Paula Pellis issuing a warning: “The bra’s coming through the armholes in a minute.”
A couple drinks into EW’sThree Rounds, things are getting interesting.
And with everyone in the room feeling just a little bit more loved, the next drink is served.
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This was Zoom casting right?
So was there any key in of chemistry read?
BUSY PHILIPPS AND PAULA PELL:No.
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RENEE ELISE GOLDSBERRY:We discovered each other on the first table read.
We knew Sara was doing it.
She was like the calling card.
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PELL:And that’s when they thought of me because they had tried seven people.
PHILIPPS:No that’s not true.
I had nothing to do with the casting!
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I would’ve said yes anyway, but I really said an enthusiastic yes.
PHILIPPS:Oh my god.
PELL:Wait, before the table read you didn’t know that we were in the show?
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I mean, at the table read?
PHILIPPS:No one told you?
GOLDSBERRY:I literally turned on the Zoom and I’m like, “Oh my god.”
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PHILIPPS:[To Bareilles] You didn’t know?!
SARA BAREILLES:Not until like the night before.
GOLDSBERRY:Not until I turned on my computer.
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PHILIPPS:See look, guys, we’re learning new things.
PHILIPPS:Cheers to that!
BAREILLES:To new information!
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PELL:Alcohol is truth juice.
In terms of meeting in person, that was on set?
PHILIPPS:Busy Tonight.
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PELL:I’m sorry.
PHILIPPS:It’s fine.
It was canceled, it’s fine.
I’m not bitter about it still all these years later.
PELL:I met [her] onBusy Mornings.
PHILIPPS:Busy All Day!
And I was like, “Hi!”
BAREILLES:“I’ll take an orange juice.”
PELL:And I was kind of waiting for her to say who she was or anything.
What’s your favorite flashback that you’ve gotten to film?
PHILIPPS:I have one in season 2 that I think maybe is my new favorite flashback.
It’s with Kev, played by the amazingAndrew Rannells.
GOLDSBERRY:Cheers to Andrew!
PELL:It’s insane.
PHILIPPS:Yeah, keeping it chaste below the waist.
GOLDSBERRY:I have to say I love the opening of the show.
It makes me happy.
GOLDSBERRY:Cheers to the stylists!
BAREILLES:But they will go to the nth degree for a three-second pop.
And it will be like three seconds.
PELL:It’s the joke value.
Spare nothing to get that hard laugh.
How long did it take you all to stop singing the theme song after you recorded it?
PELL:I still randomly sing different songs from it.
PHILIPPS:Me too, me too.
There’s one from this year that has been in my head on a loop.
GOLDSBERRY:Which one?
BAREILLES:It’s so good.
It’s so hard to do.
PELL:What’s your PIN number?!
GOLDSBERRY:I just need one person at this bar to catch up with me, just.
Talking about the music, let’s get into the actual process of the music in the show.
I would imagine the vast majority of it, you’re singing in a studio.
What’s live, how does it work?
PELL:This year there’s a lot that’s live.
I knew she [Goldsberry] was a singer, obviously.
I didn’t know Busy could sing.
Busy’s gonna be on Broadway someday.
There’s no announcement.
BAREILLES:Just putting it out there.
As well Paula Pell.
PELL:No, it’s too late now, but go ahead.
GOLDSBERRY:I knew that Paula Pell could sing too.
BAREILLES:I did not know that, so you capture it in the moment.
It’s just my favorite thing to do ever.
it’s possible for you to see me smiling really big if I thought something was flat.
40 percent take it down.
And maybe just follow what Sara’s doing."
[Laughs] But I do love it because I know that’s when I’m getting really excited.
For a mothereffing minute.
PHILIPPS:She drank a whole cocktail.
BAREILLES:She hasn’t eaten and she had a gin cocktail.
I feel like when people watch it they feel that.
GOLDSBERRY:We’ve had crew members that are extremely emotional.
I think we might take it for granted that we’re hearing live music, but they don’t.
PELL:Last season we are in shock, our characters.
BAREILLES:You’re getting to watch our characters dream.
You’re getting to watch our characters
PELL:Telling the truth about what their dream is.
BAREILLES:Yes, like get real about the vulnerability of that.
You’re reaching for something.
GOLDSBERRY:Cheers ladies!
And I have a request for some bread.
ROUND 3: ROSEMARY’S DREAM
Let’s dig into some season 2 moments.
There’s an amazing reference to Kevin Sorbo’s “disappointed” mixup.
Renee, did you know the reference?
because I can’t fool the world that my feet are both perfect.
And she told me the reference, I had no idea.
PELL:I still don’t know the reference.
PHILIPPS:I don’t either.
It is a famous Kevin Sorbo moment when he was filmingHercules.
It is not supposed to be dialogue.
His character is supposed to be disappointed.
PELL:I just laughed because it was such a funny Wickie-ism to scream out your emotion.
GOLDSBERRY:I just love this writing team.
Even the moments I don’t get are so seeped in comic genius.
PHILIPPS:Wait, did I tell you guys about getting the massage?
And she’s like, “I’m ruining it all.”
I was like, “You’re ruining what?”
She was like, “I don’t know I think you got a bad tattoo.”
She thought she had rubbed my tattoo off.
She was genuinely concerned.
PELL:Oh that’s so sweet.
What’s been the scene or moment that’s been the hardest to get through without laughing?
PELL:We know it.
However, it’s not in the show, right?
PHILIPPS:No, it got cut from the show.
PELL:Which is even more fun that you get to hear this!
BAREILLES:On the line.
PELL:Tell them what we’re talking about so they don’t feel left out.
However you equate it out, I was sitting on my vagina.
BAREILLES:Well we all sit on our vaginas.
PELL:You know why I was looking at you with disgust.
GOLDSBERRY:It was so funny.
I posted it on Instagram: Renee Elise Goldsberry, blue check.
[Laughs]
PELL:Oh Jesus.
It’s always a f—ing agenda.
BAREILLES:Renee is my new, I mean not new, obsession.
PHILIPPS:I’m obsessed.
GOLDSBERRY:just, Sam, ask us another question.
What 90’s song would you like Girls5eva to cover?
BAREILLES:[Sings] “I get so weak at the knees I can hardly speak.”
[Goldsberry and Pell join]
GOLDSBERRY:Oh my god Paula is giving us a pedal note!
[Laughs] Oh my god I love you so much right now.
That’s SWV everybody.
PELL:My song would be “Don’t Let Go.”
GOLDSBERRY:Can we just talk about girl groups?
Can we talk about the legacy that is before us?
BAREILLES:So I ventured into the music industry with a tremendous amount of insecurity.
GOLDSBERRY:So young!
BAREILLES:So young.
PELL:I love that.
I was very tight.
PELL:Well you, my dear, have done it right.
GOLDSBERRY:I was going to say that Paula!
Not only did you do it right, but you’re doing it even better.
BAREILLES:Aw, thank you.
But this is so beautiful to get to do and with friends.
I know you might see we’re genuinely in love with each other.
PELL:So it will last about six years.
[Everyone laughs]
PELL:It’s the statistics of America!
PHILIPPS:I do know the preciousness of this moment.
Oh god jesus I’m gonna cry.
Guys, I don’t know where [Freaks and Geekscostar]Linda Cardelliniis!
We talk to each other once every year on their birthdays, that’s just how TV works Renee!
You are in love with the people if it’s good!
PELL:So it’s on you, Peacock!
PHILIPPS:So Peacock, you want this?!
BAREILLES:[chanting] Season 2!
GOLDSBERRY:Season 3!
BAREILLES:Season 3!
Girls5evaseason 2 is now streaming on Peacock.
