{"id":11171,"date":"2022-11-02T19:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T19:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/02\/melissa-fumero-teases-blockbuster-show-what-to-expect-exclusive-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2022-11-02T19:00:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T19:00:43","slug":"melissa-fumero-teases-blockbuster-show-what-to-expect-exclusive-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/02\/melissa-fumero-teases-blockbuster-show-what-to-expect-exclusive-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Fumero Teases \u2018Blockbuster\u2019 Show &#038; What To Expect (Exclusive) \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-gallery\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a id=\"lead-gallery-link-featured\" class=\"entry-media__image entry-media__image-0\" href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/blockbuster-cast-photos\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"lead-gallery-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BLOCKBUSTER-melissa-fumero-netflix-ftr.jpg?w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc\" alt=\"Melissa Fumero\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BLOCKBUSTER-melissa-fumero-netflix-ftr.jpg?w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1 384w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BLOCKBUSTER-melissa-fumero-netflix-ftr.jpg?resize=768%2C432 768w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BLOCKBUSTER-melissa-fumero-netflix-ftr.jpg?resize=1536%2C864 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 670px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-media__cta\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-media__cta-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\" viewbox=\"0 0 21 18\">\n\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M4.807.867h15.401v12.101h-2.2v2.2h-2.2v2.2H.406v-12.1h2.2V3.066h2.2v-2.2Zm14.301 11.001V1.967H5.907v9.901h13.201Zm-2.2 2.2v-1.1H4.807v-8.8h-1.1v9.9h13.2ZM7.007 3.067h11.001v7.7H7.007v-7.7Zm7.7 13.201v-1.1h-12.1v-8.8h-1.1v9.9h13.2Z\"\/>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView gallery\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a id=\"lead-gallery-link-thumb-1\" class=\"entry-media__image entry-media__image-1\" href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/blockbuster-cast-photos\/#!1\/blockbuster-blockbuster-cast-netflix-2\" data-analytics-trigger=\"lead-gallery-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--square image-wrapper--has-gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"440\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BLOCKBUSTER-Blockbuster-Cast-netflix-2.jpg?w=440\" class=\"attachment-440x440 size-440x440\" alt=\"Blockbuster. (L to R) Melissa Fumero as Eliza, Randall Park as Timmy in Blockbuster. Cr. 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Melissa Fumero as Eliza in episode 107 of Blockbuster. Cr. 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Randall Park as Timmy in episode 107 of Blockbuster. Cr. Ricardo Hubbs\/Netflix \u00a9 2022\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"image-wrapper__icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 26 27\">\n\t<path fill=\"#fff\" fill-opacity=\".5\" d=\"M0 .694h25.744v25.95H0z\"\/>\n\t<path fill=\"#252525\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M10.803 15.84a.5.5 0 0 0-.707 0L6 19.937V17.17a.5.5 0 0 0-1 0v3.974a.5.5 0 0 0 .5.5h3.975a.5.5 0 1 0 0-1H6.707l4.096-4.096a.5.5 0 0 0 0-.707Zm4.344-4.344a.5.5 0 0 0 .707 0l4.096-4.095v2.768a.5.5 0 0 0 1 0V6.194a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5h-3.975a.5.5 0 0 0 0 1h2.768l-4.096 4.096a.5.5 0 0 0 0 .707Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><figcaption id=\"lead-image-credit\">Image Credit: Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- .entry-media --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><strong>Melissa Fumero<\/strong> is again on the comedy scene, and he or she\u2019s going from the police division to the video retailer. Melissa stars within the highly-anticipated Netflix collection <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/blockbuster-cast-photos\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Blockbuster<\/em><\/a>, which premieres on November 3. <strong>HollywoodLife<\/strong> spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Melissa about taking up this new function after 8 seasons as Amy Santiago.<\/p>\n<aside aria-labelledby=\"related-articles\" class=\"inline-related-articles\">\n<h2 id=\"related-articles\" class=\"inline-related-articles__heading\">More TV News:<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4884926\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4884926\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BLOCKBUSTER-melissa-fumero-netflix-embed-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4884926\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BLOCKBUSTER-melissa-fumero-netflix-embed-1.jpg\" alt=\"Melissa Fumero\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\"\/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4884926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melissa Fumero as Eliza in \u2018Blockbuster.\u2019 (Netflix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">\u201cI was very hesitant to join another workplace comedy. However, when they told me that <strong>Vanessa Ramos<\/strong> was sending me her scripts, I got very excited,\u201d Melissa informed <strong>HollywoodLife<\/strong> whereas selling Crest\/Oral-B\u2019s Closing America\u2019s Smile Gap marketing campaign. \u201cI\u2019m a huge fan of hers. I know her from <em>Brooklyn Nine-Nine<\/em>. She\u2019s one of the funniest people I\u2019ve ever met. I read her scripts, and it was so good. I immediately connected with Eliza who felt very far from Amy. When we meet her, she\u2019s kind of in a big transition in her life. She\u2019s a little bit lost and trying to figure out what\u2019s next. She\u2019s not happy about working at Blockbuster and has all these things going on in her life that I think are very relatable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">At the <em>Blockbuster<\/em> premiere occasion, Melissa additionally admitted that she was \u201cnervous\u201d about enjoying Eliza initially. \u201cI wanted to make sure it felt like a very different character, and she very much was,\u201d she mentioned. \u201cThere\u2019s a little bit of a darkness to her and