2023-07-03 10:44:04
If Little House on the Prairie ended in the United States in 1983, the series lives on thanks to numerous reruns on television. And for many viewers, it remains as cult as ever. Nevertheless, in recent years, actresses have delivered on fiction but also on the behavior and personality of Michael Landon, the interpreter of Charles Ingalls, who died in 1991. Karen Grassle, who played Caroline Ingalls, confided to keep a bitter memory of his collaboration with the actor, and Alison Arngrim, alias Nellie Oleson, confirmed the accusations made about the latter, nevertheless bringing some nuances. For her part, Melissa Sue Anderson, who played Marie Ingalls, returned to the “icy atmosphere” between Michael Landon and Karen Grassle, and also defended the actor, accused of having had a “dangerous” behavior on set. But what about Melissa Gilbert, the unforgettable interpreter of Laura Ingalls?
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Little House on the Prairie: Melissa Gilbert’s secrets about Michael Landon’s behavior
During the 2023 Monte Carlo Television Festival, Télé-Loisirs spoke with the actress on this subject in order to find out what her feelings were. “I think there’s been a miscommunication in a lot of ways, because I’ve read everybody’s books. I’ve read Karen Grassle’s books, I’ve written my books. I’ve read Alison Arngrim’s book. And I think the press has done a real disservice to the people who wrote those books and certainly to Michael by only telling that side of the story about him. Because, really, the about everyone are very weighted”, began to explain Melissa Gilbert, before returning more particularly to the character of Michael Landon, also producer, director and screenwriter of The Little House on the prairie. “Michael was a perfectionist. He could be difficult with certain people at times. But back then, in the 1970s, we weren’t as politically correct as we are today. The jokes were much more risque and the environment could be very chauvinistic for adult women.I was only a child, but I saw what was happening… I think the press, especially the European press, focused only on the bad sides, instead of looking at the weighting of what these people may have written”, added the actress who had an unlikely affair with Tom Cruise.
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Melissa Gilbert says the working environment on Little House on the Prairie was never “hostile or brutal”
Always very attached to Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert feels grateful to have had the chance to meet the actor and to have been able to work with him on The Little House on the prairie. “I often wonder what Michael Landon would have to say about us and what he would have to say about these times that we live in. I’m sure he would have evolved and changed if he had had the opportunity. “, confided the actress. And to conclude: “As far as the work environment is concerned, it was never hostile or brutal. Michael just wanted us to do our best. And when we did, he rewarded us with a lot of love. We wanted to be great for him, and he knew how to get that. He also expected us all to be professional so we could go home to our families sooner.”
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