Andy Griffith show Ron Howard as Opie looking forward towards another boy with his eyes partially closed
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Ron Howard explains how The Andy Griffith Show rewrote his key character. Howard played Opie Taylor on the hit ‘60s show, beginning the role when he was only six years old and continuing to act in the role until the show ended, when he was 14 years old.
Howard was asked about the freshness of Opie’s character in The Andy Griffith Show, and went on to explain how the character was altered from his original form. Before Howard’s father stepped in, Opie Taylor was written as a wise-cracking, precocious young kid in the way many child characters at the time were. After the first episode, Howard’s father suggested a softer alternative to Griffith, wherein Opie “actually respected his father.
Why This Opie Decision Was A Good One As per Howard’s description, Opie stood out from many young characters that were on TV during the time of The Andy Griffith Show. This difference made it such that Opie was a much more fully-formed, believable young boy than many of the other characters on TV at the time.
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