A couple of years before "Twin Peaks"
David had seen, I think it was "Robocop" or something.
He told my representative that he wanted me to do a picture that he had scheduled.
There was a problem with that company and the picture was never made.
A couple of years later I got a call, "David Lynch is doing a television series."
He said, "It's called 'Twin Peaks' and they want you to be a part of it."
I said, "Yes, absolutely." He said, "Don't you want to see a script?"
I said, "I don't need to.
"Anything David Lynch is doing. I'll carry a spear for him anytime. You bet."
So I went and met with...
Then I got the first two scripts that I was in.
I think it was episodes two and three, if I'm not mistaken.
So I'm reading episode two going,
"Who? What? Laura...?
I was completely confused. Didn't know what was going on.
Then when I read the next script, I was more in the dark.
I was absolutely confused, but it didn't matter.
Mark Frost wants to say hello and welcome me to the team.
So I went in and he said, "I'm glad you're doing this."
I said, "Me too. This is going to be great."
And as we start talking, he looked at me.
I guess he could see my eyes glaZed over.
And he said, "Have you seen the pilot?"
I said no and he said, "That explains everything. You're confused, aren't you?"
I said, "I'm utterly confused."
He said, "All right. Take this. Go home and watch it."
This was on Friday afternoon. He said, "Call me Monday."
So I went home that evening and put on the two hour pilot.
Watched it.
Rewound the tape. Called up several friends and said,
"You must come to my house now. You have to see the most amaZing thing."
We watched it a second time.
Rewound it and watched it a third time.
I was so frustrated. It was the longest weekend in the world
because I couldn't get hold of Mark Frost to just talk to him for an hour.
To tell him how thrilled I was. There's never been anything like it on TV before.
So then it all made sense after seeing the pilot.
Reading episodes two and three without having seen the pilot was not a good idea.