EW: You played Girl in “Once,” now “The Mother” on HIMYM. So we have to ask: What is it with you and nameless characters?
Cristin Milioti: You know what? You are the first -person to bring that to my attention, and you’ve blown my mind. Maybe I don’t have a memorable face. [Editor’s note: Not true.] That is really weird.
EW: Tell us about your audition process.
Cristin Milioti: I received a phone call from my agents, and they said, “How I Met Your Mother would like to interview you for a possible character arc,” and I asked, “What’s the character?” And they said, “We don’t know.” So I had a Skype meeting with [creators] Craig [Thomas] and Carter [Bays], and we talked maybe for a half hour. I told them about Once, and a few days later they sent people to the show. Then I was told that I was going to fly to L.A. to test for this role, but I still had no idea what it was. They were so secretive, so I had my suspicions. The day I shot [my first scene], it was really on lockdown. All the extras in that train station are producers and writers of the show. It was so beautiful, because I got to meet everyone and they were incredibly welcoming.
EW: What did you know about the show before you got the role?
Cristin Milioti: I feel really weird about this, but I had never seen it. My whole time in New York I lived in one of those lofts with a giant projection screen, so we just watched TV on the Internet, and I never had the experience of flipping through the channels. I’m catching up on them now — I watch them every day at breakfast.
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Cristin Milioti: You know what? You are the first -person to bring that to my attention, and you’ve blown my mind. Maybe I don’t have a memorable face. [Editor’s note: Not true.] That is really weird.
EW: Tell us about your audition process.
Cristin Milioti: I received a phone call from my agents, and they said, “How I Met Your Mother would like to interview you for a possible character arc,” and I asked, “What’s the character?” And they said, “We don’t know.” So I had a Skype meeting with [creators] Craig [Thomas] and Carter [Bays], and we talked maybe for a half hour. I told them about Once, and a few days later they sent people to the show. Then I was told that I was going to fly to L.A. to test for this role, but I still had no idea what it was. They were so secretive, so I had my suspicions. The day I shot [my first scene], it was really on lockdown. All the extras in that train station are producers and writers of the show. It was so beautiful, because I got to meet everyone and they were incredibly welcoming.
EW: What did you know about the show before you got the role?
Cristin Milioti: I feel really weird about this, but I had never seen it. My whole time in New York I lived in one of those lofts with a giant projection screen, so we just watched TV on the Internet, and I never had the experience of flipping through the channels. I’m catching up on them now — I watch them every day at breakfast.
Read full interview at EW
You just know she's gonna be PERFECT for Ted.
ReplyDeleteI know I am going to get a million downvotes and a lot of hate, but I really don't like her as the mother. I don't know if it' her voice, her teeth, I don't know, she just annoys me.
ReplyDeleteBasically all other girls Ted dated were way way prettier, but it is not only that, the way she talks is a bit irritating and her smile is weird (it is not due to the fact of not being pretty enough, because the character of Stella annoyed the hell out of me and she was gorgeous).
I like her. I think she's perfect for the role
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