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(Spoiler: They totally blow their cover.)
So, how exactly didThe Good Placepull off such a complicated episode?
But this scenario had to be more than just a gimmick.
The reason to do it [is Eleanors] literally asking herselfWho am I?
What version of me am I right now?And this is something philosophers talk about I think.
How much studying up on the other casts mannerisms did Carden do?
(But sadly, they did not wear Janets uniforms.)
Carden says she also recorded audio of the episodes table read where everyone played their original parts.
I pull over and just roll down my window and just blast it.
It was his voice.
And he went,Oh no!
Youre losing your mind!
Still, it wasnt simple for Carden to imitate her co-workers.
But Eleanor was the hardest because Bells take on the character is just so subtle.
The other actors were also on stand-by in case Carden got stuck on a particular mannerism.
Im going to leave now, Carden jokes.
(Carden adds that we even had almost a diorama [or] dollhouse version of us.)
The scenes themselves were carefully scripted and blocked to ensure that all of the doubles matched.
Though actors dont often improvise onThe Good Place, Carden says, This particular episode was super-scripted.
Every bit of it was,Move on this line and turn your head on this one.
How was the Janet kissing scene filmed?
There was a long pole with a literal pair of lips on it, Carden says.
Like plastic lips, but it was exactly at my lip height.
It was on, like, a Lazy Susan that was controlled by some dude.
And yes, it was as tricky as it sounds.
And that was exactly it.
It was just somebody thats like they do this all day, everyday.
Theyre not interested in being friendly.
They just get the job done.
According to Morgan, there was also a whole cubicle devoted to Jennifer Garner.
His drink mug reads Existences Best Boss.
Whats next for Team Cockroach?
When we figured this out, we were like,Oh, yeah, this is the thing.
A lot of that stuff gets dealt with very quickly, in various ways, Schur promises.
Are Janets powers going to change?
Schur reminds that Janets ability to understand human beings has continued to grow since the pilot.
That is another contributing factor to her evolution.
Janets are not theBorg, he says.
Theyre not psychically connected to each other.
They cant look through each others minds.
Theyre all individual entities.
Why has the Good Place been broken for so long?
Sorry, Abraham Lincoln and Harriet Tubman.
