While it’s the cane that’s snapping in the picture on the left, it’s the doctor himself who snaps during tonight’s episode of “House.”
Even when House was driving a car into Cuddy’s living room in last year’s season finale, his demeanor was cool, calm, and collected (albeit a bit crazy).
But take a look at the promo below, and you’ll see something we don’t ordinarily see Hugh Laurie do on the show: yell!
Even more surprisingly, that’s not the only time House loses it in tonight’s episode!
We spoke with “House’s” creator and executive producer, David Shore, who acknowledged that while the character is anything but a happy-go-lucky guy, it’s rare that we see him this fired up. (Click on the media player to hear David Shore.)
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With the series finale just one week away, watch tonight’s penultimate episode at 9/8c on Fox.
After playing the acerbic and talented Dr. Gregory House for eight seasons, Hugh Laurie wraps up his part with the shows series finale on May 21st. Although he had a solid acting career before taking on House, Laurie understands audiences and maybe even filmmakers will have a hard time seeing the actor in any other type of role. Still, Laurie remains grateful for his House experience.
Tonight’s episode of House marks Hugh Laurie’s second time behind the camera, and even though he is the series star, Laurie admits that directing is daunting and challenging. There are so many elements to directing, and leading a dedicated crew and making a slew of creative decisions calls for an innate multi-tasker. Even with all these responsibilities, directing, to Laurie, is simply “thrilling.”
After eight great seasons of television, the FOX medical drama, House, will have its series finale on May 21. Before the series aired, Hugh Laurie wasn’t very well known in the USA. But once the show hit the small screen, it turned Laurie into a major television star, and House has always had a very loyal fan base. Even though the show has been on the air for eight seasons, it was only recently that Hugh Laurie reflected about his time on House. (Click on the audio player to hear Hugh Laurie)
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Leaving the long running television show is not going to be an easy task for Laurie, who will miss the top notch stories that the series presented every week to its fans. (Click on the audio player to hear Hugh Laurie)
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Throughout its successful eight season run, House has received its share of acclaim, thanks to Hugh Laurie’s inspired work as the acerbic, exacting, and brilliant Dr. Gregory House. While Laurie is the face of the show, his fellow cast members have also been an integral element to House’s longevity. Laurie told us how much admiration he has for his fellow co-stars. (Click on the audio player to hear Hugh Laurie)
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For eight seasons, the doctors of “House” have delved into the issues of what it means to be human, raising questions about both morality and mortality.
And often, the answers have been left deliberately murky, leaving enough grey areas to encourage viewers to use their own grey matter and draw their own conclusions.
With the series soon drawing to a close, Fox All Access visited the set of “House” and asked its stars — Hugh Laurie, Robert Sean Leonard, Omar Epps, Peter Jacobson, Odette Annable, and Charlyne Yi — to tell us the one lesson about life they hope the show’s fans will take away from the series.
You know, aside from “Everybody lies.”
The final six episodes of “House” air Monday nights at 9/8c on Fox.
Olivia Wilde, is currently filming Rush, a Ron Howard (Apollo 13) directed project based on the true story of Formula 1 race car driver Niki Lauda. The actress, whose previous film credits include In Time and Tron: Legacy, is also returning as Dr. ‘Thirteen’ Hadley for House’s series finale. Ever so humble, Wilde is thankful for not being pigeonholed by Hollywood and getting the chance to inhabit a wide variety of roles.. (Click on the audio player to hear Olivia Wilde)
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Catch Olivia Wilde when she returns for the House Series finale May 21, on FOX
In the fourth season of “House,” Dr. Christopher Taub was one of the three new doctors that made it through the “Survivor”-like weeding-out process, and he’s been a mainstay on the show ever since. Dr. Taub has also become the most identifiable role Peter Jacobson’s taken on in his nearly two decades as a working actor. And he’s fine with that — he says the scenes he’s done with Hugh Laurie have been a definite career highlight for him, and he knows his fans love those scenes as well. (Click on the on the audio player to hear Peter Jacobson)
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Eight seasons of “House” has given fans more than 160 episodes to choose from as their favorite. And if you were to ask the show’s devoted fans to pick one, you’d get a lot of different answers. But if you were to ask Robert Sean Leonard, who stars as Dr. James Wilson on the medical drama, he’d tell you that for him, the show peaked early — his favorite was “House’s” very first episode! (Click on the audio player to hear Robert Sean Leonard)
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“House” fans: What are your favorite episodes? Share your thoughts with us!
As you’ve no doubt heard, the “House” crew will hang up its scrubs this May and call it a day after eight seasons. Hugh Laurie, who stars in the Fox medical drama, was a well-known comic actor in the UK, but he was a relative unknown in the USA, where audiences had only seen him in a handful of supporting roles. In fact, when Laurie went in to audition, executive producer Bryan Singer had never heard of him. However, Laurie thinks that lack of awareness worked to his advantage, because it allowed viewers to buy into the character, rather than the actor playing him. (Click on the audio player to hear Hugh Laurie)
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