{"id":2387620,"date":"2026-04-24T16:40:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2387620"},"modified":"2026-04-24T16:40:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:40:24","slug":"mashs-mike-farrell-on-cast-storyline-script-suggestions-encouraged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mashs-mike-farrell-on-cast-storyline-script-suggestions-encouraged\/","title":{"rendered":"MASH\u2019s Mike Farrell on Cast Storyline, Script Suggestions Encouraged"},"content":{"rendered":"

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War is war, Hell is Hell, and <\/span>M*A*S*H <\/span>is Heaven to <\/span>Mike Farrell<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 87-year-old revealed that his experience on the long-running show was refreshingly collaborative. In fact, after he joined as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt in season four, he was thrown for a loop when after a cast read-through, director executive producer <\/span>Gene Reynolds<\/strong> opened the floor to suggestions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGene said, \u2018Okay, page one.’ And I thought \u2018Was I asleep? Didn’t we just do that?\u2019\u201d Farrell recalled on the April 20 episode of the <\/span>Still Here Hollywood<\/span><\/a> <\/span>podcast. \u201cHe said, \u2018Oh, Mike.’ He said, \u2018Here’s where we go through the script page by page to see if you, the actors, have any thoughts, any ideas, any suggestions.’\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As for how the <\/span>Providence <\/span>alum remembered feeling in that moment, he noted, \u201cI thought I’d died and gone to heaven. Oh man, \u2018Really? You want to hear from us?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A<\/span>nd ultimately, the show, starring <\/span>Alan Alda<\/strong>, <\/span>Loretta Swift<\/strong>, <\/span>Jamie Farr<\/strong> and more, ended up having a profound impact on him. \u201cIt was remarkable\u2014and it never stopped being that,\u201d Farrell explained. \u201cIt became for me a creative community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.eonline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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