How did this come about?MAX GREENFIELD:Ryan and I keep in touch.
He knew that I had finishedNew Girl, and he knew I was off.
We ran into each other and he was like, What are you doing?
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and I was like, I dont know, man.
I think I had wrapped that week.
He goes, I wanna show you a couple of things.
And this happened to be one of the things he showed me.
He sent me the first two scripts.
I went off and looked at it, and I thought it was incredible.
I didnt know that I could do it.
Im certainly not the person that you think of when you would read this on paper.
Like, Oh, thats a no-brainer!
So I put myself on tape for it.
Two and a half weeks later, I was in Miami.
Did you lose weight?
The previous summer I had doneThe Glass Castle, which was a great experience.
But I was supposed to have an arm-wrestling match with Woody Harrelson in the movie.
I know youre like a fit guy.
Can you not work out as much?
I was like, I will not touch another weight.
And I didnt for like a long time, and I ended up losing a lot of size.
OnNew Girl,Im always like in cardigans, and I just dont think it really played.
I dont have to eat I guess.
But I also think it was the physicality and the buzz cut and the whole thing.
I knew he was based on a real guy, but I knew physically we didnt resemble one another.
They watched everybody else around them die how on earth would it be any different?
Or this isnt going to turn on me?
And I think Ronnie was one of those people, and it broke my heart.
I thought, I love this guy.
How as it working with Darren?It was really great.
The humor of that is not lost on me.
I mean, there is an element of like, man, this is an odd couple!
Honestly, it couldnt be less weird.
I guess you did previously yank Naomi Campbell through a bed onHotel.
Why do you and Ryan work so well together?Um, its not me.
Theres a couple factors: I really love Ryan.
I love what he does.
That to me is all I wanna do.
Everything is just right, and you then dont have to work that hard.
Tonight Im playing the hits!
Were just gonna play all the songs you love.
I love that they did that.
I love what Liz [Meriwether] and the rest of the writers did.
I think its a real love letter to the fans.
Its all of the greatest hits from seven seasons.
