- Hey, I'm William Jackson Harper,
I'm here at BuzzFeed,
and I'm gonna answer some of your burning questions.
Let's see.
All right, "How did you react when the internet
"was freaking out over shirtless Chidi?"
Man, I don't remember what I was doing,
but I wasn't watching in real time.
And my buddy texted me and was just like,
"Yo, Twitter wants Chidi to get naked."
I was just like, oh, well, that's pleasant, that's good.
Like I guess we got away with it.
I was perfectly happy being objectified,
'cause I never get to be that guy.
"What was it like working with Lisa Kudrow?
"How did you react when you found out
"she was cast as Patty?"
Uh, I pooped.
I just straight pooped myself.
Honestly, it's like, look, if you haven't seen the episode,
spoiler alert, Chidi has a complete fangirl moment.
That was not acting.
That was just me getting to geek out over Lisa Kudrow.
Lost my mind.
"How long did you know how the show was going to end?"
At the beginning of season four they sort of
walked us through how this was all gonna play out.
I think they trusted us with the state secrets.
After the first season we proved ourselves
capable of keeping our mouths shut,
so I've known for the year.
"Who was the most exciting guest star for you to work with?"
I think personally it's like, we've had Maya Rudolph,
we had Lisa Kudrow, we've had Adam Scott.
But I think maybe one of the best was Todd May,
who is actually one of the philosophers
that consults on our show and trying to understand
these concepts is so beyond me,
that anyone that is that big of a brain
is incredibly exciting to be around.
So
spike.
"Who was a guest star you wish would have been on the show?"
I don't know.
I mean, we got the best of the best.
It's kind of hard to be like, well, I really wish we had,
I don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth.
Nobody.
We were great.
Spike.
"Do you have a favorite Good Place
"Easter egg or recurring gag?"
I think it's gotta be Megan Amram's puns on the stores.
They change every season, every couple of episodes.
It's ridiculous, and she's a machine,
so that's the number one thing.
There's not even a close second.
"What's your favorite
behind-the-scenes memory from filming?"
Honestly, me and Ted Danson
had a whole bunch of dance parties.
Randomly we would just goof off.
Every year that happened, and it happened often, so.
"Is there a Good Place group chat?"
There is!
Spike!
"Given that this video will air after the finale,
"can you give us a completely no-context spoiler?"
No!
I'm not gonna give you any spoiler.
Go watch the damn show, son!
Spike!
"When did you realize Eleanor and Chidi would be end game?"
I never really knew.
I feel like we went on the same journey
that the audience went on, which is kinda cool.
I think that feels like life.
"Do you believe in soulmates?"
Uh, no, not really.
I think it's something that you develop.
You find a person that you want to commit to,
and it's sort of an active choice,
and then you do the work.
It's explained in the show.
Something I had thought about,
and when it showed up in the script,
I was like oh, okay, some smart people agree with me,
so there we go.
Spike!
"What do you think is the funniest joke
"of all time from The Good Place?"
There is one line that Manny said
that broke all of us repeatedly,
which was, what was it,
"You know what, Shawn?
"You used to be cool, but you've changed, man."
Which none of us could hear him
say that line and keep a straight face.
I think there was one take
that we were all in that was usable.
And that's the only one that wound up in the show.
Because no one held it together for the whole time.
"Knowing what you know now,
"would you rather be in Michael's Bad Place,
"the Medium Place, or the Good Place?"
I think the Good Place neighborhood
that Michael designed as torture for us
is probably the best place that we've all been.
Because it forged relationships,
which were really meaningful,
and I feel like pleasure devoid of someone to share it with
is kind of empty,
so I think that that's the best.
That's the best place to be.
"What do you think of D'Arcy's Chidi in the Janets episode?
"Did you give her any pointers?"
I think D'Arcy's Chidi is better than my Chidi,
and I gave her some pointers,
but I remember watching her and being like,
well, damn, she kind of read those lines
better than I would have read them.
She's also just so likable.
So I didn't really have a whole lot.
She did listen to my voice a bunch,
which, you know, bless her for that.
Thanks for your burning questions.
This has been so much fun.
Be sure to watch The Good Place.
Bye!
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