The series nominated at the Emmy Emmy, ContractionCreated by Bill Lawrence, Jason Segel and Brett Goldstein, follows the mourning therapist Jimmy (Segel), who begins to break the rules and tell his customers what he thinks. Ignoring his training and his ethics, he finds himself making tumultuous changes to people’s lives, including his.
Season 2 begins with the detangling of the semi-contained relationship between Jimmy and his longtime friend and therapist Gaby therapist (Jessica Williams), who is starting to connect in the first season. After a hard and convincing love of his closest friends to remain Platonic with Jimmy, a new romantic interest named Derek (Damon Wayans Jr.) enters the group of friends, which challenged new ways for Gabby to think about his past relationships and his morals.
Below, Williams explains Gaby’s relational problems, his own autoin routine, essential characters conversations and why the series relates to so many people.
DEADLINE: So, are we not supposed to be rooted for Jimmy and Gaby? Because I know Jimmy is self -centered, but they have good chemistry. I loved them together.
Jessica Williams: Isn’t it? It’s so funny because people come to me and they say to themselves: “What is the problem with Jimmy and Gaby? No, Jimmy and Gaby or yes, Jimmy and Gaby.” As if I was sort of involved in the process, I appreciate it. There is nothing that I can say other than it is a really funny relationship. I think people sleep together all the time, and it can mean something or that is not the case. But anyway, I have the impression that this spectacle is cool so that people sometimes sleep together or people who do not know what will happen and by passing or turning. I know what’s going on in season 3, and I can’t wait for you to see it and talk about it. But all of this is something you need to take with Bill Lawrence, Brett Goldstein and Jason Siegel. Not for Little Ol ‘me who is currently an actor in the show. But I understand that I need to express this feeling about them.
DEADLINE: Do you want to tell the public why Derek 2, played by Damon Wayans Jr., is the right choice for Gaby at the moment? I like the way the characters are balanced.
Williams: Yes, I would. Derek is someone who, I think, has more shit together than Gaby. And I think Gaby, as a therapist, is such a guard in his relationships. As a therapist, she often has the right answers to her customers, but in this relationship, she is not necessarily the one who has it more together. She is a little more afraid. She is already married and divorced. She has things in her personal life that she needs to understand or not and to go from the relationship. So Derek is an excellent example for her. He presents a cool conflict for her in this scenario, so it was fun to plan.
DEADLINE: Speaking of conflict, Louis and Gaby have no conversation in full season 2.. Was it intentional to you and Brett Goldstein?
Williams: They did not speak were important to me because I always felt like Gaby would feel a kind of meeting him. I think she would treat this differently from the characters of Jimmy and Alice. We also ended up finagling why Gaby has no contact with Louie for this specific reason. Everything I can say is to listen to season 3, because we can recover Brett for these things that we could not integrate in season 2.. I cannot promise, but I hope there is a very necessary conversation between Gaby and Louie in season 3.
DEADLINE: What is your personal care routine? How do you keep the earth in this industry?
Williams: I’m lucky. I live in Eagle Rock and I grew up. I went to Cal State Long Beach, so I always have my days, my day zeros that I knew of the college, the school and the college. And these friends are always fun. They just see me like Jessica, who has this strange work. So I keep them all the time on my orbit. Another thing that stands in the earth is not to believe that I am as bad as people say that I am online. Or even as great as people say I’m online. I keep a nice happy environment and it works for me. It works for personal care because then I am not as dependent on the thoughts and feelings of others, which is really critical for me and my well-being.
In addition, I just like to have fun and be fun. I really love to laugh. I have fun friends and we laugh all the time in my house. I also like to eat good food. I try not to take this business also seriously, especially as a black actress 6 feet high. For example, if I took this industry seriously, I don’t think I would live a really fulfilling life. It’s all about balance.
DEADLINE: What does this Emmy Emmy appointment and the show for you mean? What do you think the public responds?
Williams: I think that one of the things that people really like in the show, or what I get from this show myself, the second season in particular, is that they want to know these characters. They want them to know Derek [Ted McGinley]Brian [Michael Urie]Jimmy, Paul [Harrison Ford]etc., And they want to be able to spend time with these people. And I think people really respond to the family aspect found in the show. Sometimes you just want a comfortable show like AcclamationsWho is one of the biggest shows of all time, where you introduce yourself and you know these characters and you fall in love.
I think that people react to the aspect of these people who are neighbors and colleagues, simply flowing in and out of the life of the other, making mistakes, going beyond borders, clarifying borders and apologizing to each other. I know behind the scenes, the actors and I all really love. It also goes to the crew. The whole crew, our directors and writers, there is so much love there. And I hope it will happen on the screen because we are a real delicate feeling show. After all, we are a show that concerns therapy. In addition, we are really in tune. Our casting directors have been nominated for the casting, and it is really a strong set of a show, and I think there is just such a fun chemistry between us that I think that people really respond. And I know that for me to play Gaby, I would not be so good if I did not have as many actors and incredible actresses with whom I managed to work.
[This interview has been edited for length and clarity]
