The last time I saw Will Forte, he had half of his head and beard shaved.
We later learned that it was for a joke on his Fox comedyThe Last Man on Earth.
This summer, Forte looked more like his usual self gearing up for season three of the post-apocalypse comedy.
I spoke with Forte at the Fox party for the Television Critics Association.
Were the rights to Falling Slowly easy to get through Fox since Searchlight released the movieOnce?
So that wouldve been a tough pill to swallow if we couldnt get the rights.
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So that was based on your real life relationship with Jason?
Oh yeah, we do a lot of karaoke together and thats one of our big go tos.
No, because there were so many cameras and we had it planned out pretty well.
John Solomon directed that episode and he knows what hes doing.
Hes great so he had us perfectly set up.
Melissa became sort of a badass towards the end of season two.
Was it your idea to toughen her up?
That was definitely an idea that came from the writers room.
Do you ever feel guilty calling the showThe Last Man on Earthwhen you keep introducing more characters?
My response to that is always I ask if people have seen the movieRocky.
They obviously say yes and I say, Well, are there other people in the movie than Rocky?
The answer is yes.
Was this group of survivors who you imagined from the beginning?
Yeah, a lot of them.
Certainly in the first season, there were changes that came up.
Is Carol pregnant throughout the season?
Yes, both Kristen Schaals character and Cleopatra Colemans character are pregnant throughout the season.
At what point would you plan to introduce the babies?
Were still trying to figure out the timeline on that.
Usually an episode ends with a cliffhanger thats immediately addressed in the next episode.
Its usually just each episode takes place over the course of a couple days.
Theres a sitcom trope of introducing a baby into a family show.
When the time comes, will you have some fun with what a baby does to the group dynamic?
Sure, well see.
Or something will happen.
I would assume that we would see the baby sooner rather than later, but I have no idea.
It depends on where the storylines lead.
I have no idea at this point.
Do you have any more crazy hair plans?
Yeah, a little bit.
How long did you live with the half beard and hair?
That was about a month.
Was it fun to go around and let people see it?
Well, you came here like that so we saw it.
Yeah, the TCAs in Pasadena.
That was the first appearance of it outside of our studio in Chatsworth.
Oh man, we just get so busy on the show.
Were always trying to write it.
You end up doing other movies on your hiatus, like the National Lampoon movie.
