Which Silicon Valley actor auditioned for Schmidt?
Which scenes did the cast dread?
And what does she think of the word ‘adorkable’ now?
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Which actor went overboard in his audition?
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What scenes did the cast dread?
Below, Deschanel spills the answers and more.
Who’s That Guy?
Long before he headed toSilicon Valley, T.J. Miller auditioned to play Schmidt (Max Greenfield).
“Sothatwas memorable.”
“We’d always be like, Oh,noooo,'” Deschanel admits.
They take forever to shoot."
Especially without real booze.
The actress reveals one more celebrity supporter: “Jon Stewart was binge-watching it!”
There are new fans all the time, and I’m always surprised."
Now the actress just laughs.
“It is what it is,” she sighs.
If it was just cool,' it might not have stirred people’s emotions as much.
So, I think it was a really brilliant marketing campaign."
“I always thought the show should have a really sad ending,” she says.
“It could have been a cool choice to go really dark.”
Darker than learning that Furguson has died?
“Not that dark,” she clarifies.
“It would be bittersweet dark.”
