‘Will & Grace’ Had Another Ensemble Member In Its Pilot

[hewontgo]

'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

Comments

[thatcovergirl]

Not Scooter?!? 😮

[violue]

Last night I saw a superhero, he was Black.

[wapiko]

man i miss that show. Painkiller whatever, but a spinoff with the daughters? yessss

[xdecadentx]

Not sure how 5 would have been too many? I feel like 4 for sitcoms is quite a small number.

That said, I didn't know they had a podcast and will check this out.

[disarmingdevil]

Didn't Friends have six? Five would've been fine.

[a_files06]

Friends had an even number where each side countered one another.

[xdecadentx]

How I Met Your Mother was 5, right?

[musicnkisses]

I feel like there was a 5th person who was supposed to be around who got phased out, the country dude who Will worked for?

[wapiko]

Harlan, but he was kind of antagonistic. I don't think the dynamic would be similar because he was a boss IIRC.

[birdie_draper]

Friends went on just fine for ten years with six main characters so I don't see why having five here was such a conflict.