'Chuck' stunt-casting continues with Michael Strahan (yay!) and Nicole Richie (uh…)
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When I randomly ran into recent Super Bowl champion Michael Strahan last Monday, I wish I had known he had recently filmed a cameo on one of my favorite TV shows, “Chuck.”
I might have been able to get a scoop about acting from the Giants’ recently retired defensive end, whom I spotted wrapping up a conversation with someone else outside a Midtown restaurant at about 10 p.m. June 23.
I love my Giants, big-time. (18-1, baby!) So when Strahan flashed what might be the third-most famous gap-toothed smile in sports and entertainment (behind David Letterman and Madonna), I wanted to keep things cordial and brief. I approached, shook his hand and congratulated him on his retirement and outstanding Giants career. He was gracious, as I’m told he often is with fans.
But an item that appeared the next morning in The Star-Ledger indicates he was also a laugh and a half on the “Chuck” set, according to Josh Schwartz, the show’s creator and exec producer:
When the cameras rolled, Michael was really, really funny. Everyone on the set was completely blown away. Broadcasting or acting, he’s got a future.
On “Chuck,” Strahan plays Mitt, a nearby sporting goods store’s menacing manager who commandeers the Buy More lounge to play video games. According to The Star-Ledger, Morgan confronts Mitt and a comical showdown ensues. Rock!
Strahan—whose off-field TV appearances are about to be far more frequent as an analyst for Fox’s NFL pregame broadcast team—was so good on “Chuck,” Schwartz did not rule out the possibility of Mitt’s return:
After everyone saw him, they were like, ‘Well, maybe we should get Mitt back here.’
Add Strahan to the list of fun and eclectic guest-stars to appear on “Chuck” Season 2.0. “Arrested Development” alum Tony Hale’s landed a recurring role and John Larroquette (”Night Court”) and Michael Clarke Duncan (”The Green Mile”) have cameos.
Oh, and I guess Nicole Richie’s going to be on, too. Hey, look over there, is The Fonz trying to jump a great white? Entertainment Weekly has other, and equally valid, concerns.
Thanks to fellow Accessories, Brian Howard and Amy Vernon, for the heads-up on the “Chuck” fronts.
(Photo of Strahan by Mike Derer/AP; photo of Richie by Diane Bondareff/AP)
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