Sam Waterston On Returning To 'Law & Order'

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🗓️ 28 March 2022

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Summary

Waterston joined the cast of the original NBC series in 1994 on a one-year contract. He wound up staying 16 years, until the series wrapped in 2010. Now the show's back — and so is he. We talk about working into his 80s, Grace and Frankie, and how the 1984 film The Killing Fields changed his life and career.

Also, David Bianculli reviews Julia, a new HBO series about Julia Child.

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0:00.0	This is Fresh Air.
0:01.7	I'm Dave Davies in For Terry Gross, who's off this week.
0:05.6	The original NBC series Law and Order, which ran for 20 seasons before ending in 2010,
0:11.5	is back, and with it, our guest, Sam Watershton, who returns to the role of District Attorney
0:16.9	Jack McCoy.
0:18.4	Watershton has appeared in more than 100 movies, TV shows and theater productions, and at
0:23.8	81, he's still busy.
0:26.1	The co-stars and the Netflix series Grace and Frankie is one of two men who leave their
0:30.2	wives to pursue their love for each other.
0:33.0	The series' final season wraps up this spring.
0:36.3	And Watershton plays former Secretary of State George Schultz and the new Hulu series
0:40.2	The Dropout about Elizabeth Holmes, whose blood-testing company Theronos collapsed in fraud
0:45.6	charges.
0:47.3	Among Watershton's other memorable performances are as a network news executive in the HBO
0:52.4	series The Newsroom, and as a war correspondent in The Killing Fields, which earned him an
0:57.4	Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
0:59.5	Well, Sam Watershton, it is great to have you.
1:02.3	Welcome to Fresh Air.
1:03.7	Thank you.
1:05.7	So you're back on Law and Order.
1:09.1	Going back onto the set, was it like putting on an old glove?
1:11.6	I mean, you did this show for 16 seasons before.
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