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Background of James Wilson on House Wikia.
http://house.wikia.com/wiki/James_Wilson
I was just reminding myself of some of Wilson's history for some writing I was doing and referred to his bio on the House Wikia page (link above.)
I noted it mentioned his early life and his parents:
Wilson was born in New Jersey to Henry and Sophie (nee Krugman) Wilson. Wilson's father is Protestant and his mother is Jewish. Due to the mixed religions the family never seriously practiced one religion or another, although Wilson is recognized as being Jewish (as Judaism recognizes the religion passing down the mother's line, not the father's). From the time Wilson was born until he was ten his father Henry was a woodshop teacher that did oddjobs for extra money, Sophie was a nurse.
Is this stuff true or has it just been invented by the writer of the page? It was never mentioned in the series (as far as I remember!) and i don't recall any official releases about Wilson's history!
Can anyone elighten me?
I was just reminding myself of some of Wilson's history for some writing I was doing and referred to his bio on the House Wikia page (link above.)
I noted it mentioned his early life and his parents:
Wilson was born in New Jersey to Henry and Sophie (nee Krugman) Wilson. Wilson's father is Protestant and his mother is Jewish. Due to the mixed religions the family never seriously practiced one religion or another, although Wilson is recognized as being Jewish (as Judaism recognizes the religion passing down the mother's line, not the father's). From the time Wilson was born until he was ten his father Henry was a woodshop teacher that did oddjobs for extra money, Sophie was a nurse.
Is this stuff true or has it just been invented by the writer of the page? It was never mentioned in the series (as far as I remember!) and i don't recall any official releases about Wilson's history!
Can anyone elighten me?
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In the published Official Guide to the show this is what RSL said about Wilson, though David Shore seemed to disagree about the depth of Wilson's neuroses and the writer's take means more than the actor's. (A nice fan scanned and posted the entire chapter on Wilson here (http://rslfan.livejournal.com/121886.html?view=122654#t122654).)
[it explains] his caution, yes. He comes from a dysfunctional family. A lot of plaster fell on his head from that incident. He ran away from home. He's never been the same since. A lot of this is sketchy... In my mind I think his parents are shit and they took a lot of the pain from the older brother and transferred it into blame on the younger for not helping them because they're pathetic parents.
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I fell in the love with the character of Wilson as soon as I started watching the show. I loved how he was the 'nice guy' -the 'good boy' and yet clearly he has this darker side as he has three failed marriages, a long history of infidelity and loves nothing more than to conspire and play games with House! The fact alone that he's attracted to House as a best friend shows that there is much more to him than the boy wonder persona he presents to the world. This always fascinated me and I wish they had explored it more in the show. I really fell in love with RSL when I heard him in interviews talk about Wilson's dark side. That he's the saddest man in NJ and far more messed up than House in some ways. I completely agree with him and although it may not have been Shore's original intention with the character, I just love that RSL had the insight to play Wilson that way! That depth makes Wilson fascinating and in my mind one of the greatest characters in TV history! :-)
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I suppose that's true. But I personally prefer RSL's take on the character ('cause I like angst, but also because I think it rings true). I've also always had the impression that DS gave little thought to Wilson and what makes him tick.
I recently read an answer DS gave to a fan question (I *think* it was on Twitter, can't remember), asking which House character he (DS) would like to be. He replied Chase, or (expect for the end) Wilson. I wondered if DS had ever stopped to consider the events in the character's life, even before the writers gave him cancer.
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Wilson is the last character I'd want to be, except House himself and Thirteen only because of her illness. And who wouldn't want to be Chase?
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I get so wound up by what they did to Wilson in the last few seasons. They stopped thinking about him at all. He just became the comic relief for the show. They also changed him in a lot of ways. (I mean why was House giving a reluctant James 'DHA' Wilson dating advice in S7?! I know House just wanted Wilson to be happy and move on but he wrote Wilson as practically virginal with no clue about dating/flirting!)
But yes, I wouldn't want to be Wilson. I think that's a very dark place to be :-(
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I don't think the writers gave Wilson much thought at all (I once did a huge rant on my journal about how underused he was: http://discofunction.livejournal.com/5075.html (http://discofunction.livejournal.com/5075.html) which prompted a pretty good discussion!)
Doris Egan was the best writer for giving Wilson context. House Vs God, Birthmarks and The Social contract all gave some nice insight into why Wilson was the way he was. (More messed up than House, his 'persona' , his struggles with losing people for example!) Sadly the other writers didn't follow this lead. They just wanted to use Wilson as some comic relief and didn't really think him through. I do like David Shore but I do wish he had thought about Wilson in a bit more detail and pushed the other writers to take RSL's/Doris Egans lead on the character.
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