10部热播美剧幕后的故事(下)

n Cranston was a Murder Suspect

5.布莱恩·克兰斯顿曾是杀人嫌疑犯

Many years before Bryan played "Walter White" on Breaking Bad, he and his brother worked in a restaurant in Florida. The head chef was a very mean man. In a 2011 podcast for Marc Maron, Cranston described him saying "No matter how nice you may have been to him, he hated you." Not surprisingly, all the wait staff routinely discussed how they wanted to kill him. Cranston says it was "all they talked about!"

多年以前，布莱恩·克兰斯顿还未在《绝命毒师》中饰演沃尔特·怀特，他曾和哥哥一起在一家餐馆打工。那儿的主厨是个非常刻薄的人。2011年，在马克·马龙的电台节目里当播客时，克兰斯顿如此描述道："无论你对他多好，他还是讨厌你。"因此，所有的服务生平时都在谈论着如何谋杀他。克兰斯顿说这就是"他们平时讨论的所有内容"。

Talking about wanting to kill your boss may not be that uncommon, but it does put a damper on things when said boss actually ends up murdered. When the police came to ask questions, they ended up learning that the Cranston brothers had recently resigned to ride their motorcycles cross-country. Until they could be cleared, the two men were both suspects.

想要谋杀老板的念头并不稀奇，但是当大家所讨论的老板真的死于谋杀时，就不是那么回事了。当警察来询问的时候，他们才知道，克兰斯顿兄弟俩已经辞职并骑着他们的摩托车横跨整个国家。他们俩在被证明清白之前都是嫌疑人。

and the City Caused a Rush on Cupcakes

4.《欲望都市》掀起纸杯蛋糕热

In Sex and the City, Miranda and Carrie frequent a place called Magnolia Bakery at 401 Bleeker Street. After the episodes aired, hordes of people had to investigate those cupcakes. Nothing can incur cupcake mania quite like Carrie Bradshaw can. Magnolia Bakery received a huge boost in sales and customers. In fact, they were so popular that they had to hire a "bouncer" of sorts. Not quite your typical club bouncer, this bouncer was friendly and very interested in the finer points of cupcakes.

在电视剧《欲望都市》里，米兰达和嘉莉常去布里克街401号的木兰烘焙坊。剧集播出以后，成群结队的人前去对那些纸杯蛋糕一探究竟。没有谁能像凯莉·布拉德肖那样带来一股纸杯蛋糕热。木兰烘焙坊也因此销量大增，顾客盈门。事实上，他们因为大受欢迎而不得不聘请了一位类似"保安"的工作人员。不同于一般的俱乐部保安，这位保安非常友好，并且相当注重蛋糕的细节。

He was responsible for monitoring how many cupcake aficionados were allowed in the store at one time. Of course Magnolia Bakery isn't exactly complaining. The store proudly displays memorabilia from the show on the walls of their many locations. Today, Magnolia Bakery is known for their banana pudding, but they will always owe their initial success to Carrie Bradshaw and a red velvet cupcake.

保安负责监管烘焙坊一次能容纳多少蛋糕狂热者。当然，木兰烘焙坊并没有因为人多而怨气冲冲。烘焙坊把电视剧纪念品展览于多家分店的墙上，并引以为豪。现在，木兰烘焙坊以香蕉布丁而闻名，但他们的最初成功应该归功于凯莉·布拉德肖以及红天鹅绒纸杯蛋糕。

Andrea Yates Trial Inspired Desperate Housewives

3.《绝望主妇》灵感来源于安德烈·耶茨案

In 2002, Marc Cherry (the creator of Desperate Housewives) was watching the news with his mother in her home. The lead story on the news that day (and many days before) was the Andrea Yates trial. Andrea was on trial for drowning her five children in the bathtub. Marc turned to his mother and asked, "Could you imagine a woman being so desperate that she would murder her own children?"

2002年，电视剧《绝望主妇》的制片人马克·切利正在家和他母亲看着电视。那天（以及前几天）的头条新闻是安德烈·耶茨案件审判。她因在浴缸里溺死自己的5个孩子而受审。马克转身问他母亲："你能想象一个女人究竟是多么绝望才会杀了亲生孩子？"

Martha Cherry took a cigarette out of her mouth, murmured, "I've been there," and resumed smoking. Marc was in shock (which, let's face it, is a pretty healthy response when you realize your own mother may or may not have had thoughts of murdering you while you bathed). He realized for the first time how desperate and lonely it could be to be a housewife. He realized then and there that he was upon a very good idea for a TV show. This conversation was the birth of Desperate Housewives.

