Laura San Giacomo returns to television, though in a very different capacity than the sitcom Just Shoot Me. The one hour drama Saving Grace may not have as many laughs, but it has the same repertory feel between all of the actors.
Laura San Giacomo Talks Saving Grace
“I think that this idea of the last rep is sort of happening in television,” said San Giacomo. “There’s a great thing that happens, to spend years with people. I got to the point where if it was a storyline with my dad, I would just walk into that set with George Segal and it was all there, because you’ve lived together for years. It’s a great feeling. It’s a great atmosphere to spend some time in. so I really enjoyed that and we’re getting there now, after spending a couple of months together. Where we’ve got some nickmanes and some inside jokes. It’s a great thing to look forward to.”
The show actually pulled the actress out of semi-retirement. “I was just kind of sitting out for a little while to see what would happen and just mommying, since I had that seven years of working and enjoying that when this came up and I said, ‘Oh my gosh. I couldn’t have dreamed it better. I couldn’t have wished for better.’ This is really, really fun to be in and to look forward to some years, hopefully, if people like it.”
She plays a scientist on the show, but that does not take her out of the religious themes the series explores. “I just loved what was happening with Colin Hawkins’ stuff that was going on and also just talking to some scientists and reading some stuff that they’ve written about God. There’s actually more scientists that believe in God than you think. So I’ve enjoyed wondering through that a little bit. It seems like the finer and sort of the higher and deeper you get into the astrophysics and whatever, the closer you get to [God]. I think Stephen Hawking says it too. So I’ve just been reading as much as I can and delving into it. I love it.”
As more and more shows featuring female leads emerge, the Hollywood veteran can only guess why the opportunities are increasing. “I wonder if there’s a whole generation of female executives that have come up, that want to see more stories about women their own age. I don't know if that has any influence on the whole situation. I really don’t know because I don’t study sort of the trend of it. I’ve just noticed that I don’t read as much stuff. They don’t send me as much stuff to read. I know what that means, there’s not as much out there.”
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