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Before Melora Hardin starred “The Office”, he went to La Pradera.
The actress, who started in Hollywood as a child, auditioned for “Little House on the Prairie” when I was 9 years old. He was later chosen in an episode to play Belinda, one of Albert Ingalls classmates (Matthew Labyorteaux).
The 57 -year -old, who recently launched a line of collage -style tapestry paper, Melora Hardin graphic scriptsHe has good memories of helping to give life to the successful series. She told Fox News Digital that Michael Landon, who played the beloved Patriarch Charles Ingalls and directed the series, was revered on the set by the fellow children of “Pradera”.
Before Melora Hardin starred by Jan Levinson in “The Office”, he worked alongside Michael Landon at “Little House on the Prairie.” (Alamy/Getty Images)
“Michael Landon made everyone feel safe,” he recalled. “He trusted us and we trust Him. He was a protector with us. And I think that was one of the most important lessons I learned from the beginning (in Hollywood), surrounding people who make you feel safe.”
“I have always said that acting and making films and television are one of the best team sports,” he shared. “And I think Michael Landon was my first example of that. I learned from him immediately. And I felt incredible to be close to people who made you feel safe to be a fool in front of, to fail in front. As an artist, especially that young man, he felt good not to feel constantly judged or challenged.”
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“It’s about working with great collaborators and not tolerating A, Water,” he said. “I had no account on the set. And I think that is very important. If you feel safe, then you can do a great job.”
Melora Hardin auditioned for “Little House on the Prairie” when I was 9 years old. (Jim Britt /American Broadcasting Companies through Getty Images)
Hardin had already been working “for a long time” in the show When he joined “Little House.” But Landon was different, he shared.
“I worked with people who were not as friendly as he,” said Hardin. “We had school on the set, and it was very fun to have other children at school with you, working with you.”
Melora Hardin has stayed busy with its collage tapestry paper line. (Storyboards by Melora Hardin)
“Many times I would be making a movie or something, and it would be the only one (child) in the room,” Hardin continued. “It would be the only one in the classroom with the teacher Set. And it was a joy to have other children when you could be in class with them and then work with them. That was cheerful. We would also play games. It was a very fun way to be a child, to be an actor child. It was certainly a culminating point.”
The actor Michael Landon on the “Little House on the Prairie” set around 1977 (Ron Galella/Ron Galella collection through Getty Images)
Hardin revealed that from the moment he walked along the set, Landon was “so warm.”
“She worked very well with the children,” she said. “I really knew how to make us feel comfortable. I would let us do our. He was not an enthrieve director. He was very happy.
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Michael Landon having fun in the set with Melissa Gilbert, Center, and Melissa Sue Anderson. (Alamy)
“I had a relationship for a long time with its crew and surrounded people I really trust. So it was fluid. I was happy. I never felt that I was stressed. Maybe I was (working behind the scene), but I never felt it as a child. I just seemed to have a great moment … They all seemed to be smiling in my world like a young child.”
Hardin also joined Labyorteaux, 58.
From the left: Matthew Labyorteaux, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle and Melissa Sue Anderson (Alamy)
“I remember that during my first hearing, we had to make this flashback sequence of us dancing together,” he recalled. “He was a dancer. I started to dance at 5th. I was very seriously on the ballet. He was not yet chosen as Albert, but he was chosen when he was a young Charles (Ingalls). We danced together, and then he told me that he really wanted me to be the paper because he did not step on my feet as the other girls did.”
Hardin returned to the 1983 television film “Small house: look back yesterday.” She played a new character, Michele, who was Albert’s love interest. They shared their first kiss on the screen.
Matthew Labyorteaux (left) with the cast of “Little House on the Prairie” today. (Photo of Dipasupil/Getty images for extra)
“We both fell in love with each other,” he said. “It was an incredibly sweet moment. I think it was something for which we were both nervous and we both enjoyed it. That is a memory forever. And we became the best friends. She is the godfather of my youngest daughter. It was a wonderful and fortuitous moment in our lives.”
“Little House on the Prairie”, adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) novels, Michael Landon starred as Charles Ingalls. (Silver screen collection/Getty images)
“Little House on the Prairie” concluded after nine seasons in 1983. Landon died in 1991 at 54 years of pancreatic cancer. It was a gloomy moment for the cast.
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“He was still so young when he died, but I remember that we were all sad,” he said. “… but I was so happy to have had that time with him, that time we shared in the set and the creative experience we shared. I had to witness how charming I was. I will always remember it that way.”
Today, Harden has stayed occupied with his wallpaper line.
Melora Hardin said she was always passionate about collage art. (Storyboards by Melora Hardin)
“My interest in art began very young,” he explained. “My father is an actor and artist. And I think I learned very young from him who, yes, you can be an actor, but it is also very important to have other things that are passionate about. And I love art, and I have always passionate about collage. I don’t think I was a great artist. I tried to paint. But it didn’t cause me how collage.”
“When I made my first movie, I realized that collaging is a kind of what you did in the editing room,” he shared. “Everything goes together. I am a composer and that is also like a colaño, because you are gathering words and melodies in a way that they belong together in some way. I think it has always been who I am.”
The Hardin Melora Tapiz paper collection is now available. (Storyboards by Melora Hardin)
In January, Netflix confirmed that a restart The classic show had been given green light. The transmission giant described it as “a transformed adaptation.” He will tell Rebecca Sonnenshine of “The Boys” and “The Vampire Diaries” as Showrunner and executive producer.
Melora Hardin looks here as Jan Levinson in front of Steve Carell as Michael Scott in “The Office” around 2007. (Byron Cohen/Nbcu Photo Bank/Nbcuniversal through Getty Images)
Hardin feels that he should have a chance.
“There is certainly a place for sweet content and to feel good,” said Hardin. “I remember when a new ‘Hawaii Five-0’ was announced. I thought:” I remember when that was underway when I was a child, “and I loved. Can they do justice?”
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Netflix is currently working on a “Little House on the Prairie” restart. (NBCU Photo Bank/Nbcuniversal through Getty Images through Getty Images)
“I think it is the same feeling here (for fans). When you lived during the original time and you have to experience it, of course you will feel like, ‘there is no way they can do it just as well.’ But that is not confidence.”
“I think it’s now a great moment for the content of feeling good,” Melora Hardin told Fox News Digital. (Marleen Moise/Getty Images)
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“I think it’s now a great moment for the content of feeling good,” he said. “We need some sweetness. We need some entertainment. I think there is a need for warmth and stories that celebrate the commitment to the family. I think it is important.”
“I think those good values of the old days would be something good to have on television today for young people,” he continued. “So many things these days are tired and so dark. And yet the ‘little house’ was full of so much love, heart and good values. Who would not want to experience that today?”
