Tina Fey does her analysis.
The actress, 54, chatted with Jon Hamm for an Interview journal story revealed Monday they usually reminisced on Hamm, 54, touchdown a task in “30 Rock” after he hosted “Saturday Night Live” in October 2008.
“I didn’t meet you before you hosted, and I remember calling or emailing Lorne [Michaels] 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.’ And also to make sure you weren’t a dick,” Fey stated.
“I mean, that’s a real thing. It’s not fun to work with people that aren’t fun,” Hamm replied.
“That’s one where you’re just like, ‘I won’t do that anymore.’ Life’s too short and the hours are too long,” stated Fey.
Hamm performed Dr. Drew Baird, Liz Lemon’s (Fey) charming pediatrician neighbor, for a number of episodes on “30 Rock” in 2009. Liz infamously utters the road, “I want to go to there,” to Drew within the sitcom.
Within the Interview Journal piece, Hamm revealed that he came upon he was becoming a member of the “30 Rock” solid whereas at “SNL.”
“That was such a fun moment for me too, because I remember coming back down to the host dressing room at SNL, and the phone rang. I’m in 30 Rock and it’s like, whose phones are these? Does somebody have this number? Who’s calling my dressing room?” he recalled.
“So I picked up and I think it was Robert Carlock on the other end who said, ‘Hey, would you like to do this? We have a part for you. It’s a totally normal doctor that won’t go weird at all, I promise,’” Hamm stated.
Fey added, “So of course, the first episode you did with us, you were a normal doctor. And you bake. You were a normal human man. And by the end of this arc, you have hooks for hands.”
“And it turned out you were an incompetent doctor,” Fey joked to Hamm. “We ruined you.”
The 2 actors have since labored collectively on tasks together with “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, “Friends With Kids” and the 2024 “Mean Girls” remake.
Hamm’s newest venture is the Apple TV+ drama collection “Your Friends and Neighbors” which premieres April 11. He performs a newly-unemployed New York hedge fund supervisor who makes use of prison strategies to keep up his wealthy way of life. The present additionally stars Olivia Munn and Amanda Peet.
Throughout his chat with Fey, Hamm was requested if he prefers appearing in drama or comedy tasks extra.
“I like the balance,” he stated. “You go back and look at ‘Mad Men,’ there’s jokes.”