玛莎·切利取出嘴里的香烟，喃喃低语："我也曾经这么想过。"说完便又抽起了烟。马克震惊了（我们想象一下，当知道你的亲生母亲可能会在你沐浴时杀了你，这反应很正常）。马克第一次意识到家庭主妇会变得多么绝望和孤独。接着，他就想到这会是电视剧的一个好素材。这次谈话便开启了《绝望主妇》的制作。

Fresh Prince of Bel Air was Almost Bankrupt

2.《活力王子》中的王子几乎破产

Will Smith had a very successful career in the late 80s and early 90s as the second half of rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. But in spite of his financial success, Smith did not manage his money well. It's a pretty classic tale, really. New fame, lots of money, no future plans, and lots of fancy toys added up to a lot of overspending. This lack of oversight and fiscal irresponsibility landed him on the brink of bankruptcy. He owed the government back taxes that he had not paid.

威尔·史密斯早年成名，那是上世纪80年代末90年代初，他做嘻哈组合"DJ爵士杰夫&活力王子"的后期成员时。然而，虽然他赚得盆满钵盈，却不善于管理金钱。这真是个老掉牙的故事。名望、金钱扑面而来；却没有远见，空有一堆玩物，最终导致超支。对财产的监管意识与责任感的缺失，让他从富有的顶峰一下跌到破产的边缘。没落之后，他欠政府的退缴税一直没能偿还。

When he was offered the role of "Will" on Fresh Prince, he had 70% of his wages garnished for the first three seasons. After three years, he was able to take home his full salary. Basically, the first line of the theme song could have been written about Will Smith's real life: "This is a story all about how/My life got flip-turned upside down." Except in real life, the "guys making trouble in his neighborhood" was the IRS.

当他饰演《活力王子》中"威尔"一角时，前三季的薪水都被制作方扣除了70%！三年之后他才拿到全额工资。碰巧的是，主题曲的第一句就如同是按他的真实经历所写："这故事就是说/我翻腾的生活/如何大起大落"。只不过在现实中，那个"（他）爱闹事的邻居"是美国国税局。

1."The Little Kicks" in Seinfeld Almost Didn't Happen

1.《宋飞正传》"踢脚舞"一集差点流产

In the episode "The Little Kicks," we get to see Elaine's fabulously hilarious dance moves. It's almost impossible to imagine a version of Seinfeld in which Elaine doesn't dance in such a funky way. And yet shockingly, this was almost the case. Writer Spike Fereston knew that series creator Larry David was against the dance, and he was only able to get it approved after David left. He was able to get the dance approve, but still received a lot of push back from the other writers.

在"踢脚舞"这集中，我们得以看到伊莱恩·薄伯那难以置信的滑稽舞步。简直难以想象没有她这么带感的放克舞蹈，《宋飞正传》会是什么样子。然而，令人震惊的是，那差点就成了现实。编剧之一斯派克·费雷斯滕知道，制作人拉里·戴维一定会反对这场舞戏，所以他只能等到戴维离开之后。当他的这场舞戏终于获得许可，却又遭到不少同事的强烈反对。

Fereston recalls when writer Jennifer Crittenden stopped him in the hallway after filming and asked him, 'Are you sure about this? Are you sure you're not ruining Julia Louis-Dreyfus' career?' Considering Dreyfus won an Emmy that same year, it's safe to say the dance was a good career move for the actress. And now to reminisce, here is Elaine doing her famous "Elaine Dance."

据斯派克回忆，一天，拍摄工作结束后，另一位编剧詹妮弗·克里滕登在走廊叫住他，问："你一定要这样吗？你确定这样不会毁了朱莉娅的前程吗？"考虑到当年朱莉娅凭此剧获得艾美奖，我们不妨说这场舞戏其实让这位女演员在演艺事业上更进了一步。为了怀旧，您不妨抽空再去回顾一下伊莱恩和她著名的"伊莱恩舞步"。

审校：赵倩 来源：前十网