![]() ![]() So there were a couple times we turned it on for shots and it did feel really funny. And it was a real old-timey working massage chair. I was curious whose idea the massage chair was, because that must have been kind of nice for you, getting to spend quite a bit of time sitting in a massage chair. I don’t love violence, but it’s such an amazing show and it’s kind of bizarre that I got to be on it. And even though I knew that they’re acting, it’s still really intense to just spend a couple hours listening to the sounds of people getting hurt. All the actors in that scene are so gifted that when my character is sitting in a recliner, not watching what they’re doing, they’re so good that it sounded like people being beaten up. What was it like getting thrown into that crazy world of the show? Especially in the season two premiere, where there’s just so much going on in Laurie’s house, so many interesting people walking around, some of whom are naked. Only to the extent that my voice and my emotional range are kind of the same in real life and in any character I play.Īnd I don't know a Laurie or anybody like her, luckily. Were there aspects of your own personality or approach that you were able to bring to it at all? So you knew that this character of Laurie was a villain going in. It’s like somebody dropped a winning lotto ticket in your driveway. ![]() Was there an audition process, or was he just offering you the part, or how did that work? And also I’m a fan of Euphoria, so it was like, I’m scared to play a villain and I’m also intimidated by all the gifted actors on the show and the writing and was like, “What if I ruin one of my favorite shows?” I was very nervous, but everybody was really nice. So I was really scared, but then I met with Sam and he was so great. And as a stand-up comedian, you just want to do comedies and play likable characters. I was scared to do it because I’ve never done any character that’s a villain. And then they just contacted me about the part of Laurie and I was very scared. Well, I think that Sam saw Baskets and/or Marriage Story. So how did this happen? How did you end up on this show? I know you’ve expressed some reluctance to acting in the past, since most of your career has been as a comedian. I think it’s been so good and you’re so good in it. Yeah, the show definitely has very intense fans, and I count myself among them. So I’m not spending a lot of time on Twitter and Instagram the past few days, but I have gotten really sweet messages from Euphoria fans and it’s just really nice. I’ve been trying to limit looking at stuff on social media, because if you go looking for feedback, at some point someone’s going to say something that hurts your feelings. Yeah, the Euphoria fans are really amazing. Have you been getting much feedback on your performance, especially after this insane episode that just aired? You can listen to the whole thing-including Kelly’s memories of acting opposite the late Louie Anderson on ‘Baskets’ and more-right now by subscribing to The Last Laugh on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts, and be the first to hear new episodes when they are released every Tuesday. And if that is what you think, then you kind of have to stop.”īelow is an edited excerpt from our conversation. “I’m either going to keep getting drunk every night and my life is always gonna be the way it is right now, which is really bad-really painful, physically and mentally-or I’m going to never drink again. “It’s still mysterious to me how that moment happens for people, including me, but it just finally hit me one day,” Kelly adds. I wouldn’t be able to wake up for a call time and I wouldn’t be able to focus on what was happening.” I certainly would never, ever be able to do a single acting job if I was still drinking. “I think it’s easier to be creative sober. ![]() “I was just really miserable and not functioning and kind of in a slow-motion car crash with my whole life,” she says. When it came to her own past struggles with alcohol, Kelly says she never hit rock bottom quite as dramatically as Rue does in episode five. ![]()
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