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‘Friday Night Lights’ actors head to car show
At the StatesmanCars Auto Show this weekend, browse among hundreds of 2008 vehicles at the Austin Convention Center, listen to the sounds of Andy Mitchell and the Hill from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, and meet stars of the “Friday Night Lights” TV drama.
Brad Leland, who plays Buddy Garrity, will appear from 10 a.m. to noon Friday. Gaius Charles, who is Brian “Smash” Williams on the show, and Jesse Plemons, who portrays Landry Clarke, will be on hand for a meet and greet, and to award this year’s winners of the American-Statesman’s Smash Your Rival contest from 6 to 8 p.m.
Scene-stealing Plemons is from Mart near Waco. We don’t know what he drives, but his character definitely needs some new wheels: His policeman father set fire to his station wagon to get rid of evidence that could have implicated him in a killing. Before that, Landry used his station wagon to drive his sweetheart, Tyra, (and some unexpected guests) to Dallas for the high school state football championship.
On “Friday Night Lights,” Charles plays a star running back who has his future planned, all the way to the NFL. Despite his mother’s protests, Smash is tempted by the lifestyle of star college athletes, including hot cars and even hotter girls.
Leland as Buddy is everyone’s favorite car dealer. Though he’s been through some tough times on the show (a divorce and estrangement from his daughter Lyla), he always manages to fire up Coach Taylor and his players and to bring a needy employee onto the payroll.
Buddy has two passions in life: football and cars.
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By austinights
December 5, 2007 6:07 PM | Link to this
Well, he did have a third passion, Tyra's mother, until that went up in smoke and he got kicked to the curb! Gotta love FNL!