Tina Fey needed to make one essential name earlier than casting a sure somebody in “30 Rock.”
The previous “Saturday Night Live” star mentioned in a joint sit-down with Jon Hamm that she reached out to “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels earlier than providing Hamm the a part of Dr. Drew Baird.
“I didn’t meet you before you hosted [‘Saturday Night Live’], and I remember calling or emailing Lorne and saying, ‘Let me know if he’s funny because we have a part coming up on ’30 Rock’ that would be great for him,’” Fey shared with Interview journal in a chunk printed on Monday.
The decision was “also to make sure you weren’t a dick,” Fey added.
Hamm added that “that’s a real thing” within the enterprise.
“It’s not fun to work with people that aren’t fun,” the “Bridesmaids” star mentioned.
Fey agreed, saying that “life’s too short and the hours are too long.”
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Throughout the pair’s interview, Hamm additionally recalled the “fun” of being provided the half in “30 Rock,” and the particular manner he discovered he was being thought-about.
“I remember coming back down to the host dressing room at ‘SNL,’ and the phone rang,” he mentioned. “I’m in 30 Rock and it’s like, whose phones are these? Does somebody have this number? Who’s calling my dressing room?”
“So I picked up and I believe it was Robert Carlock on the opposite finish who mentioned, ‘Hey, would you like to do this? We have a part for you,” Hamm shared, explaining that Carlock told him the part was for “a totally normal doctor that won’t go bizarre in any respect, I promise.’”
Spoiler alert: issues obtained very bizarre.
“The first episode you did with us, you were a normal doctor,” Fey shared. “And by the end of this arc, you have hooks for hands.”
Hamm and Fey have stored their artistic partnership going properly past their days on “30 Rock.”
The duo has teamed up on initiatives like “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Modern Love,” “Maggie Moore(s)” and “Mean Girls: The Musical.”
“Tina is a very confident and capable actress, she’s an amazing person,” Hamm gushed over his “Maggie Moore(s)” co-star in a 2023 interview with ET. “We’ve known each other for a long time now, and I think we respect each other’s talent and abilities and what we bring to the table.”
