S. presidential campaign.