![]() ![]() That's a very difficult process in television, on a series. "And he has to dig very hard inside of himself and almost torture himself to come up with a performance that he's satisfied with. "David is a perfectionist, and he is seldom satisfied with his own performance," Franz says. There is no ego."Ĭaruso was a different matter. "He's a sweet man, such a conscientious worker. "I'm so happy to come to work every day and see Jimmy," he says. If a certain segment of "NYPD Blue" fans is relieved that the annoying Detective John Kelly wrote himself out of the script, Franz won't pretend he is wracked with regret. It is understandable that Franz doesn't want any static with his new television sidekick after the Sturm und Drang that surrounded the early departure of his former partner, David Caruso. "It's not too hard to have a crush on Dennis," he says. The vibes are good on the set." And he doesn't begrudge Franz his own success as a lady-killer, he adds. ![]() ![]() It's the kind of thing that, if I would hear about somebody, I would form an opinion about that person." It is trash, but it gives some people the wrong impression needlessly. When I first heard this I sort of laughed and then I thought, Wait. There's no competition between the two of us. "That's something I wouldn't feel the slightest bit about. "I know the attraction he has for ladies," Franz says. (" NYPD Blue' star is green with envy," as one Chicago television tattler put it.) Franz finds the stories annoying. Lately the gossip mills have gleefully churned out stories suggesting that Franz is jealous of the smoldering sex appeal of his new television partner, Jimmy Smits. "One of the snappier guys on the golf course." "He's a pretty natty guy," Mantegna says. He talks better than Sipowicz and, though he is dressed for the show this afternoon, his friends say he dresses better too. So now it's almost as if he's taking a quiz and knows the answers, but he's too polite to make you feel dumb for asking. There have been a lot of interviews lately - what with the hit ABC series, the controversy over the dirty words and the bare buns, the flap over his redheaded ex-partner, the Emmy, the Golden Globe. He answers quickly, without weighing and sifting his words. He wants to understand the question, and he'll meet you at least halfway. In person, he is better looking: more relaxed, yet somehow more contained. His character reveals himself through his eyes, which can narrow into a cold squint of disgust or open to reveal a reluctant vulnerability. On-screen, he is all nervous gestures and glances. For lack of other terms, they've labeled it sex symbol.' " "You don't have to be physically attractive to be attractive. "I represent the average guy," Franz says. "I think a lot of guys live vicariously through him and enjoy the fact that he is somewhat of a sex symbol," says actor Joe Mantegna, who has been Franz's best friend for more than 20 years. Unprepossessing man fall in love is resonating with both sexes. And something about watching this awkward, But Sipowicz is just about the first role that gives Franz a chance to get romantic. And one included a picture in a bathing suit - a little bikini!"Īndy Sipowicz is Franz's 28th cop role (tonight he departs from his usual fare, portraying famed trial lawyer Richard "Racehorse" Haynes in the ABC miniseries "Texas Justice"). and I've gotten several pretty explicit letters from young girls. "I would expect it from middle-aged, elderly women. "I've been shocked at some of the mail I get," he says. They respond to the hard parts of my character."īut now the postman also brings some real fan mail. "I usually get letters from guys in prisons," says Franz, seated in his trailer on the Fox lot during a short break from shooting. But ever since the burly "NYPD Blue" character stepped in the shower for a soapy encounter with his on-screen love, Dennis Franz's image has become - steamy. With face like a pie pan and a body like the Pillsbury Doughboy, this is not what an actor would expect as he cruises past his 50th birthday. ![]()
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