Loading ...One of our beloved McCaingel actresses, Natasha Leggero, opens up about her creative process, type-casting, and theories on the apocalypse…
How did you prepare for the role of somebody preparing for the role of a lesbian?
NATASHA LEGGERO: It was a long and arduous process because my character Whitney takes more of a method approach to her characters than I take to mine. I played Whitney using a technique taught by Stella Adler known as “outside-in” where I become the character externally and then the rest follows. Whitney, on the other hand, played the part of the lesbo using the Strasberg technique; “inside-out”. She really focused on the emotional life of the lesbian character by examining her psychological motives, including carrying around an “inner-object” in her pocket at all times to remind her of the character. Also we both did a lot of frenching.
If the series takes off, do you fear you may spend the rest of your career type-cast as a McCaingel?
NL: I’ve been waiting for the right part to come along and type-cast me for years. I’m hoping this is the one!
What’s your favorite thing about the real-life John McCain?
NL: I just read in Entertainment Weekly that he loves Usher. I think it’s important that a presidential nominee can appreciate a hot set of abs!
Years from now, will comedians look back at the Bush era and regard it as the golden age of comedy?
NL: I don’t think there is anything “golden” about the era we are in. I think this time in history will be looked back on as “that time right before the world ended.”
