A very serious interview with Somebody Somewhere stars Bridget Everett and Jeff Hiller
“I was on the phone with a friend and he was like, ‘Oh no! Oh no!’ and exploded on the toilet. He said, ‘I’m sorry, I didn’t have a chance to push mute.'”
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According to Bridget Everett, the third season of Somebody Somewhere will have a plot for the first time in the show’s history. “Twinks get murdered and Sam’s now a nudist.” (We can’t wait for this to become a reality! It’s definitely not a joke!) Although the star admits the “plot is thin” on the HBO series, it’s developed an impassioned following as one of television’s most treasured, little-known comedies.
Centering on Everett’s character Sam, a woman in her 40s dealing with a midlife crisis in Kansas, Somebody Somewhere’s exploration of life’s minutiae and normalisation of the queer experience has won rave reviews from fans and critics, in addition to the chemistry between the aforementioned comedian and her co-lead Jeff Hiller.
“What’s really good about this show is that it didn’t start from a place of, ‘How can we get really good queer representation?’ It started from a place of, ‘What’s true? What’s real? What’s authentic?’” says Hiller, who’s known to audiences for his spine-chilling portrayal of Mr Whitely in American Horror Story: NYC. “I like that it’s coming from a place of truth and not a craven, ‘We get points from GLAAD!’ or whatever.”
Following HBO’s announcement that Somebody Somewhere will return for season three, we caught up with Bridget and Jeff to discuss why “a show like this would never been made 20 years ago”, twink decimation and their “vulnerable” slash instantly iconic demonstration of diarrhoea in Kinda Good, Kinda Gross. Very serious interview incoming.
GAY TIMES: Bridget and Jeff, congratulations on the renewal. I, like all fans, was incredibly happy, particularly as season two could’ve served as a series finale…
Bridget: Kinda!
Jeff: That was the fear.
Bridget: HBO doesn’t love… Well, I don’t know that to be true. Somewhere along the line I thought that we’re not supposed to do cliffhangers. I don’t know. So, it does get nerve-inducing when you do something that could tie things up too well. You get a little nervous! We’re like, ‘We’ll come up with more stuff, I promise!’
