When Andrew Rannells hired a bunch of stage favorites to appear in the upcoming Season 2 episode of Modern Love鈥攈is directorial debut鈥攈e knew filming would go swimmingly. Among those in the theatre-stacked cast are Nikki M. James, Kathryn Gallagher, and Larry Owens, Jr.
鈥淚t turned into a bit of a summer stock experience of all these NY actors now upstate in this small town, living in the same hotel, all eating at this one outdoor restaurant...it was such a joy to get to do. And I hope that it shows in the work,鈥� the Tony nominee told 半岛体育
Even the Amazon executives were blown away. 鈥淚 told them, when you cast theatre actors on TV or film, they come very prepared. And I think they were slightly skeptical鈥擨 made them do 8 or 9 pages of dialogue in one run, and they said 鈥榓re they going to be able to remember that?鈥�, and I was like 鈥榶ah, they鈥檙e going to just fine!鈥�... I was very proud of the theatre folk.鈥�
Check out the entire interview above. Rannells鈥� episode, 鈥淗ow Do You Remember Me?,鈥� is based on a Modern Love column he wrote in in 2017. All of Season 2 is available to stream August 13 on Amazon Prime Video.
