‘Will & Grace’ Had Another Ensemble Member In Its Pilot
'Will & Grace' Had Another Ensemble Member In Its Pilot, Costars Reveal In Podcast https://t.co/RlzlrmcqlC pic.twitter.com/7lEpbEq8k5
- Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) June 24, 2023
Eric McCormack and Sean Hayes reveal that the pilot featured them, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, and Cress Williams.
McCormack said :
“There were five characters as regulars. And the fifth was my partner at my small law firm.”
Describing the character as a “straight guy” who was “probably written as Jewish” initially,
Will’s friendship with Williams’s character was meant to be “just as important” as Messing’s Grace and Hayes’s Jack.
Director James Burrows told Will & Grace creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick that five people was too many. McCormack said : “I felt so terrible. It was nothing he did or didn’t do… It just didn’t fit what the show is supposed to be.”
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