Last man sitting buy7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() “I came home from the first day of classes and said, ‘Mom, that was the best day of my life!’”ĭever was spotted by a talent agent who was convinced the kid would take Hollywood by storm. “I kept begging my parents to let me take acting classes,” she says. “When I see a person on TV, within three minutes, I can do all their mannerisms and their voice. “I’ve always been good at doing impersonations,” she says. It would be easy to call Kaitlyn precocious, except she has had her eyes on this particular prize since she was a child in Dallas. If you have to do multiple takes, they tend to fade.” “It’s great for the audience,” Dever says. The lead, Allen, is a seasoned pro, and he brought over an old hand from “Home Improvement,” director John Pasquin, who stresses rehearsal. The fact that “Last Man Standing” runs with clockwork efficiency affords Dever more away time. “It may get to the point where she’s at a Jennifer Lawrence level, where we can’t hold onto her, but we want it to last as long as possible.” “She’s a massively skilled actress,” says “Last Man” executive producer Tim Boyle. It’s unusual for a network to give a series contract player so much latitude, but ABC realizes what they have in Dever and makes every effort to accommodate her. It’s one of five films she has done in the last two years, including the forthcoming “Laggies” with Keira Knightley. But she has a note from her agent.ĭever has been splitting her time between the sitcom and the set of “Men, Women & Children,” an Ivan Reitman comedy with Emma Thompson, Adam Sandler and Jennifer Garner, now filming in Texas. Lately, she has been playing hooky a lot. “I’m a junior learning Algebra 2,” she says, “and I’m in with a third grader.” She’s sitting in what serves as the classroom for her and for Flynn Morrison, 8, who plays Boyd on the show. In addition to “Last Man Standing,” on which she plays flinty youngest daughter Eve, she reprised her role earlier this season as the dangerously resourceful Kentucky teen Loretta McCready on “Justified.” Loretta is the firecracker who dared shoot Mags Bennet (Margo Martindale), the kid who keeps drawing the protective instinct out of Raylan (Timothy Olyphant).Īt the moment, Dever is backstage on the “Last Man” soundstage, waiting for a table read. If your career were booming like hers, you might want to stop and smell the residuals, too. “They can’t wait to be 18 and driving and heading off to college. “I’m the opposite of all my friends,” says the little scene stealer from Tim Allen’s comedy “Last Man Standing” (8 p.m. She turned 17 last month, for Pete’s sake. ![]() PHILADELPHIA - For Kaitlyn Dever, time is passing too quickly. ![]()
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