{"id":386677,"date":"2026-01-04T01:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T01:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/386677\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T01:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T01:11:08","slug":"conan-doesnt-plan-to-take-more-drama-roles-after-if-i-had-legs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/386677\/","title":{"rendered":"Conan Doesn&#8217;t Plan To Take More Drama Roles After &#8216;If I Had Legs&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhile <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/conan-obrien\/\">Conan O\u2019Brien<\/a> gives a surprising performance in <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You<\/a>, don\u2019t expect him to take on anymore dramatic roles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe 6x Emmy-winning comedian noted that his therapist character is \u201cthe opposite of me in so many ways\u201d as he explained what convinced him to take on the role in the Mary Bronstein-helmed drama.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThis is not a career I had any plans for or something I intend to repeat,\u201d he said on his <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nLEUao30rhI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Conan O\u2019Brien Needs a Friend<\/a> podcast. \u201cBut I love the script, I love the director, and like everyone else on the planet, I worship at the altar of <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/rose-byrne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Rose Byrne<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tO\u2019Brien added of the forthcoming pilot season, \u201cI don\u2019t see me saying, \u2018Get me out there!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tByrne stars in If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You as therapist Linda, whose life literally comes crashing down on her when her ceiling caves in, forcing her and her critically ill daughter into a motel. Meanwhile, she has to navigate her relationships with her absent husband, her hostile therapist and a missing patient.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MCDIFIH_EC026.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"413\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tConan O\u2019Brien and Rose Byrne in \u2018If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You\u2019 (2025) (A24 \/Courtesy Everett Collection)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPlaying Linda\u2019s unnamed therapist, O\u2019Brien explained that that the character is \u201cnot a caretaker,\u201d and while dealing with patients like Linda, he \u201cjust wants them out of the room.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cIt was like being Superman without his cape. It\u2019s like \u2018this guy\u2019s no fun!&#8217;\u201d said O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn addition to returning to host this year\u2019s 97th Academy Awards, O\u2019Brien can be heard voicing Smarty Pants in Toy Story 5, premiering June 19 in theaters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Conan O\u2019Brien gives a surprising performance in If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You, don\u2019t expect him&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,46774,75,142038],"class_list":["post-386677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-conan-obrien","tag-entertainment","tag-if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}