D'Arcy Carden's acting career was "getting nowhere" when she landed on The Good Place - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 04-29-2019, 04:09 PM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...dca_story.html

Carden was a 36-year-old struggling actress and Upright Citizens Brigade alum when she auditioned for the role of Janet, which could've gone to a 13-year-old boy. “We auditioned a million people, ranging from 13-year-old boys all the way to 75-year-old women and everything in between," said creator Michael Schur, who used a dummy scene with aspiring Janets playing a customer service representative for a company that made defective dolls. Carden walked into her audition expecting to be rejected. So she tried to make Schur laugh. “I feel like I know what Janet is now,” he remembers thinking. “But I know it because of D’Arcy, not because of me.”

KRW · 05-07-2019, 10:49 PM

I love her as Janet! She's become my favorite supporting cast member.

04-29-2019, 04:09 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,305	D'Arcy Carden's acting career was "getting nowhere" when she landed on The Good Place https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...dca_story.html Carden was a 36-year-old struggling actress and Upright Citizens Brigade alum when she auditioned for the role of Janet, which could've gone to a 13-year-old boy. “We auditioned a million people, ranging from 13-year-old boys all the way to 75-year-old women and everything in between," said creator Michael Schur, who used a dummy scene with aspiring Janets playing a customer service representative for a company that made defective dolls. Carden walked into her audition expecting to be rejected. So she tried to make Schur laugh. “I feel like I know what Janet is now,” he remembers thinking. “But I know it because of D’Arcy, not because of me.”

05-07-2019, 10:49 PM	#2
KRW One Bad Mother Funker Forum Regular Join Date: May 23, 2017 Location: The Funk Dojo Posts: 899	I love her as Janet! She's become my favorite supporting cast member.