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“I came up as a writer, and was always producing my own shows,” Jake Johnson says. The Chicago native earned an MFA in dramatic writing from the NYU Tisch Graduate program. For him, the entire project is “where my passion lies…. It’s more [about] making projects that I believe will work, that I’ll like to make, and that I think the audience that’s stuck with me now, almost 20 years, will also enjoy.”

Prioritizing creative experiences means that being number one on the call sheet is “totally irrelevant,” and has led to an eclectic resume that also includes the Spider-Verse/Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse movies, Jurassic World,  the Mummy reboot starring Tom Cruise, and his 2023 directorial debut Self Reliance. 

Now Johnson is starring in two new films. In the sports comedy The Dink (Apple TV July 24), he’s a once-promising tennis prodigy, who takes up pickleball to rehab his wrist at the suggestion of his sex-obsessed doctor (Ben Stiller). In writer-director Joe Swanberg’s The Sun Never Sets (in theaters August 28), he’s a divorced dad in a love triangle.  

Here, the married father of twin tween daughters talks his tennis and pickleball prep, an on-going “beef” with New Girl castmate Lamorne Morris, his marriage of the minds with wife Erin, how his 12-year-olds updated his dad-rock playlist, and more.

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/20-questions-jake-johnson/

Metiwether’s new show is Furious. It debuts on Hulu on July 27, starring Emmy Rossum, Lola Petticrew, and Scoot McNairy.

Well besides the finale lmao

What are the best Schmidt freak-out moments?

I was watching S1 E23 "Backsliders" & noticed Schmidt tried to comfort a post-Russell depressed Jess who believes she's going to die alone by predicting she won't because we will all be immortal by 2026.

Okay so what exactly are the rules?

Is there like a printout of the rules I can see?

Hi! I'm the author of Who's That Girl: The Untold, Definitive History of New Girl, an upcoming book featuring exclusive interviews with the cast, creator, writers, guest stars, directors, and crew.

There's ton of behind-the-scenes stories, never before seen photos, and a full oral history on the making of the series. Available for pre-order right now and hitting bookstores on July 28 :) I hope you'll check it out! If you're more of audiobook fan, Nelson Franklin (aka Robby!) helps read the digital version!

Haven’t read it yet, just wanted to share with this sub first :)

Just finished NewGirl for the first time great show! Questions about the finale?

*SPOILERS* Below!

One of the final scenes Nick's on the ground applying some creme to his foot? Looks like he has a bunch of cremes on the ground? I admit I was pretty drunk last night while we watched this. What was the meaning/point of this? Or was it just a joke that went over my head?

Also Nick then says we have one final thing to do before we move out and he says: "JFK and the rest say FDR" what was the meaning of this? Did I totally miss something here as well?

Thanks!