things haven\u2019t gone the way she thought they would. She\u2019s a little lost \u2014 and Amy was never lost. That felt really relatable and intriguing to me. She felt like more of a woman that I know and that I\u2019ve met, whereas Amy always felt sort of superhuman. Amy Santiago is like who we aspire to be, and Eliza is like we\u2019re all a little bit more messy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">The actress famous that Eliza\u2019s marriage is \u201ckind of on the rocks, and she\u2019s figuring out who she is. So she\u2019s reluctantly at Blockbuster, she isn\u2019t too psyched that that\u2019s where she\u2019s working at the moment. But she\u2019s got to pay her rent so\u2026 I think the first season is kind of her journey of falling in love with her life a bit, and that\u2019s really fun to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside aria-labelledby=\"articles-trending-now\" class=\"entry-navigation inline-trending-stories\">\n\t\t<span id=\"articles-trending-now\" class=\"screen-reader-only\">Articles Trending Now<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"entry-navigation__heading\">\n\t\t\tTrending Now\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-navigation__heading__icon\"><svg fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 17\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t<path fill=\"#D718A7\" d=\"M8 16.376a8 8 0 1 0 0-16 8 8 0 0 0 0 16Z\"\/>\n\t<path stroke=\"#fff\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"m9.51 5.626 2.11-.75.76 2.09\"\/>\n\t<path stroke=\"#fff\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"m3.42 10.696 2.21-3.05 2.03 3.83 3.95-6.5\"\/>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- .entry-navigation --><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4884927\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4884927\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BLOCKBUSTER-melissa-fumero-netflix-embed-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4884927\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BLOCKBUSTER-melissa-fumero-netflix-embed-2.jpg\" alt=\"Melissa Fumero\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\"\/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4884927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melissa Fumero on the \u2018Blockbuster\u2019 premiere occasion. (Netflix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">The Netflix collection follows a enjoyable and quirky group working on the final Blockbuster Video within the United States. Blockbuster was a mainstay for hundreds of thousands of individuals, however the rise of streaming led to the demise of video shops. After all these years, individuals who lived by means of the Blockbuster period had such a passion for that point of their lives.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">\u201cFor me, it was something that I just kind of took for granted,\u201d Melissa informed <strong>HollywoodLife<\/strong>. \u201cI didn\u2019t think it would ever go anywhere. It was such a staple of my childhood and my teen years. When you would go to Blockbuster you inevitably would see somebody that you knew. There was a strong community aspect to it, and we don\u2019t have a lot of things like that anymore. I think we all have love-hate relationships with the digital age, but it\u2019s made a lot of stuff easier. It\u2019s also kind of taken a lot of just human connection experiences away from us.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside aria-labelledby=\"related-link\" class=\"inline-related-link\">\n\t\t<span id=\"related-link\" class=\"screen-reader-only\">Related Link<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-related-link__text\">\n\t\t\t<strong>Related:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/selena-gomez-new-album-4417908\/?utm_source=related-link&amp;utm_pageType=article-with-linked-gallery\" data-analytics-trigger=\"inline-related-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tSelena Gomez\u2019s New Album: Is It Coming in 2023?\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">Melissa hopes to see a few of her <em>Brooklyn Nine-Nine<\/em> co-stars on the present sooner or later. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of Brooklyn peeps over at <em>Blockbuster<\/em>. I think if they had an idea and it was right for one of the <em>Brooklyn Nine-Nine<\/em> actors, I think they would love to have them on,\u201d the actress mentioned.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"_OdY5-Gfhtg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Closing America\u2019s Smile Gap I \u201cThis Is Not How Kids Should Have to Brush Their Teeth\u201d :30\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_OdY5-Gfhtg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">The mom-of-two has additionally teamed up with Crest and Oral-B for his or her new Closing America\u2019s Smile Gap marketing campaign. Melissa defined that she\u2019s elevating \u201cawareness around the issue that most kids in underserved communities don\u2019t have access to basic dental care, things like toothbrushes and toothpaste. It was an issue that I was very naive to and wasn\u2019t aware of, so I\u2019m really grateful to have met both Oral-B and Crest in learning more about this. It\u2019s just shocking how large of an issue it is. They want to close what they\u2019re calling America\u2019s smile gap. For each product purchase, Crest and Oral-B are going to donate to a child in need. They\u2019ve also had many events in these communities, and they bring dentists and bring toothbrushes and toothpaste. There\u2019s a lot of outreach, and I\u2019m just here to help support the campaign and raise awareness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">She mentioned dental care is \u201csuch a simple and basic need. We really have to fight to make sure that every child has access to that because as we all know poor oral hygiene can lead to a host of other health issues.\u201d As a part of Publicis Groupe\u2019s PGOne, MSL was the lead inventive company with Saatchi &amp; Saatchi and PXP supporting manufacturing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] View gallery Image Credit: Netflix Melissa Fumero is again on the comedy scene, and he or she\u2019s going from the police division to the video retailer. Melissa stars within the highly-anticipated Netflix collection Blockbuster, which premieres on November 3. 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