We like Julie Bowen, and not just because she’s from Baltimore. We like her because she slow-danced to “Endless Love” with Adam Sandler on an ice rink in “Happy Gilmore.” We liked her sass on the macho lawyer series “Boston Legal.” She reminds us of the popular girl in high school who was nice to everyone without losing her edge. We talked to her the other day at 5:30 a.m. her time, as she was cutting through the canyons of Los Angeles on her way to the set of ABC’s promising sitcom “Modern Family,” which focuses on three couples and their assorted problems.

On “Modern Family” you have three kids, and in real life you have three kids — do you worry about getting burned out on family on both ends?

Yeah. My husband — my real-life husband — asks me, “What do you think single Julie would be doing now?” Probably going to parties, getting a pedicure, going for a long run. I had many decades of me time and now I just don’t have that anymore. There are days when I rail against it.

How’d you get this job?

I read the script and desperately wanted to do it, but I was really pregnant with twins and the character wasn’t. I jumped through a lot of hoops. I auditioned, begged and pleaded, and they agreed to shoot around my gigantic belly.

Baltimore is a great place. I was lucky. I had an idealized childhood there and we had a good suburban lifestyle. No one locked their doors, and everyone ran around. I imagine it’s very different now.

And you went into acting after studying the Renaissance in the Ivy League.

My parents had an old-fashioned ideal of college, that four years at a liberal arts college should be a liberal arts education. If you want to specialize, go to grad school. . . . I graduated from Brown and said, “Remember how you guys said you’d send me to grad school?” And they said, “Not for acting. No no no no. That’s not what we meant when we said grad school.” So I waited tables to put myself through acting classes.

How much of a diva was William Shatner on the set of “Boston Legal”?

Not at all. He is so lovely. Funny as hell and very good sense of humor about himself and his career. He commands a certain amount of attention and respect and everybody is glad to give it to him because he’s still Shatner.

Let’s talk about “Runaway Daughters,” the campy 1994 Showtime movie in which you snogged a young Paul Rudd.

It was my first job when I got to L.A. . . . It was incredibly fun. And that Showtime series [of B-movie remakes] gave so many people chances that were just starting out — Renée Zellweger, Salma Hayek, Matt LeBlanc — and we all got to work together.

You ever get recognized for “Happy Gilmore”?

Most people go, “Wait a minute, that was you?” They can’t put those two together. “You don’t look anything like you.” And oh, my hair in that movie. It was my first movie and I just said to the hair department, “Okay, do you what you want.” And I was in my trailer and thought no one will see this movie, so it’s okay. It’s lived in perpetuity, that big frozen orb of dyed hair.

Yeah, it was Taraji P. Henson who portrayed the character of Whitney Rome on Boston Legal TV show. The lady is also known for her brilliant performance on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as the mother of Brad Pitt. And as of now, she would be seen on ‘Karate Kid’ portraying a motherly character once again. This time, we would see her playing the mother of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith’s son Jaden in the remake of The Karate Kid. Her character on the movie is named Sherry, a single mother who would have to move to China along with her son in order to keep her job. While talking to MTV News, Taraji said “I’m off to Beijing [soon] to work on a film; they’re remaking The Karate Kid”.

The original Karate Kid movie was released in 1984. Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita and Elisabeth Shue portrayed the leading characters. The movie was a big hit and was followed by animated spin-offs and three movie sequels.  Well, fans are sure that her appearance on the new movie would help Taraji to make fans crazy once again. Her brilliant performance on Boston Legal is still in the minds of the fans and can never be forgotten. The lady did a good job on series and received a huge response from fans throughout the world. And as of now, fans are expecting more from her.

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Taraji P. Henson, who played Whitney Rome on Boston Legal and most recently as Brad Pitt’s mother in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, will soon take on yet another motherly role. This time, the BET Best Actress winner will be playing the mother of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith’s son Jaden in the remake of The Karate Kid.

“I’m off to Beijing [soon] to work on a film,” actress Taraji P. Henson revealed to MTV News. “They’re remaking The Karate Kid.”

The original Karate Kid is a 1984 film starring Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita and Elisabeth Shue. Upon its first theatrical release, it became a commercial success and has retained its popular following, spawning a short-lived animated series spin-off and three movie sequels.

The remake of the ’80s classic is reportedly called Kung Fu Kid, though Henson referred to the film by its original title. Will Smith, who serves as producer to the project, has cast his real life son and Pursuit of Happyness co-star in the role originally played by Macchio, as well as action star Jackie Chan.

“Jaden Smith — Will and Jada’s son — is playing the karate kid. I’m playing his mom,” Taraji P. Henson explained. “And Jackie Chan is playing Mr. Miyagi.”

According to reports, Henson’s character is a single mother named Sherry who is forced to move with her son to China in order to keep her job.

Aside from Boston Legal, Taraji P. Henson has appeared on various TV series, including Eli Stone, CSI, The Division and Smart Guy. In the silver screen, she is also credited for her roles in The Family that Preys, Not Easily Broken, and Hustle & Flow. At present, she’s working on the comedy Date Night starring 30 Rock star Tina Fey and The Office actor Steve Carell.

Most of the final episodes of The Practice were focused on introducing the new characters from Crane, Poole & Schmidt in preparation for Boston Legal’s launch. Thus, the story of Boston Legal can be said to begin with the episode of The Practice in which Eugene Young and Jimmy Berluti of Young, Frutt & Berluti decided to fire Alan Shore without consulting Ellenor Frutt, beginning a story arc of several episodes. They give Alan a severance package of only fifteen thousand dollars, even though Alan has brought in over nine million dollars of revenue to the firm. Tara Wilson gets fired for her loyalty to Alan, and Alan goes to Crane, Poole & Schmidt to represent him in the matter, thinking he has a claim under Massachusetts law to take over Young, Frutt & Berluti. Denny Crane, senior and founding partner of Crane, Poole & Schmidt, takes an interest in the case and even argues at the resulting trial, cross-examining Young. During this period, Ellenor also has a run-in with Hannah Rose (Rebecca De Mornay), a partner at Crane, Poole & Schmidt, whom Ellenor ends up seriously injuring when they fight over Hannah’s condescending remarks to Ellenor. The character of Hannah Rose was dropped prior to the Boston Legal pilot’s being filmed.

The jury awards Alan the millions of dollars of revenue he brought in to Young, Frutt & Berluti but does not order the firm to rehire him, so Denny hires Alan at his firm. After Young is appointed a judge, his first case (in the final episode of The Practice) happens to be with Alan for the defense, making Young wonder if Alan judge-shopped (this opened the door for Steve Harris to guest-star on Boston Legal as a judge, although in the end no starring Practice characters made any guest appearances on Boston Legal), though many actors and actresses who guest starred in The Practice have contributed to Boston Legal, taking on roles of a different character. Examples include Rene Auberjonois, John Larroquette and Christian Clemenson. One interesting fact is that Anthony Heald, who guest starred in both shows, took on the characters of Judge Harvey Cooper in Boston Legal and of Judge Wallace Cooper in The Practice, although both are considered the same character.

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