So it really wasn't us adding anything to the show, as much as making the characters seem like it was something that we were thinking or saying for the first time. But the other thing is that the scripts, the way they came in, were already good. It was nice that they let us do it, and they would encourage it, actually. We did add - we don't know exactly what things that we've added or improvised will end up being on the show. So I don't know, it seems like you kind of have to use those skills from the get-go. Hines: Well, I think when you're acting with nobody, when there's nobody else there, you kind of have to use improv skills a little I think, because you have to use your imagination, imagine how that person would act, and where they would be sitting, and how they would be moving their body, and react to it. Did you guys, from the get-go, get to add to the mix? Did you get to bring a little of your own comedy improv background to your characters? Or did you wait until it was time to fill it out? The Lord and Miller of it all makes it something more offbeat on network television. When reading it, it was like, it's just weird, but it's kind of cool. The script was really well-written, and very edgy. So it was not a weight on us to, like, "We're going to shoot this whole show and produce it, and then it might get picked up." It was just like, "We're going to do this thing so they can see what it looks like."Ĭheryl Hines: Yeah. We were told it was just going to be a presentation, so we were gonna film it.
Then, once I read it, I thought it was really funny. Having those guys involved in it definitely made it something I would read and consider.
What was the thing here that started to prompt the "yes," made you want to say, "Yes, this sounds like my kind of show"?
Tim meadows series#
Moviefone: So, when a new television project comes your way, I imagine that the first thing you have to ask yourself - especially when you have great TV experiences under your belt - is "Do I really want to be in a series again?" Moviefone sat down with the two comedic MVPs to talk about pitting their skills against a cartoon warrior to be inserted later, why they were drawn to comedy early on, and where they'll be turning up on TV next. On Fox's new sitcom "Son of Zorn," produced by the brilliantly wackadoo Last Man on Earth"), Hines ("Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Suburgatory") plays Zorn's ex, Edie, a one-time party girl who dumped Zorn and returned to Orange County to responsibly and level-headedly raise their son, Alan, while Meadows ("Saturday Night Live," " Grown Ups") plays her steady, even-tempered college professor fiancé who's surprisingly tolerant and sympathetic when it comes to Zorn's intrusion into their lives.
Yes, dropping an animated egocentric barbarian from a violent otherworldly fantasy realm who sounds just like Jason Sudeikis into our contemporary society to deal with office cubicles and absentee parenting is a great way to start swinging the sword of funny, but putting him up against everyday characters played by comedy super-pros Cheryl Hines and Tim Meadows is where the real slaying comes in.
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