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- Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal) Calista Flockhart already had a handful of movie, TV, and stage credits — including the 1996 film The Birdcage as well as The Glass Menagerie and Three Sisters on Broadway — when she was cast on Ally McBeal in 1997.
- Gil Bellows (Billy Thomas) Gil Bellows had only collected a handful of credits — including his first major film role in 1994's The Shawshank Redemption — when he was cast as Ally's ex-boyfriend and new co-worker, Billy Thomas.
- Courtney Thorne-Smith (Georgia Thomas) Before she was cast as Georgia Thomas on Ally McBeal, Courtney Thorne-Smith was already a TV star having played Allison Parker on Melrose Place from 1992 to 1997.
- Jane Krakowski (Elaine Vassal) Jane Krakowski went on to even greater fame after breaking out as office assistant Elaine Vassal on Ally McBeal. She's formed a strong partnership with writer Tina Fey, earning four Emmy nominations for her role as vapid actress Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock and a fifth Primetime Emmy nod for portraying Jacqueline White on Fey's Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
- IT WAS CREATED TO BE ON AFTER MELROSE PLACE. With the promise of full creative control, Fox asked David E. Kelley—whose legal drama The Practice debuted six months before Ally McBeal—to create a show that would keep females in the 18- to 34-year-old demographic from changing the channel after Melrose Place on Monday nights.
- BRIDGET FONDA WAS OFFERED THE ROLE OF ALLY. In 1999 Fonda said she "refused to read the script for fear I might really like it. I’ve never wanted to do TV.
- FLOCKHART WAS TIRED AT HER AUDITION. The stage actress was one of “hundreds” of actresses who tried out for the part (including Lara Flynn Boyle). "I was jet-lagged and tired, so I just went in there and thought, 'Well, whatever happens, happens,'" Flockhart told People Magazine in 1998.
- FLOCKHART AND GIL BELLOWS ALREADY KNEW EACH OTHER. Before the role of Billy—Ally's ex-turned-boss—was cast, the producers wanted Gil Bellows and Flockhart (who had already been cast as Ally) to read together.
Mar 11, 2024 · Gil Bellows as Billy Thomas Ally McBeal cast. 1998/2019 Getty. Born in June 28, 1967, in Vancouver, Canada, Gil Bellows is an actor and producer. Before becoming part of the Ally McBeal cast, he had parts in several movies including The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Miami Rhapsody (1995) and The Substance of Fire (1996).
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