#DON JOHNSON MIAMI VICE SERIES#
#DON JOHNSON MIAMI VICE TV#

Because everybody on the planet identified me with that character.вЂќДЄnd of course, there were also the financial benefits of bringing back a property that JohnsonвЂ™s production company owns a big piece of, including a portion of the original showвЂ™s 122-episode library.

вЂњBut I knew it was a mistake, and a no-win situation for Colin Farrell. вЂњWhen Michael Mann was going to make вЂMiami ViceвЂ™ as a movie, he didnвЂ™t call me, and I didnвЂ™t call him,вЂќ he said. Johnson said he had the writers watch the 1940 screwball comedy вЂњHis Girl FridayвЂќ to get a taste of the snappy repartee he wanted. The premise was rejiggered into a procedural about two on-duty cops who were always getting into mischief with off-hours, get-rich-quick schemes. вЂњIt was unmakeable,вЂќ said Johnson, who became an executive producer on the eventual show. They sketched out an idea about two off-duty cops hired to protect a senatorвЂ™s wife with Tourette Syndrome, called, what else, вЂњOff Duty.вЂќ Later that day, Johnson looked at what the two had wrought. in the morning, and I said, вЂLetвЂ™s just conjure up something, and IвЂ™ll take it to CBS and see if we can get it done.вЂ™вЂќ вЂњAnd I had this 22-episode commitment at CBS. вЂњI was hanging out at his house, and he allowed to me that he was broke,вЂќ Johnson said.

#DON JOHNSON MIAMI VICE SERIES#

The series included something of a favor to Thompson, the iconoclastic journalist and writer of вЂњFear and Loathing in Las Vegas,вЂќ among other books, who was a neighbor and good friend of JohnsonвЂ™s in Woody Creek, Colo., at the time. While Sonny skewed toward the tormented and dour, Nash was upbeat and funny, quick with a snappy line. Despite the structural similarities of вЂњBridgesвЂќ and вЂњVice,вЂќ its two lead characters were very different. When Johnson first took on the role of Nash Bridges, he had been looking for a change.

#DON JOHNSON MIAMI VICE TV#

More recently, he has undergone a kind of renaissance, transforming himself from a leading man into a versatile character actor, specializing in a kind of winkingly scuzzy, unreconstructed American male in films like вЂњMacheteвЂќ (2010) and вЂњDjango UnchainedвЂќ (2012), and in TV shows like вЂњEastbound & DownвЂќ (2009-13). There was Miami in the вЂ™80s.ДЄlong the way, Johnson had five children, including a daughter, Dakota (of the вЂњFifty ShadesвЂќ franchise), who is racking up A-list anecdotes herself these days.

There were struggles with substance abuse, stories of womenвЂ™s underwear virtually raining from open windows.

He married Melanie Griffith (twice), set a world record in powerboat racing and released two hit singles (one with his then-girlfriend Barbra Streisand). They have, in fact, been the stuff of legend - not all of which is verifiable, and not all of which he remembers. The decades since вЂњViceвЂќ first made Johnson a star, in 1984, have given him plenty of material. вЂњBut heвЂ™d think about it first, and make sure it was coming from a good place.вЂќ вЂњHe would still slap the crap out you,вЂќ he added, using a cruder term. вЂњI imagine him to be wiser, and more thoughtful about things.вЂќ вЂњI imagine him to still be very fit, and very capable,вЂќ Johnson said of Nash.

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