Glaser has been making a serious name for himself in the television realm in recent years.
Whats that been like?
How did you get involved with this production?
STEPHANIE MARCH:Well youre nice to put it hat way.
I got involved the old-fashioned wayI just auditioned off the street.
It was too weird and great to pass up and I thought, Well you know, whatever.
I mean Jon has a fantastic reputation and John Lee has a great reputation, so why not?
And I got really, really, really lucky and I got the role.
It was a blast.
So, so, so fun.
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SCOTT ADSIT:And she got the role because shes so funny.
SCOTT ADSIT:Thank you, gosh.
DEN OF GEEK: What is it about the online grid that keeps bringing you back?
SCOTT ADSIT:Well Adult Swim is like the last bastion for auteurs on TV, I think.
Lazzo will give notes, but he does let people kind of follow their vision, which is great.
But its great also that he trusts you.
Youve got kind of an infinite horizon.
Why do you enjoy working with on so much?
SCOTT ADSIT:Ive known Jon since our days together at Second City.
On the main stage in Chicago.
He always just had a different tae on what is funny than what anyone had ever seen.
We had a good time together, and were rising and were seeing our styles compliment each other.
And Jon kind of guarantees a good time for the people that he hires.
It even ended up carrying over intoThe Tonight Show.
[Laughter]
DEN OF GEEK: Its insane.
STEPHANIE MARCH:People have asked us if we think or hope there will be a second season.
STEPHANIE MARCH:Exactly!
Thats well over a year and a half later.
DEN OF GEEK: It sounds like it.
SCOTT ADSIT:Also this is the only online grid that would condition a series this way.
STEPHANIE MARCH:Right.
Im sure thats true.
DEN OF GEEK: Off of title alone!
SCOTT ADSIT:Yeah.
That could be a series.
STEPHANIE MARCH:When I venture to explain it to peoplepeople say, What are you working on?
And I say, Its calledwait for itNeon Joe, Werewolf Hunter.
And then they say, Whats it about?
DEN OF GEEK: If anything it complicates it.
STEPHANIE MARCH:You just have to see it.
SCOTT ADSIT:Im hoping for some kind of spin-off like,Neon Joe: SVU.
STEPHANIE MARCH:Oh my God.
That would be amazing.
I just dont want to be a lawyer.
you’ve got the option to be the lawyer.
SCOTT ADSIT:Werewolves and sexual assault.
SCOTT ADSIT:Well its certainlytheres an alien aspect to the show, and it is really silly.
But it does kind of have it roots and some sort of truism as far as the genre goes.
The take is all very through the filter of Jon Glaser.
So it feels a little homespun and everything is based onessentially whims of his while hes writing.
I think he just thinks of, What would be funny?
and then reverse engineers that as the correct way to get to that point.
Theres usually something very low tech and low stakes, and kind of cozy.
If that makes sense.
Its kind of aliens redone.
Or was he fairly game to change the story on the fly and stumble upon new revelations?
It goes in a direction that I think even the best improvisers wouldnt be able to come up with.
DEN OF GEEK: The two of you are pretty much playing polar opposites here.
How did that dynamic work for you?
STEPHANIE MARCH:Well Im used to typecasting, so…Thats such an interesting question.
Hes just so creatively out there.
SCOTT ADSIT:Stephanie would you want to play a crazy role like that?
Would you like to be over the top?
STEPHANIE MARCH:I wouldloveto.
I would love to have the opportunity to try it.
I mean, if you want to pay me to try, then great!
Do you think its important to have a familiar idea to lampshade the premise on?
Is it helpful for the audience to have something to connect to before you blow them away?
The payoff is better accordingly.
SCOTT ADSIT:Youre comfortable and then youre disrupted.
STEPHANIE MARCH:How do you know that Im not one right now?
SCOTT ADSIT:I would seduce and break its heart.
STEPHANIE MARCH:Brute strength, for me.
SCOTT ADSIT:Gary Busey for me.
STEPHANIE MARCH:I like it.
SCOTT ADSIT:I would play the hot lesbian mayor in a heartbeat.
STEPHANIE MARCH:And I would play the crazy barkeep in a heartbeat.
DEN OF GEEK: Great!
Just swap them yourselves.
STEPHANIE MARCH:Constantly!
That guy is so annoying.
Hes always bugging me about my technique.
STEPHANIE MARCH:Oh, going dark.
Hmm, well, heights, but thats a boring one.
Essentially, basically, the fear of heights.
Also the fear of having to sit through another hungry casting session before another job.
DEN OF GEEK:And Busey.
SCOTT ADSIT:Im afraid of my mothers paranoia.
The more she watches FOX News the more afraid she gets.
DEN OF GEEK: Were all on the same page here.
Finally, whats the best thing about being apart of a universe where Paul Rudd is no longer alive?
SCOTT ADSIT:Well you always want Paul Rudd around…
DEN OF GEEK: But hes gone!
SCOTT ADSIT:But its nice to know what the world would be like without him.
STEPHANIE MARCH:I guess its the beginning of many great artistic experiences.
DEN OF GEEK: Right, someone will have to step in to fill the Paul Rudd void.
SCOTT ADSIT:Thats right.
Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter is on Adult Swim at midnight for the rest of the week.
Our review of the mini-series can be foundhere.
