“I was crumbling inside. I had prided myself on being a good student and I was just so poorly prepared!” Zoë Chao of the Starz comedy “Party Down” talks to Nina_Metz for MyWorstMoment.
the ensemble comedy about cater-waiters that is back on Starz after 13 years. Chao plays a new character: A chef who leans into experimental ideas instead of your more standard hors d’oeuvres.
From left: Ryan Hansen, Zoë Chao, Martin Starr, Adam Scott and Tyrel Jackson Williams in Season 3 of"Party Down." “I had not even thought about that part because I’m not a musical theater kid. I did the assignment: They said prep 16 bars so I prepped 16 bars. I sang it with the internet when I practiced. But I guess I didn’t really think it through“I mean, I was fine with singing it a cappella.
“But also, I didn’t need to sing ‘Happy Birthday.’ That just felt really embarrassing. It’s not a good song, no one likes that song — can you get anything from that song about someone’s talent? There’s no opportunity to flex in ‘Happy Birthday.’ And I was like, I’ve said ‘no’ to the last five questions they’ve asked me, I might as well stick with no. I was trying to hold on to some agency — some dignity! I had made a choice and I stuck with it.
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