So, Janel Moloney (Donna Moss) to play Amber Frey this Wednesday

[underpants]

http://theedge.bostonherald.com/tvNews/view.bg?articleid=84156

The first time I saw Amber Frey (wow how about THAT for a reason to be famous) I thought man Donna on the "West Wing" generally looks like her.... I hope she doesn't take that leap and do a TV movie. Well she is or has it will be on Wednesday night.

So, what do you think of that? Is she risking pigeonholing herself with the "born to play" role?

[Not_Giving_Up]

1. I saw the commercial the other day

I can't believe she's playing Amber Frey. Isn't WW paying her well enough?

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. And Amber Frey is...?

Oh, I see.. this is related to the Laci Petersen story. No wonder I didn't know. I avoided that "news" like the plague.

[Shell Beau]

3. I don't know, but she looks an awful lot like her.

[huskerlaw]

4. She does look like her

but to go from West Wing to...well, basically televised National Enquirer...ugh, what a step down. I love Janel, but I'm not watching that. Bad career move, IMO.

[Blue-Jay]

5. I can't think of anything I'd rather miss.

ugh.

[undeterred]

6. I don't think playing Amber Frey is a bad career move at all

She was a gutsy lady as far as I am concerned. And a lot of people who don't watch WW will watch this. I think it will help her get even more roles. WW isn't going to last forever.

Mark Harmon played Ted Bundy, and it didn't seem to hurt him any!

[huskerlaw]

7. I disagree

The entire Pederson nightmare was tabloid trash TV. To me, it's like playing Amy Fisher or Tanya Harding. I mean, seriously...the mistress of a man who murdered his wife and baby? Bad idea, imo.

[GOPisEvil]

8. Yeah, but the real Amber didn't know that when she first met him.

She turned him in when she found out who he was.

[huskerlaw]

10. That's true,

but something tells me the movie won't be a great piece of television. It's far more likely to be tabloid crap. Of course, I hate made-for-TV movies in general, particularly those that focus on a minor character in a media circus.

[GOPisEvil]

11. Now THAT is true.

I predict it will be a major suck-fest as well.

[undeterred]

9. No its not like that at all

Amber did nothing wrong. She got involved with a man who turned out to be married and a psychopath and she helped the police bring him to justice at great personal risk to herself and her child.