‘Barry’ Star Bill Hader Talks the Show’s Dark Turns: “You Never Want To Make a Decision Based on What Your Genre Is”

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‘Barry’ Star Bill Hader Talks the Show’s Dark Turns: “You Never Want To Make a Decision Based on What Your Genre Is”
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The HBO comedy series turned darker and more dramatic in its third season — which Hader says is all by design.

This season was postponed because of COVID-19. Did that give you extra time to really nail down season three?

This season was much darker than the first two. Was that a tonal shift you had in mind from the beginning, or was that something you found as you were crafting the season? Sometimes you get a sequence together that you write as a straight drama or a straight action sequence. The fun comes from going back over it a couple of times and thinking, “What if this happens?” It’s sort of like sitting around and watching something with your friends, commenting on it and making jokes likeor something. Instead, we’re writing those things in. One example is the motorcycle chase in episode six.

I’ve lived here off and on since 1999 and was very much in the industry, working as a PA all the way up to now, being an actor and now writing and directing. Like any industry that you work in for a while, you just see the things that drive you crazy. You also can’t have that kind of satire without loving the place and having [experienced] some of those things yourself.

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