The star and co-creator opens up about his character's growth and journey with forgiveness, what it was like reuniting with Cobie Smulders and acting alongside Brett Goldstein.
literally steps from taking his life after being uninvited from Friendsgiving and overwhelmed by his grief following his drunken accident that killed Tia , the late wife to Segel’s character, Jimmy, before the latter steps in to save the man who killed his wife.
Below, Segel unpacks Jimmy’s growth to get to the finale moment in season two, his character’s journey with forgiveness, what it was likehas spoken openly about how you sort of pushed him to consider Brett Goldstein for the role of Louis. Why did you think he was the best choice for the role. . And I think that one of the reasons I write at all is because I get to cast myself in parts that people normally wouldn’t hire me for. I mean, I said to Brett, “What is the point of being a writer and a creator of this show if you don’t take the part that you know would show your range and would force you to stretch?” It’s the whole point of doing any of this, and so I think I just said out loud what everybody deep down knew was the right thing.
There’s a lot going on in the show. There’s a lot of characters, and there are a lot of important storylines. But, for me, the relationship between Jimmy and Alice, in a lot of ways, is the primary storyline, at least in Jimmy’s life, as it should be. I mean, you want Jimmy to get to the point where he would leave it all behind for Alice, including his therapy practice and all that. I think that’s what makes it the primary relationship.
Harrison is my friend, man. It’s really crazy, and he’s my contemporary. I just feel honored to do these scenes with him, and he does something very generous. Very early on in season one, he just tries to break through any sense of awe that he knows you probably have towards him and just wants to make great work. So I go into these scenes like, like I’m playing one-on-one basketball with Michael Jordan, or something, like I better, I better bring my A-game.
Jimmy finds himself at odds with Gaby and Liz at other points. What was it like playing these rough patches out with Jessica Williams and Christa Miller?
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