The West Wing’s Allison Janney isn’t the White House press secretary - she just plays one on TV. That is, until Joe Lockhart invited Janney and a handful of other West Wing-ers to spend a day watching their real-life counterparts go about their business.
The West Wing’s Allison Janney isn’t the White House press
secretary - she just plays one on TV. That is, until Joe Lockhart
invited Janney and a handful of other West Wing-ers to spend a day
watching their real-life counterparts go about their business.
It was obviously a pretty slow day in DC when the cast was visiting, as
Lockhart allowed Janney to run his daily press briefing. Looking
confident and dressed to the nines, Janney approached the podium with,
uh, the confidence of an actress who knows her lines.
When asked why West Wing staffers are so often depicted running through
the White House halls, Janney responded, ’I have not spoken to the
president about that but I will get back to you on that.’ Another scribe
followed up with ’Is he (the president) up yet?’ to which Janney
answered, ’I believe he is up, yes.’
Alas, the reporters proved relentless. ’Is he doing any work?’ one
queried, prompting Janney’s answer, ’Is he doing any work? I have no
comment.’ ’Or is he wandering through the halls?’ countered the
reporter. ’He’s taking care of the hallway situation,’ Janney
clarified.
The verdict? Don’t quit your day job, Allison. There are few enough good
dramas on TV as it is.
