Hacks Stars Paul W. Downs & Megan Stalter Clarify That “Me Too” Scene
Laurie Metcalf has performed everybody from straight-shooting Jackie on ABC’s The Conners to struggling working mother Marion in Greta Gerwig‘s critically acclaimed movie Woman Fowl. Nonetheless, we discovered ourselves blown away by her newest position: A tour supervisor named Weed on season two of Hacks.
We had been curious to find out how this TV-legend-turned-Oscar-nominated actress ended up as a bit character on the HBO Max comedy. So, we turned to Paul W. Downs, the co-creator and star of Hacks, for a solution.
“Laurie Metcalf is so precisely the tone of the present, as a result of she’s so humorous,” he completely advised E! Information. “She’s an unbelievable actress. She’s a Tony winner. She’s an Oscar nominee. So she will actually do grounded, theatrical performances as properly.”
Due to this, Downs revealed that the Hacks crew reached out to Metcalf for a number of totally different elements. But, when creating the character of Weed, a schedule-loving tour supervisor who obtained her distinctive title from Pete Wentz, Downs stated Metcalf was at all times the one all of them dreamed of casting.