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I was writing a post about
memorable guest roles on TV and I realized that I could do an entire article just
about SOA. The biker show doesn’t only have one of the best casts on TV (every
single member of the club is perfectly cast) but they also have a history of
getting amazing guest stars. So, in honor of the season finale this Tuesday
let’s remember some of the most unexpected and amazing guest stars that have
graced Charming with their presence.
Titus Welliver
Fresh out of being smokey-the-smoke-monster
on Lost Titus came over to Sons of Anarchy to play Irish mobster
Jimmy O’Phelan. Maybe it was a lot about the timing, but Titus was the
embodiment of evil in my mind. So it was great to see him as the antagonist of
the MC.
Joel McHale
I love unexpected casting. Seeing
the star of a sitcom (Community) play
a role on a drama about bikers was priceless! I am guessing it had to do a lot
with Kurt Sutter and Katey Sagal doing an episode of The Soup. Somehow I can see Joel and Kurt Sutter being friends.
David Hasselhoff
What do you do after a failed singing career, playing a guy
with a magic car and a lifeguard, and being a judge on a mediocre talent show?
If you are David Hasselhoff you go on to play a porn producer/former porn star
on SOA. I gotta say David was great; his character was ridiculous enough
without fully being a joke and it is probably the best thing he has done with
his career in a really long time.
Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Tisdale is a hooker… No, I
am not starting a blog-hate campaign on the teen High School Musical star. Seriously, she played a high class hooker
this season on SOA. She didn’t do any racy scenes or anything so she can still
cling to her good girl status I guess. I neither hated her nor loved her. I am
just curious on how that casting idea came to place.
Kurt Sutter
The creator, writer, executive
producer and Mr. Katey Sagal himself has guest-starred a bunch of times on his
own show as Otto Delaney. And let me say that you have to have balls to write a
character like that for yourself! Otto has literally been to everything! He has
been beaten, blinded, abused and beaten again on a number of occasions. I just
love seeing Sutter fit in so well in the world he created.
Walton Goggins
BEST GUEST STAR IN THE HISTORY OF
TELEVISION. Period. Walton Goggins as Venus Van Dam was unexpected, shocking
and absolutely awesome. It took me around 5 seconds to realize it was him and
when I did I was screaming like a teenager on a Bieber concert. I loved Venus
even more after reading an interview with Goggins in which he talks about the
character without joking at all. He really approached it like he would approach
Boyd Crowder. For him Venus was a deep character with feelings and motivations
and I absolutely LOVE IT! You don’t expect to see one of TV’s most notorious
bad-asses in drag and taking part in a black-mail/porn photo shoot. It was
priceless and hands down the best guest role in SOA.
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