Your wish is her shift-command. (Little computer humor for you, there.)
Back in 1996, I received an email from a 11-year-old asking me questions about my first novel, RATS SAW GOD, that had come out that year. The girl was doing a book report, and sheâd gone the extra mile by tracking me down. One of her questions was, âWhat do you want to do next?â I replied that I was hoping to transition into the TV and film business. She responded that sheâd done some film work herself.
A girl with big dreams of being an actress! How sweet! I thought to myself. I should say something encouraging!
I figured sheâd been an extra in a friendâs short film, or something along those lines, I wrote back asking her, politely I hoped, what movies sheâd been in.
âWaterworld,â she wrote. âCorrina Corrina. When a Man Loves a Woman.â
She was very sweet, though. She told me I should keep chasing my dreams.
Which brings us around to todayâs casting announcement. Seventeen years later, Iâm pleased to confirm that Tina Majorino will be returning to reprise the role of Cindy âMacâ Mackenzie.
When we began shooting Veronica Mars, I asked our casting director to track down Tina. I wanted to find out what she was up to. I learned she had just finished an indie with good buzz that was going to Sundance. The director of that indie with good buzz was a gentleman named Jared Hess, who had been a camera operator on a short film Iâd directed. During the shoot, Jared had shown me some footage â five or six minutes â of a curly-haired boy dragging a GI Joe behind a school bus. He said he was hoping to make a feature film out of it. It sounded like lunacy to me â how was this going to stretch to 90 minutes?
The film turned out to be Napoleon Dynamite. Iâve never trusted my sensibilities since.
I really wanted Tina in Veronica Mars. To say I wrote Mac with Tina in mind would be an understatement. I wrote Mac for Tina, and Tina only. Veronica needed a female friend, and a Q to her Bond. Tina felt like just the sort of girl that Veronica would like and respect. I couldnât be more pleased that sheâll be with us for the movie.
Please join me in welcoming Tina back in the comments.
T-minus-five days, and counting.