Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King have praised Andrew Scott’s role in The Comeback, with King describing the Irish actor as one of the “most amazing” performers on the planet.
Speaking to RTÉ 2FM’s Emma Power, the pair reflected on Scott joining the long-awaited return of the cult comedy.
Kudrow said: “It was heaven!”
King added: “When you have almost the most amazing actor on the planet say they would join you for a couple of episodes, there’s nothing bad about that.
“And then to meet Andrew and have him be even more wonderful than you imagined is great.
“He adds so much to the show. He has a gravitas that brings a necessary weight to the character he plays. But he’s so playful, too.
“It’s quite an honour and a validation that he wanted to do it.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Kudrow reflected on why older shows continue to resonate with younger audiences, saying there may be an “unconscious nostalgia” for in-person connection.
“I think people really want, and young people have some unconscious nostalgia for connection, like in-person connection. So I think that’s what it offers,” she said.
King added that it was “an amazing gift” to have worked on a show that still feels important to a different generation, and said The Comeback has built a similar bond with viewers who still want to see Valerie Cherish back on screen.
Kudrow also teased where audiences will find Valerie in the new season, saying the character is now around a decade older, with the story initially picking up three years earlier during a writers’ strike as she tries her hand at Broadway in Chicago, despite feeling out of place.
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