Monday, November 22, 2010

Need an anchorman type? Cast an anchorman. Local TV journos play themselves on the big screen

Rebecca Cooper gets ready for her close-up with "Transformers" director Michael Bay, on the right in the red ballcap. (Courtesy of Rebecca Cooper) (Read also in Style: In the age of the shrinking anchor, Fox5's Brian Bolter starts second career -- as wine-bar owner) Journalist Mike Hydeck, at the time a news anchor at a Hartford, Conn., TV station, was on his way to his own wedding early last year when he got a call from his agent about a job. They were looking for a morning anchor, the agent said, and "they really want you." Could he be in New York by Tuesday? To his surprise, Hydeck got the gig: not working as an anchor on TV, but playing a TV anchor in a movie. Hydeck -- who in real life just moved to Washington as WUSA-9's new morning co-anchor -- made his acting debut this month in


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