Christopher Lloyd Nixed Sitcoms Nearly Five Decades Ago — Then ‘Taxi’ Happened
variety.comRosemary Rossi One clear thing emerges from Christopher Lloyd’s huge, eclectic body of work: All the characters he embodies become larger than life when he pulls them off the printed page and inhabits them.
His latest role, playing silent film legend Fatty Arbuckle’s grandson Larry on “Hacks,” continues that trend and has earned him his first Primetime Emmy nomination (for outstanding guest actor in a comedy series) in 32 years.
In the “Hacks” episode he’s nominated for, Lloyd plays an eccentric, living in a home surrounded by memorabilia and memories — and a pet falcon.
Shot on location in the historic, Queen Anne-style Andrew McNally House built in 1887 in Altadena, the nine-bedroom mansion boasts a three-story rotunda and an aviary. “I’m not looking for strangers; I don’t want people knocking on the door selling magazines, none of that.
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