'We don't want the guest stars to take you out of the show,' she said. 'It's a safe space to come in and build a whole sketch around Angela Bassett or Patti LaBelle or Gabrielle Union or Wanda Sykes or whoever, but it's also a place where Ava DuVernay, if she's got an hour, we can come and play and it makes sense, we're going to make sure that it makes sense.' Thede added. She's amazing.'īut that chaos is the best part of being on the show, Thede explained. PLEASE NOTE: This forecast, assembled by The. I'm like, 'Say this.' She was like, 'I would only do this for you. Rachel Brosnahan (Miriam 'Midge' Maisel), Michael Zegen (Joel Maisel) in The Marvelous Mrs. It's fine.' And literally on set, I'm just yelling out jokes. I was like, 'I got you, don't worry.' And she was like, 'There are only two sentences in the script.' I was like, 'We'll make more of it. 'I am in awe of every single one of them,' the actress said of the star-studded guest appearances. 'I'm so excited to see them - I mean, who thought Ava DuVernay would do a sketch? She was essentially playing a heightened version of herself but she had an hour to come shoot with us. It also gave a sneak peek at the six-episode season's 40+ celebrity guest stars, including Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Michael Ealy, Bob the Drag Queen, Vanessa Williams, Loni Love, and Essence Atkins, just to name a few. The trailer for season 3 revealed that fans will see the return of favorite characters such as Black's invisible spy, Trinity, and Thede's Dr. 'We get to see sketches that are coming back, not only from season 2 but from season 1 that we haven't seen,' she added. 'So we get to see the funeral ball with Bob the Drag Queen and we'll get to see a number of things that are in homage for characters we have known and loved for the past seasons, but also just giving love to the audience who stuck with us and waited so long to see these six episodes every year.'

While Thede claimed she 'never really have a favorite sketch,' she shared that she loves having the four core cast members - Thede alongside Gabrielle Dennis, Ashley Nicole Black and Skye Townsend - in sketches together.

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