Melora Hardin says that Michael Landon ‘A – holes’ did not tolerate on the set
Melora Hardin only has good memories of her time on the Small house on the prairie Set Work Work With Series Director Michael Landon.
“Michael Landon made everyone feel safe,” said Hardin, 57, told Fox News Digital In an interview published on Saturday, March 15, adding that she had been working “long” in show business before she was cast in Prairie.
“He trusted us and we trusted him,” she said about Landon’s relationship with the other “prairie” children. “He protected us. And I think that was one of the most important lessons I learned early [in Hollywood] – Surround yourself with the people you feel safe. ‘
The Aluin office auditioned for the series when she was only 9 years old and returned when she was 13 to portray a character named Belinda, a classmate of Matthew LabyorteauxThe character Albert Ingalls. According to Hardin, Landon, who directed the series and also played as Patriarch Charles “PA” Ingalls, “so warm” and “worked great with children”. (Landon, who died in 1991, also produced the series and wrote various episodes.)
“I have always said that acting and making films and TV are one of the best team sports there are. And I believe that Michael Landon was my first example of that, “Hardin continued. “I immediately learned from him. And it just felt great to be with people who you felt safe to be a fool for, to fail. As a performer, especially that young, it felt good not to feel constantly rated or challenged. “
She added: “It is about working with great employees and not tolerating A -holes. He didn’t have a – holes on the set. And I think that’s super important. If you feel safe, you can do a great job. “She explained:” He really knew how we could feel comfortable. He would let us do our thing. He was not not a worried director. He was very happy. “
Hardin told The Outlet that, at this point in her career, she had already “worked with people who were not that fun” as Landon and noticed: “I would often do a movie or something, and I would be the only one [kid] In the room. I would be the only one in class with the regular teacher. “
But while he worked on Little House on the Prairie, Hardin said that the child actors “had school on the set, and it was just so much fun to have other children at school with you to work with you.”
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She added: “It was so pleasure to have other children when you had to be in class with them and then worked with them. That was happy. We would also play games. It was really a nice way to be a child to be a child actor. It was certainly a highlight. “
The Original Little House In The Prairie Television Series, based on Laura Ingalls Wilder‘s books with the same name ran from 1974 to 1984. The series also played Melissa Gilbert, Karen Grassle And Melissa Sue Anderson Like the rest of the Pioneer Ingalls family.
“He had a long -term relationship with his crew and he surrounded people he really trusted,” Hardin said. “So it was seamless. He was just happy. I never felt he was stressed. Maybe he was [working behind the scenes]But I never felt it as a child. He just seemed to have a great time … Everyone seemed to smile like a young child in my world. “
