Chris O’Dowd’s new series: ‘Like George Costanza trying to figure out TikTok’
27.03.2023 - 15:01
/ nypost.com
Apple TV+ series “The Big Door Prize,” because he’s at a similar place in his life. “It did feel like a middle-aged story, and I was feeling very f–king middle aged,” the Irish-born O’Dowd, 43, told The Post. “It felt like this character had a more grown-up set of problems than what I usually deal with, which are usually either romantic or frivolous.” Premiering March 29, “The Big Door Prize” — a half-hour comedy with a light sci-fi bent — is based on a novel of the same name, adapted by David West Read (“Schitt’s Creek”). The story follows the fictional small town of Deerfield, which is forever changed when a mysterious retro-looking machine appears and reveals each person’s “true potential” (in the form of printing it on a card).
For instance, one man’s card reads “magician”; another person’s reads “superstar.”If O’Dowd was able to encounter this machine in his life, “My feeling is that I would want to do it, but I wouldn’t want anybody to see the card,” he said. “It’s too much expectation. I don’t want f–kers asking me if I want to be an astronaut next week.
It’s like, ‘Come on, let me have a nap!’“I do think I’d be worried about being told something I didn’t want to hear,” he said. “As an example, a few weeks ago, it was my wife’s birthday and we had a tarot card reading [at] a house party.
And I didn’t do it. I was in the midst of this show, and I was like, ‘I don’t know if I’m feeling tethered enough right now to be told a piece of information I can’t handle.’ So, it depends on your mental state at the time.” “The Big Door Prize” machine sends all the citizens into a tizzy as they re-think their careers, relationships and life paths.
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