As funny and magnificent as Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was in general, it also provided a neat little avenue for a bunch of extraordinarily talented writers to empty the weirdest corners of their brains out for a baying public to bare witness to from time to time.
“We knew we loved it, but we thought, “This is so weird.” Luckily, nobody at NBC said, “Wait, what are you doing?” We never got that, and we were able to go forward with it. That was nice that people were loving it as much as we were in the room when we were talking about it and then when we shot it.”
“We’re a bunch of weirdos in the writers’ room so we’re always trying to find the stuff that’s going to amuse anyways. That said, I think we all want to see more Daddy’s Boy, whether it’s Kimmy and Titus seeing more of the movie or something like that. We do want to see more of that.”
As for other surprises in store for season two, it looks likely that Kimmy’s Mum will be making an appearance at some point, but Ellie Kemper isn’t harbouring too many fantasies about who will play her.
“What I know about her is that she wore short skirts and maybe wasn’t the most attentive mother, so it might be a sad revelation who the mother was.”
“Joan Cusack played my mom in the series finale of The Office, which was amazing. That was great casting. I’m not going to name any other woman because what if a woman gets insulted that I said they could play my mom? So I’ll just name my mom: Dotty Kemper.”
Me personally? As long as there’s at least one episode in the new season that features more of Coriolanus Burt, I’ll be one hell of a happy camper.
