The fabulous Drea, who we first met on The Sopranos and then later as the female lead on Joey, hasn’t really worked much since the Friends spin-off got canned. And apparently she thinks the show had something to do with it.
Says a source who overheard her talking in NYC: “She was saying ‘Joey’ completely ruined her career. She called it horrible and said she hasn’t been able to really work since then. She said she’s really been out of the business and is trying to get back in.”
Eh, I don’t think Joey ruined her career. I think the fact that she’s typecast herself is the problem. I mean, unless you want to do small guest spots on the Law & Order franchise for the rest of your career, there just aren’t that many roles for dubiously attractive, bossy, aggressive women with thick Staten Island accents. Like, you didn’t exactly storm onto the scene as the next Kate Hudson, sweetheart.
And I’m not even sure she actually said this. I also don’t care one way or another. I’m just scrounging for info to bring you guys on a very, very slow news weekend.
I agree Beet, she is type cast. Even the few movies Ive seen her in she plays someone married or with a drug dealer, mob person, bad boy etc.
But come on, who couldnt see that JOEY was totally going to be the biggest cow plop of a show????? My kid was in utero at the time and even she would kick and punch with mention of the JOEY!!!
Thank you Beet for bringing any stories you can! I am spending the weekend dog and bird sitting for my Mom in a small hick town and could use any entertainment I can get!
I didn’t mind Joey, I liked her and the kid who played her son.
And I agree, I don’t think she’s got the widest range and I doubt she was swimming in offers before Joey.
I love how all of these actors, who don’t get jobs, blame their last job for their careers tanking! Maybe they don’t get jobs, because they aren’t good at their craft. Maybe they were only good in one role and they peaked. Sometimes you gotta face the fact that your 15min. are up!
She needs to work on a British accent. That way she can play roles for dubiously attractive, bossy, aggressive woman with a thick British accent.
There are 4,000 “actresses” on Staten Island who look exactly like her, and who’d work for next to nothing.
If the photo is any indication, ‘dubious’ is pretty generous.
I think her problem is that she looks like fergie