Conan O’Brien won’t have been on the listing of individuals you’d anticipate to get crucial acclaim from movie reviewers this 12 months, however his supporting efficiency reverse Rose Byrne in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” has turn into one of many greatest surprises of the 12 months. Simply don’t anticipate the comic and podcast host to make a behavior out of it.
On the most recent episode of “Conan O’Brien Wants a Good friend,” Paul Rudd requested O’Brien about what went into enjoying the function. O’Brien acknowledged that he wasn’t used to performing exterior of comedy sketches for exhibits like “Saturday Night time Reside.”
So he labored with an performing coach and with writer-director Mary Bronstein to get a grip on his function because the colleague of a psychotherapist named Linda, performed by Rose Byrne, who’s buckling underneath the pressure of caring for an ailing daughter. However as Linda retains pushing him, all of the colleague needs is for her to cease interrupting his time along with his sufferers. As O’Brien describes him, he’s “the other of me in so some ways.”
“This isn’t a profession I had any plans for or one thing I intend to repeat, however I really like the script, I really like the director, and like everybody else on the planet, I worship on the altar of Rose Byrne,” he stated.
Watch the complete interview beneath:
O’Brien additionally talked in regards to the situation of his signature coiffure, which was closely slicked again to replicate his character’s angle as someone who’s “not a caretaker” and who, when coping with somebody like Linda who’s in misery, “simply needs them out of the room.”
“It was like being Superman with out his cape,” O’Brien stated about performing with a brand new hairdo. “It’s like ‘this man’s no enjoyable!’”
Regardless of having fun with the expertise, O’Brien stated that dramatic performing isn’t actually one thing that’s his factor long-term. “I don’t see me saying ‘get me on the market!” the podcast host stated, at the same time as Rudd joked that pilot season is arising for TV exhibits.
As an alternative, Conan shall be getting again to his comedy routine when he returns to host the Oscars in March. He’s additionally set to seem in “Toy Story 5” subsequent June.
Watch Conan O’Brien discuss his efficiency in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” within the clip above.
