‘High Potential’ Star Kaitlin Olson Talks Balancing ‘Heart and Soul’ With Procedural Antics in New ABC Drama
Note: This story contains spoilers from the “High Potential” premiere.
After making a name for herself as one of the four ne’er-do-wells of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”, Kaitlin Olson is entering the world of network procedurals in ABC’s “High Potential” in a move that even surprised herself.
“My agent brought this idea to me and gave me a summary, and I was like, ‘Wow, that sounds like not at all what I was thinking that I would do next,'” Olson told TheWrap, adding that her mind was quickly changed after reading series creator Drew Goddard’s script. “It’s so hard to balance a character and heart and soul with a dramatic procedural — it just needs a certain intelligence, talent and creativity to be able to do that, and I just thought he did it so seamlessly.”
In “High Potential,” which is based on French series...
After making a name for herself as one of the four ne’er-do-wells of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”, Kaitlin Olson is entering the world of network procedurals in ABC’s “High Potential” in a move that even surprised herself.
“My agent brought this idea to me and gave me a summary, and I was like, ‘Wow, that sounds like not at all what I was thinking that I would do next,'” Olson told TheWrap, adding that her mind was quickly changed after reading series creator Drew Goddard’s script. “It’s so hard to balance a character and heart and soul with a dramatic procedural — it just needs a certain intelligence, talent and creativity to be able to do that, and I just thought he did it so seamlessly.”
In “High Potential,” which is based on French series...
- 9/18/2024
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
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