'Mamet actor' brings past to present

International Herald Tribune | June 13, 2006| | Copyright

Neil Amdur
International Herald Tribune
06-13-2006
For 20 years, Lionel Mark Smith yearned to see David Mamet's provocative play ''Edmond'' as a film. At a birthday party for Mamet three years ago, when talk again surfaced about casting for ''Edmond,'' Smith, a veteran actor, suggested a lead. What about William H. Macy?''I saw the Doody Man a couple of weeks ago,'' Mamet recalled saying, referring to Macy, whose affectionate nickname in the so-called Mamet Mafia is Howdy Doody. ''He's beginning to look more like a human and less like a puppet.''To millions of television and film fans who ...

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