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Now that people know the show, we can have more fun populating it with familiar faces.
Id love to get into her cell phone and see whos there.
Youll be surprised how many famous people come out of Philadelphia, explains Gehrt.
OBrien adds, Its always very conscious.
You wouldnt wanna waste a big Philly celebrity like Gritty on just any role.
OBrien and Gehrt broke down how the guest stars of season three obtained a visitors pass toAbbott Elementary.
The post-Oscars cold open was going to be an immediate lead-in, no commercial, adds OBrien.
Whos the conduit from one to the other?
We had a few variations of the Bradley character, explains Gerht.
We were holding part of the story to see who it was schedule-wise.
He really made a lot of effort to show up.
And after he filmed, heheadedstraight to Santa Barbara to accept an award forMaestro.
They rounded out the trio with Brandon Graham, who was the longest-tenured Eagle who wasnt too shy.
Gehrt explains, You need someone whos likable enough to go head-to-head with Gregory.
It wasnt much of a challenge for Segarra he did it perfectly.
He had to fly out to be with us Monday morning to film.
OBrien decided to ask Brunson if they should just try reaching out: Her agent wasnt sure.
By the time I got to Lana, she was like, Heck yeah, Im in.
We saw a lot of queens.
Everyone had input on it.
Quinta knew people, explains Gerht.
It was cool to see because we asked for special tricks like, Can you do karate kicks?
Can you do flips?
What can we put thats unique about you into the episode?
We had a karate queen in there.
Kevin Hart as Himself
Kevin Harts cameo was teased throughout Mothers Day.
He was shooting a movie and doing the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor while on the East Coast.
We found a window when he was available, explains Gehrt.
His manager said, Dont worry, hell rock it out in one take.
We were like, Maybe another take for safety, but he was a total pro.
