DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) â Kevin James fancies himself an everyman in his comedic roles. Heâs worked as a mall cop and delivery driver. An unlucky zoo keeper and a retired police officer.
So it took the actor a moment to figure out how he might fit in a series set in a NASCAR garage.
âI donât know how it would work as a comedy,â James said.
James said the light went off â or is it, the green flag of an idea dropped â when the show was framed as less about the inner workings of the industry and more about the relationships of a tight-knit racing team.
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What have we lost? Its hero, a racing car named Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson), has just lost a big race, and then one day on the highway he goes astray, and rolls into the forgotten hamlet of Radiator Springs, in Carburetor County. This was a happenin town, back when Route 66 was the way to get from Chicago to L.A., passing through Flagstaff, Arizona, and don t forget Winona. But now the interstates and time itself have passed it by, and the town slumbers on, a memory of an earlier America.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Kevin James fancies himself an everyman in his comedic roles. He’s worked as a mall cop and delivery driver. An unlucky zoo keeper.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Kevin James fancies himself an everyman in his comedic roles. He’s worked as a mall cop and delivery driver. An unlucky zoo keeper and a retired police officer. So it took the actor a moment to figure out how he might fit in a series set in a NASCAR garage. “I […]