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wAdd NetflixBig hit of 2024no one wants thisIt’s hard not to fall in love with Justin Lupe. Yes, apparently this steamy romcom is about the love story between agnostic podcaster Joan (Kristen Bell) and. progressive rabbi noah (Adam Brody). But it’s Joan’s sharp little sister Morgan, played by Lupe, who gets all the best lines (and best costumes).
If things ever threaten to tiptoe into schmaltzy territory, Lupe is there to shatter it with her deadpan delivery and weapons-grade eye-roll. “As someone who doesn’t have much of a filter in the world as a person, I feel Morgan,” the actor laughs. “It’s really fun to play someone who’s a little bit unbridled.” She’s speaking over Zoom right after the show’s Los Angeles press conference, impressively dressed in a brown blazer with flared sleeves, and a strand of blonde hair tucked behind her shoulders (until it frees itself when she gets animated, punctuates her sentences with gestures).
The series, now in its second season, is not only a great showcase of his comic timing; It’s also his biggest part so far. Before this, you probably recognized the 36-year-old for scene-stealing supporting roles like The wonderful Mrs. Maisel, Mr. Mercedes And inheritanceIn the latter, he Villa playedThe escort turned playwright turned aspiring First Lady, who eventually agrees to marry Alan Rook’s Connor, the eldest Roy brother and black sheep of the family (accepting his proposal with the immortal line: “F**k it. Come on, how bad can it get?”). She was only supposed to appear in three episodes, but she impressed showrunner Jesse Armstrong so much that she remained on all four seasons of the Emmy-winning drama.
first round of no one wants thiswhich is Based on the experiences of creator Erin Foster The story of her converting to Judaism after meeting her husband, Noah (or the “Hot Rabbi”, as he was inevitably nicknamed on social media), depicts the tentative early stages of Noah (or “Hot Rabbi”, as he was inevitably nicknamed on social media) and Joanne’s relationship. They attempt to adjust to their vastly different lifestyles and win over each other’s families – including Morgan’s. Lupe’s character is not at all convinced that the romance is going to last long. You get the sense that he’s seen Joan go through the honeymoon period many times before (and heard her analysis on the podcast they host together).
But this time, Lupe explains, “Morgan is really coming to terms with the fact that Joan and Noah are going to work on this. And I would say this season is her journey in how she reconciles that new dynamic”. Inevitably, she finds herself in that awkward, conflicted situation that many of us have experienced: when your closest confidant is suddenly stuck in a serious relationship, and you’re no longer their number one priority. “She’s trying to figure out, OK, what is my life now that I know there’s something really going on with my sister?”
Lupe grew up in Denver, Colorado and was from an artistic family that supported her acting ambitions since childhood. As a teenager, she would make webcam films with her younger brother, who now works as a cinematographer. “I don’t have a sister, but I know the feeling of returning to the old family dynamic that is almost adolescence,” she says, which is part of what makes her and Bell’s on-screen sisterly bond so real. “When you get back with your family, it’s almost as if you never left their house, and you’re back on the same path you were on when you were younger. And there’s the whole unconditional love aspect of the relationship – you can say some things you wouldn’t normally say to other people.”
She says, there was “absolutely natural chemistry” between her and Bell. Also, in another parallel to real life, show creator Foster also hosts a podcast with her sister Sarah, just like the siblings on the show. Morgan isn’t necessarily based on Sarah, but the podcast’s back catalog has provided some useful inspiration for making Lupe more like that sister. “Erin and Sarah Foster have a ton of great content on their podcast,” she says. “They’re very public because of their dynamic, and I would definitely go back to that well to stay in touch with the discord and rapport.”
I don’t have a sister, but I know the feeling of returning to the old family dynamics of almost adolescence.
The show may be a love story at heart, but season two also serves as an interesting exploration of how we compare ourselves to our nearest and dearest, and feel “behind” in our thirties and beyond. As the series begins, both sisters become frustrated with the speed at which their respective relationships are progressing in comparison to each other; Morgan eventually jumps into romance with Dr. Andy, a red flag of a man played brilliantly by Lopez inheritance Co-starring Ariane Moed. They “didn’t have a lot of scenes together” on the HBO show, but became friends “because we were traveling together to shoot different locations”, so the reunion was a joy.
Watching these episodes from my 33-year-old vantage point, the sisters’ almost competitive battle to cross relationship milestones felt especially poignant. When I tell Lupe this, our interview briefly (and fittingly, given her on-screen agony aunt status) becomes an invigorating discussion; Thankfully, she takes a more gentle approach than the straight-talking Morgan. “I think it’s a weird time where you’re like, ‘Oh, my life is real and I’m a real adult now. Where am I and how is it going?'” she says. “And that’s a serious thing to face. When I was 33, I ended a long-term relationship, which is a scary thing to do at 33. ‘Okay, where do I need to grow, what things do I need to work on?’ She stops. “That being said, 33 is very young. You’re a little kid! You’re doing great!”
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during filming no one wants thisIn the first season in early 2024, Lupe is pregnant with her first child, whom she shares with her visual artist husband Tyson Mason (the couple married in February this year). When the series premiered, she marked the occasion by sharing an Instagram post, appreciating “the cast and crew who supported me when my Gucci skirt was torn down both the front and the back on set at 2am when they didn’t know I was pregnant and thought I was breaking out at the seams”. This led to dramatic headlines, she says, stating that she “hid her pregnancy from the entire crew, which was ridiculous and not at all what happened”.
She “didn’t like the story that I had to disguise myself as a non-pregnant person for months”. And so it was important for her to set the record straight (in a thoughtful follow-up post on social media) “because what actually happened was exactly the opposite”, she explains. “I revealed on this set that I was pregnant, and it was completely celebrated and supported.”
In fact, she was one of four pregnant women working on that first season. “It was one of the most positive acting experiences I’ve ever had. I felt really creative and in my element, and I felt really accomplished.” Plus, Lupe says, “watching my body grow every week” in the movie was really “a healing experience.”
She hopes her story is “an uplifting narrative” because “as a woman in this industry, you go through your twenties and thirties hearing that [working while pregnant] There’s something that’s really hard and really looked down upon, or that it’s impossible, or that you’re left out to pasture during pregnancy. And that doesn’t mean it’s not valid [industry issue] This has been problematic for a while, but my experience was very positive, so I just wanted to be honest about how it went.
When the cast began shooting season two, Lupe’s daughter was seven months old, so the actor “had to go through the weaning hormone drop as soon as the season started”, because by then, “I was basically only breastfeeding. I went back to the set and I completely stopped. So there came a lot of worries with that, and just being with the baby and paying enough attention to the baby, and being on set and paying full attention to the work.”
But once she “surrendered like, ‘Okay, there’s going to be some hormones flowing inside you, it’s going to be a different physical experience'”, she “really enjoyed the challenge”. “It’s totally wild,” she adds, noting how much her life has changed in the nearly two years since she started working. no one wants this — but it’s also “an exciting thing,” she adds, “to feel capable in a different way than you felt before.”
Nobody Wants This season two is on Netflix from October 23