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So I called him and said, Hey, do you want to come do this?
It would be really fun.
And hes like, Absolutely.
Its our parents dream that we get together in a television show.
We will always say yes to each others projects.
Did your parents enjoy the episodes?Yeah.
I get texts from my mom every Tuesday right at 9 p.m.: Very good show and very adorable.
I find myself always debating the degree of Wesleys ego and intelligence.
Whats your read on him?I think actual intelligence is there, but social intelligence isnt necessarily there.
Surprisingly, Wesley is much more well read than hes able to read a room.
Its a product of having come up surrounding himself with people who are just like him.
Its irrelevant for him to be able to read a room well, right?
When I first looked at this character, I was like, Well, where is he deficient?
Thats where were going to mine the most comedy from.
His wealth renders him able to never work for the rest of his life.
For Wesley, he sees these people more than anyone in his life.
I dont think theres really anyone else.
So it gives him purpose.
Wesley is like, Maybe I could just get another boat or take my private jet and go anywhere.
I guess I could do that.
Any real person would be like, Yeah, go do that.
Go take your boat out and go anywhere you want with your staff.
But he still doesnt do that.
When you watchSuccession, youre not like, These siblings are cool.
Youre like, Ooh, thats rough.
Yeah, theyre billionaires, but thats not a fun or fulfilling life.
I think Wesley is that but in a comedy.
Do you see any qualities of the Roy siblings in Wesley?Absolutely.
Hes the oldest and the youngest combined.
And Connor is the biggest dreamer.
Connor and Wesley both think that they could run for president eventually and win.
Its a quick, fast show.
This is a show you could expect to turn on HBO and watch if it was slightly retooled.
It wouldnt even take a heavy lift for it.
Have you imagined all the stuff he does with his money that the show hasnt written in yet?
Are we going to see something like that?
Something very Mel Brooksy?
The hope would be, as we get more seasons, we also get more into their personal lives.
We saw it with Katherine this year.
I love when shows get to the point where we can start expanding out the worlds weve built.
I hope we get to see some of Wesleys craziness in his personal life.
In my mind, thats what goes on with him.
How would that happen?
And then on the other side,the commercial episodeforAmerican Autolast season.
Every episode has something to tackle.
Youre able to skewer these topics.
How is it real?
Whats funny about that while also enlightening?
When there are moments of punching down, so to speak, its only to make us look bad.
A great example is the HR episode.
And then that same HR guy, when the guys go to HR, calls us pissy little eunuchs.
It shows, Oh, the trauma has passed.
It just transfers from person to person.
Do you see any parallels of douchebaggery between yourSuperstoreandAmerican Autoroles?
You play into that so well.Oh, I appreciate it.
Maybe its just because I was fresh out ofSuperstoreand felt like, Oh, theres some similarities here.
They both are people who want love and friendship around them and are desperate for that.
I think thats their big connection point, even if its not obvious at first.
Now were going into this next season with a lot of capital.
We have the power to do what we want.
Because at this point, weve just been playing catch-up.
It was, how do we put out the fires?
Now were the fire starters.
I think thats where this will lead.
We have some victory to play with by the end of this season.
How do we ruin that in the most funny and real way?
Its probably by taking it on a bigger global stage and getting us out of Detroit.
Do you know the Koch brothers?
But he createda tropical-shirt line like a Tommy Bahama pop in of thing.
And to me, its incredible.Its hard to find something endearing about billionaires, but its very endearing.
He just wants to make fun shirts.
I imagine Wesley is constantly thinking of something like that.
Its my first two dogs, Nigel and Edwina.
It would be Nigel Edwina.
