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[Australia] Defamer Hollywood

The 'V' Breakdowns: Seeking Rat-Gobbling Anderson Cooper-Type

Posted by Seth at 8:26 AM on February 6, 2009

AICN got breakdowns for ABC's pilot remake of V, about reptilian aliens who descend on L.A. pretending to be peaceful, before unhinging their jaws and swallowing us alive. (It's loosely based on the CAA story.)

Among the descriptions of series regulars is this one:

[CHAD DECKER] 28 years old, an Anderson Cooper wannabe, he's a newscaster with BBN, based in New York City. Amoral, ambitious, and a little slippery, Chad is intent on getting to the top of his profession in a big hurry. The kind of man who sleeps with the Vice President's press secretary in order to gain entree, Chad gets the Ultimate Source when he is tapped by Anna to become her steady outlet for information (propaganda) about the Visitors. Too ambitious to realise that he's going to become an unpaid sycophant, Chad doesn't question his good luck...SERIES REGULAR (3)

We suppose this would be an appropriate moment to voice our gnawing concerns about the real Anderson Cooper, who's always struck us as just a little too slick, a little too everywhere at once, a little too staring at John King with a hungry look in his eye that reads, "Hm. You'd be tasty in a Moroccan tagine, my little Magic Wall-mastering friend." That said, we nominate Mad Men's John Slattery — a smidge too old, but really the only silver-haired, dreamy-eyed, rodent-chugging himbo we could possibly picture in the part.


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