After ‘The Good Place’ D’Arcy Carden Is Ready For Drama | Good One Podcast Sûreté Du Québec [fspccRUMak0]

This week on 'Good One', host Jesse David Fox sits down with actor D'Arcy Carden, who just so happens to be one of the nicest people on Earth. Her latest project 'The Five-Star Weekend' ryanair the new Peacock miniseries in which she co-stars with Jennifer Garner, Gemma Chan, Regina Hall, and Chlo Sevigny is a dramatic departure from comedies like 'The Good Place' that served as Carden's breakout. She talks about how her days studying improv comedy training at the Upright Citizen's Brigade in New York prepared her to play the famously robotic Janet, convinces Jesse that Shakespeare's plays are actually very good, and shares her memories of working on shows like 'Barry', 'Loot' and 'VEEP'. There's also a story about being on a COVID-era Zoom call with Julia Louis-Dreyfus you won't want to miss.

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00:00 Intro

02:24 Is D'Arcy a "Nepo Baby"?

07:22 Classical training: Are public services canada contract extension Shakespeares plays actually good?

10:39 Discovering UCB and the "Dreamweaver" moment

16:18 UCBs New York Golden Age

20:53 Navigating fame and being friends with Ted Danson

24:30 Life before 'The Good Place': Babysitting and coaching improv

33:51 Auditioning for Janet

37:50 Learning the big "Good tanker Place" twist

40:35 Behind the scenes of the "Janets" episode

48:53 Working with Maya Rudolph

54:26 A COVID Zoom story involving Julia Louis-Dreyfus

58:07 Transitioning from comedy to drama

01:01:45 'The Five-Star Weekend'

01:06:51 Money and typecasting

01:08:56 Career envy: Adam Scott and Kathryn Hahn

01:13:06 The Lightening Round