What a disaster.
Firstly, as usual the camera kept sticking to him. Once it panned over to Melo it just didnt leave, better actors all around be damned. Rumor is one break he also devoured an entire Kraft Services truck (especially the carb heavy items). He also clearly failed to make the other actors around him better and his TS% (Theatrical Skill %) was putrid, well below average (we're talking Shaq level bad acting here). His
Not to mention he also openly blabbed about his upcoming potential acting gigs on set and how he wants to "try out for other prestige cable dramas" and yadda yadda yadda BEFORE they even started filming the scene for Sons of Anarchy. This was especially detrimental to the morale of the younger actors and the extras with smaller roles. Then to top it off, he tried forcing his way to Game of Thrones even though he could just wait til Season 6.
(For the record I am not a Melo hater however nor am I a Melo lover--Ive always been ambivalent about the guy and honestly have always thought he has a lot of talent which is mostly wasted when he is in scoring/ISO/hero ball mode. That being said I do hope Phil Jackson has some affect on the guy and that he can turn the page and become a player who actively makes his teammates better and plays within a team concept with more verve. Will it happen? Is it likely to happen? I cant say. All i can do as a beleaguered longtime die hard knicks fan-but not old enough to be alive for the teams 1970's glory years-is hope this new management team knows what it's doing and does "it" right for once so that I can enjoy a successful Knicks team again in my lifetime. I hope it happens but if it doesn't I can't say Ill be surprised.)