
It turns out that one of the actresses was sure that the other actress was getting more lines than her in a particular episode. So she had a crew member sit there with the script and actually count the number of lines each actress was receiving!
The crew member later told others on set:
I sat there and started counting, but as soon as [First Actress] walked away, I stopped. The whole thing was so stupid! But I knew that if I didn’t confirm her theory that she would just go on about it. So when she came back I told her that [Second Actress] did get more LINES, but that [First Actress] actually had more total WORDS, so her part was actually bigger. I even made up some numbers to go along with it, and that seemed to satisfy her.
Clever crew member!
Similar: Jealous Crickets
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