Bridget Everett Praises ‘Somebody Somewhere’ Costar Jeff Hiller

Two peas in a pod! Bridget Everett had nothing however type phrases to say about her Somebody Somewhere costar Jeff Hiller.

“When you meet Jeff, you can’t help but fall in love with him. He’s funny and just so charming and easy and warm,” the comic, 51, completely instructed Us Weekly whereas selling her HBO present Somebody Somewhere, which was simply renewed for a 3rd season. “He sort of feels like a warm summer night … just like exactly where you wanna be, sitting outside with your feet kicked up and a glass of wine, bathed in the light of Jeff Hiller. It’s perfect.”

Everett and Hiller star on the HBO dramedy — which premiered in January 2022 — as Sam and Joel, respectively. The pair play shut buddies, however within the second season, their relationship faces a velocity bump as Joel finds love with Brad (Tim Bagley.) The Fun Mom Dinner star bought candid about the place she sees their characters’ bond going within the subsequent season.

“They have to evolve. … It’s fun to be in that honeymoon bubble for a long time, but Joel has a new relationship and Sam has to kind of figure out how she fits into all that,” she defined to Us. “It doesn’t necessarily mean because he’s in love that she goes away. It’s just how do you navigate that? Even though she’s a little bit older, it’s a good problem to have.”

Since the present’s begin, Everett’s character has been navigating a midlife disaster after the dying of her beloved sister Darlene. The Kansas native — who additionally serves as an government producer along with the present’s star — was the inspiration for the sequence itself.

Everett, for her half, misplaced her real-life sister Brinton to most cancers in 2008. She opened as much as Us about how filming the considerably autobiographical sequence has been a “cathartic” expertise because it helped her course of her grief.

“I know my sister would be so proud of me. And doing this show is kind of a love letter to her,” she stated. “So I feel like it’s helped me grow and it’s helped me heal and I’m very happy for that.”

While the HBO present channels sure parts of Everett’s life into the plot, the Kansas native has made it clear she and her character will not be similar however they do share one widespread curiosity: music. The Inside Amy Shumer alum can also be the lead singer of her band, The Tender Moments, who plan on releasing their newest album BFD someday quickly.

“We both love music and that’s kind of the driving force for both of us,” she recalled. “Sam, as small as the emotional steps that she takes are, are bigger swings than I take. So I feel like watching Sam grow and try to adapt to life as it changes is a real learning curve for me. So I’m learning from Sam every day.”

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Somebody Somewhere is out there to stream on HBO Max.