This Thanksgiving, we’re grateful that Happy Endings alum Casey Wilson is bringing @HappyHarmony99 again to Home Economics tonight for the Hayworths’ turkey-day celebration.
Revealed within the comedy’s Halloween episode to be each an oddly enthusiastic fan of novelist Tom (Topher Grace) and the siblings’ half-sister, Wilson hints that the return of this “sociopath with a heart of gold” makes for a not-so-harmonious vacation. Especially because it’s the primary time she meets her bio dad, Marshall (Phil Reeves, who additionally performed Wilson’s pop on Black Monday), and the spouse he cheated on, Muriel (Nora Dunn).
At first, the Hayworth siblings are involved that Harmony received’t slot in on the dinner desk. But then, “they come to realize that [she’s] a bit like each of them,” Wilson says. In addition, Marshall and Muriel seem like infatuated together with her! Might we see Harmony once more? “I hope so,” Wilson says. “She could be back for Christmas!”
Here, our longtime favourite shares her recollections of spending the vacations with the Hayworths and what she has realized from considered one of former costars about touchdown roles with out making an attempt too laborious. Or actually, in any respect.
OK, so I don’t suppose I’ve liked a present this a lot since Happy Endings.
Casey Wilson: Wait, are you critical? I didn’t know this!
They even have the identical initials!
I liked doing it, and the forged is so nice. I like Caitlin McGee … and Karla Souza? Oh my God, unbelievable. Incredible. And so deadpan. She has such an fascinating rhythm in a good way the place she says one thing that like, 10 actresses and we’d all say it a technique, and he or she says it a very totally different method, which is simply so nice. I find it irresistible.
It’s nearly like Harmony was made for you.
I do know, I do know. It was so enjoyable. And you understand, I’m all the time taking part in like a determined sociopath. A sociopath with a coronary heart of gold. [Laughs]
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How does she find yourself on the Hayworths’ Thanksgiving desk?
I find yourself again with them as a result of I’m the brand new sibling and so now I’m gonna have dinner with them and type of “meet the parents” — no less than meet my dad, my actual dad and he or she’s not my mother, so I suppose my stepmom? The girls he cheated with, Nora Dunn’s character.
So, you, Nora Dunn and Sasheer Zamata…it’s three generations of SNL.
It actually was.
I’m assuming it’s at Connor’s (Jimmy Tatro) home, as a result of that’s the most important set.
Of course! And mainly the Hayworth children, the siblings, are upset as a result of they don’t know if I’d even slot in. And then they arrive to seek out that the dad and mom take pleasure in being round me greater than their very own children.
Because you in all probability give them consideration.
I give them consideration and I can do every little thing. It’s revealed that I’m unbelievable at bird-calling, in the best way that birds will truly fly up and land on me like I’m an odd type of woodland creature. I’ve presents that I’m able to share that haven’t been seen earlier than in that household. [Laughs]
Karla and Sasheer as a result of they’re type of the in-laws — they’ve such a fantastic storyline — are mainly calling themselves the normals and are attempting to see if I’m regular like them, the outsiders, or if I’m simply as loopy because the household. So they’re making an attempt to drag me onto their aspect, considering they’ve acquired me as a “normal.” Then all of the siblings come to appreciate I’m a bit like every of them in the end.
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How are you want Connor?!
Oh, we each like mountaineering and figuring out. [Laughs] And Jimmy Tatro is so good.
He and Topher!
Oh my God. Yes, I do know. I like him. He’s a doll. I’d met him a pair occasions earlier than when he requested me to do it and I like him. He’s so good at that half. He’s so charming and like, you can also make enjoyable of his character, however he’s additionally lovable.
Now, how do they go away it? We’re hoping they preserve Harmony as a member of the household.
I hope so, too. She’s definitely technically a sibling, you understand? Harmony is full, full-blooded Hayworth. Born out of an affair, however nonetheless. [Laughs] So she might be again for Christmas.
If you’re out there … it looks like you’re all the time engaged on one thing. You’re doing this, you’ve Bitch Sesh, your Real Housewives podcast with Danielle Schneider, who must do extra TV. She is hilarious. And then you definitely do panels and occasions — you and Danielle even did an occasion for the podcast. And after all, you’ve the entire Happy Endings of us to communicate with!
I do have a comic story. Maybe it’s not humorous, however you’ll admire it. So Adam Pally was out right here in L.A. just a few months in the past and he’s like, “Can I come over and will you put me on tape for an audition really quick?” And I’m like, “Yeah, no problem.”
Now, once I do my self-tape auditions, you understand, I’m engaged on them for perhaps 5 hours of prep, then I’m memorizing, then I’m getting in hair and make-up and then I’m placing myself on tape. 100 tapes. I imply, it’s a full day when I’m executed.
You have the backdrop. You’ve acquired the lighting.
Oh yeah. Lighting, a back-up mic, I’m modifying, I’ve acquired fonts going, like it’s a job. But Damian, I child you not. He had me take my iPhone, prop it up on a fruit bowl in my kitchen and movie him in entrance of my dish rack. It wasn’t even centered, you could possibly see the sink and I believe it even had soiled dishes.
I begged him, I begged him. I mentioned, “Please, let’s go to, you know, like a flat background please.” And he simply goes, “Nah, I’m good.” So I requested what the audition was, and he says the title of the present and that his scene is 12 pages. I’m going, “And you’re memorized, right?” And he’s like, “I’ve never read it.”
Cut to: We’re at a celebration like a month later and I’m complaining to our shared agent, like, “You really need to step it up with Adam. I mean this is crazy … the way he’s auditioning is crazy.” And he goes, “Oh, well, Adam’s filming that show right now.” He booked it!
You need to be kidding me.
Yes. He’s reserving issues up once we did one take and he was studying the entire thing, script in hand! [Laughs] But he’s an excellent performer and I imply, I’ve now realized a factor or two…
Yeah, subsequent time, simply telephone it in.
Exactly. You know, simply do it within the laundry, wherever. The children’ drop-off in school. I’ll simply maintain the digital camera driving. [Laughs]
Well, in his protection, Adam has found out easy methods to go around the globe ingesting and smoking for a paycheck.
Exactly. I imply, the truth that he’s making a residing like that and I’m making a residing watching Housewives? I do suppose the 2 of us have cracked the code. [Laughs]
Home Economics, Wednesday, 9:30/8:30c, ABC.