It was the 90s.
Anyway, I remember that being one of the things.
I was, again, obsessed with SNL.
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This time, I wasreallyinto Mike Myers.
Why Jacobson Opted Out of Drama School
It sucked.
This comedy show broke the record with plenty of laughs that have garnered 100% for each season.
Jacobson earned a BFA in General Fine Arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
In pursuit of that dream, she applied to the Atlantic Acting Schools Theater Conservatory Program.
A dream come true initially.
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This was huge for me.
It broke me down.Art school, for me, was this very expansive environment.
It really taught me how to see.
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But, Atlantic was very confining for me.
The disappointment was significant.
She added, I moved here to be an actor, and I can’t do it.
No Good Deed is a dark comedy series created by Liz Feldman for Netflix and stars Ray Romano as Paul Morgan in the lead role. Out of money and at the end of his rope, Paul considers selling his beautiful villa so he can pay his debts off and leave Los Angeles, but as he and two other families soon discover, the past is difficult to outrun.
Little did Jacobson know at that precise moment, she could do it.
She just had to find the right way forherto do it.
Your videos you would love it.
Jacobsons instincts were spot-on.
Heres how Jacobson put it:
This is almost 20 years ago.
I’m not an actor.
I can’t do drama.
I think, also, comedy is so heartbreaking.
Indeed it is, and that quality of comedy is on full display inNo Good Deed.
If you dugDead to Me,No Good Deedwill likely be right up your alley.
“I was such a fan ofDead to Meand of [Lizs].
She has a very unique style.
It’sveryLiz.No Good Deedhas a lot of the same elements that you feel when you watchDead to Me.
I think you feel a lot of, Wait, what’s going on?
Every episode is twists and turns and shocks, and it’s funny and it’s sad.
Youre on a little roller coaster ride.
I felt like that tone was different than what I had done, and it’s a mystery.
Another perk of the part?
Jacobsons character is actually inspired by Liz herself.
That was just such a different thing.
I’m not doing an impression, but it was very cool throughout the whole thing to have Liz.
She’s very full of energy, and is also very jot down-A.
She’s also the showrunner, and she was directing a lot of episodes.
She’s also always like, What’s going on?
What’s over there?
It might be for my own personal interest, but I’m going to figure it out.
She cares about her family, and she wants it so much for her family.
Yet another ideal aspect of working onNo Good Deed?
Getting the opportunity to work with sitcom legendLisa Kudrow.
Jacobson recalled:
My dad took me to LA once when I was right around 13.
They’re having so much fun.
Jacobson got the opportunity to do just that with Kudrow on the set ofNo Good Deed.
Feldman encourages play on her shows.
She was always like, Make it your own.
Let’s try this other stuff.
You do that after you get it really scripted.
Jacobson continued, The playing on set creates the environment of play and of collaboration.
Everyone just loosens up a little bit.
One especially exciting opportunity to play popped up during a one-on-one scene Jacobson shares with Kudrow.
Jacobson continued:
There’s this really serious scene between me and Lisa where she’s coming to me.
We got to improvise for a little bit, and that was just the best.
So I think I was really, really aware of that … What happens is devastating, and she’s trying to explore what that would feel like.
I was just very aware of trying to be a really good scene partner for her in that.
Jacobson was, indeed, a really good scene partner for Kudrow.
Its also one that brought our Collider Ladies Night conversation full circle.
And I feel like I stood my own ground in it.
I’m really proud of that.
No Good Deedis available to stream on Netflix
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