Well, eventually that would’ve been the problem. So you did the video of Fat Schmidt dancing around to Rihanna.īecause you didn’t have rights to the music? And also I really wanted to stay away from any sort of Jersey Shore reference or ridiculousness. I thought about maybe tanning it up before the show, but I think it’s very funny that I’m that white. I have to eat very particularly and I have to work out like a madman. I wish I didn’t care, but I’m just not one of these guys who, like, you know, woke up with a six-pack. It depends on how naked I am in next week’s episode how much I’m gonna go to the gym this week. How dare somebody watch anything and go, “That’s not real!” Go on the subway. I always feel like people in general are much weirder and insane than anybody really wants to admit. One of the main critiques of the show has been that Zooey’s character Jess behaves like an insane person, beyond how a normal person could conceivably act. He’s a ridiculous idiot.” But I think it’s way better that way. I think it kind of just dawned on everybody once we saw that outfit, that it was like, “Oh, he’s that guy. But then we did the pilot and we were doing wardrobe fittings we put on an outfit that I was supposed to wear to the cowboy party, and it was so ridiculous and I looked so unbelievably weird in it. At first read, he was a little bit more like Vince Vaughn–y cool - able to get a girl, a little bit more laid-back, or just not as big. The original conception of the character was maybe a little cooler than he’s turned out to be. I think Schmidt’s the mixture of the two. You have played incredibly nice guys on shows like Veronica Mars, and then you have played some douchebags, like Schmidt.

And stick around for an exclusive clip of Schmidt from tonight’s episode. Vulture spoke to Greenfield, who before New Girl had a journeyman’s career on shows like Veronica Mars and Ugly Betty, about playing such a goofy d-bag, taking off his shirt, enjoying pop music, and digging Everybody Loves Raymond. Of the three dudes who play Deschanel’s roommates, none is quite as absurdly captivating as Schmidt, the douchey bro with a heart of gold played by Max Greenfield.

But if the sitcom was sold on the adorkable charms of its lead, Zooey Deschannel, it’s won over viewers - and Vulture - because of the strength and hilarity of its supporting cast. Fox’s New Girl is one of the success stories of the fall season.

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