Jeff Franklin recounts that Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, cast as Michelle Tanner from nine months old, delivered a game-changing, minute-long scene in season one without cueing or breaking character, a moment he calls “insane” and “jaw-dropping.” He highlights the season-one finale as the point where their extraordinary talent became unmistakable, a rare feat he hadn’t seen before on the planet.

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Full House Creator Recalls Olsen Twins’ Season-One Breakthrough

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Jeff Franklin is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known for being the creator of the ABC sitcom Full House and its Netflix sequel Fuller House.

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Occupation: film director, screenwriter, television producer, film producer
Citizenship: United States
Born: January 21, 1955

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