[This story contains spoilers for Dave season finale, ” Looking for love.” ]
Dave’ The guest star list now includes Brad Pitt .
Movie star cameos in FX comedy Season 3 finale as the opposite of himself Creator/star Dave Burd ). Pete was filmed over several days, many of them at night, and he wasn’t just a cameo. In fact, FX is nominating him for the Emmys in the Guest Actor category.
Pete’s presence, which had been shrouded in secrecy for months, began with a passionate, personal letter from Bird to Pete. In an interview earlier this year, showrunner Jeff Schaffer admitted that he and his fellow producers wrote it off as Burd’s other crazy white Day dream. “We all thought it would work, except Dave,” he said, implying that it was another reminder that Bird and his lofty ideas and manifesto should not be overlooked. In this case, Pitt was rumored to be a fan of Byrd’s beyond-semi-autobiographical comedy, which predates his own life and real-world success by a few years.
Burd co-wrote with Vanessa McGee that the episode doesn’t reveal much, putting Pitt (and Burd) in a particularly high-stakes situation, and viewers get to witness His talent as a drama and comedian. While the two-time Academy Award winner has been instrumental in behind-the-scenes roles in TV shows including The Underground Railroad, High School and The OA The character , this is his 1235504453 after 2001 After the episode, first cameo in a comedy script Friends . By all accounts, he’s invested in the role and the experience.
Pete joins a long list of notables who have previously made cameos on the FX series, most of whom had brief cameos. In the third season, Rachel McAdams has a bigger role (she has also submitted an Emmy nomination), along with Usher, Don Cheadle, Demi Lovato, Jack Harlow , Killer Mike, and Rick Ross, among others. Earlier seasons had hits of varying lengths, including Doja Cat, Lil Nas X, Kendall Jenner, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Charlamagne Tha God, and Macklemore.
Of course, hearing Burd say that while the show’s credits include manager Scooter Braun and comedian Kevin Hart, it wasn’t always the names that got boldface. easy. In fact, some rappers were booked for the first season but never showed up, leaving Bird, who performs under the rap name Lil Dicky, scrambling to find a replacement. “I had to call every single rapper who lived in Los Angeles and say, ‘Would you like to come?’ And the show wasn’t on the air, so they didn’t know what it was, and some were like, ‘Yeah. , I think I’ll be on your show. I’m like, ‘Well, can you come like like you are now? They’re like, ‘What?! ’” he recalled with a laugh in March, before adding: “I’d be there, like, $000, in a backpack for anyone who shows up that day.”
at Those bookings are made easier in the show’s third season, in large part because of the amount the series is well known, especially in the comedy community, has a rather large cache . Plus, more and more guest stars can’t help but feel like they’re good mates because who else has already passed — or is rumored to be next. “I don’t think the show is about celebrities, but they’re part of getting into the zeitgeist and climbing the entertainment industry ranks,” Burd said, which is Dave Burd, the role, is doing just as performer Dave Burd has already done. “It’s like the DNA of the show, so I’m just going to say that the people who come to the show at the end of the season are the Holy Grail of idolism. Like, where do you go from here?” 1235504453
