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A big, beautiful, utterly perfect cartoon giraffe.
Jameela Jamil’s behind-the-scenes video of dancing with Ted Danson.
A hot, rich fraud with legs for days.
Tall and glamorous and has cappuccino skin and curves everywhere.
Ah, what a life she lived!
When did you decide to make the transition from presenting to acting?I didnt, actually.
I heard about the audition from my manager and she put me up for it.
I was like, No.
I dont know how to act!
Ive never acted before.
Maybe you’re free to meet him and get a comedy-writing job if you cant act.
It was a crazy twist of fate.
I guess every other Indian actress in Los Angeles was dead, and I was the only one left.
I couldve been playing a gimp.
Its a testament as to how much of a freak Mike is.
It couldve been a franchise ofThe Fast and the Furious.Zero idea.
Tahani was originally written to be much kinder and less inherently pretentious than how she behaves now.
Youre not going to find a genuinely warm and authentic socialite from London.
It just doesnt happen!
And I know because Im from there.
I believe American people have a very romantic view of what English people are like.
I didnt want anyone to feel sorry for Tahani that Eleanor didnt like her.
I wanted it be like theyre both triggering each other.
And then we get to learn Tahanis backstory and figure her out.
I had a lot of experience and based so much of Tahani on people who I knew and met.
It was my chance to exorcise all of the demons of the things Ive ever found annoying about people.
Its fun to get the chance to play with that.
you might only get into the Good Place with no sins?
That doesnt make sense!
The point system is too extreme.
I dont know anyone who would get into the Good Place.
Were all just human.
I dont think Tahani wasthatbad.
I dont think she should be in the Bad Place with Adolf Hitler or actual evil people.
She probably deserves a Middle Place where all of the Tahanis of the world should go!
Or maybe a Passive Aggressive Narcissistic Place.
How much do you think shes changed in the grand scheme of this Bad Place experiment?
Of course, she has her habits and isstillname-dropping this far into the series.
The transition shes had into actually catching herself to not be a nightmare has been quite fast and swift.
Do you have a personal favorite name-drop?
Shes such an asshole.
Im sorry, anashhole.
Ive grown to love her over season two.
I couldnt stand her in season one I love playing her, but couldnt stand her.
But in season two, Im warming to her, and thats the power of Mike and the writers.
You mentioned an interest in comedy writing.
But Im far too intimidated to contribute anything else.
I had no idea how unbelievably talented our writers were going to be.
Three scripts in, I became too afraid to write or do anything else on the show.
Theyre an elite group of people, and so young.
Most of them are younger than me!
Eventually, I would love to, but now Im too intimidated by how talented they are.
Id love to be a fly on the wall in that writers room.
Hear the creative process forfood-pun names.Im so proud of them and so in awe of them.
Were actually not allowed to know a lot of whats going on in the show.
Mike keeps everything secret, even from us.
Were always trying to pry information out of Mike and the producers, but theyre always tight-lipped.
Im eagerly anticipating the arrival of this Eternal Judge!Youre in for averybig treat.
You wont believe it.
Im not allowed to say who it is, but youre going to shit your pants.
Sorry,shirtyour pants.
Now I think DArcys a witch.
Im not even overhyping it, its so insane.
Im privileged to be a part of this mad journey.
Manny Jacinto told us abouta disgusting Swedish Fish prank.
What is your most memorable story of the guy?Hes America.
To English people, Ted Danson is America.
This is going to make him sound like a dick, but its really funny.
Singing my worst fears to me to make me realize how overdramatic I was being.
And it would change my whole day.
He never doesnt notice when youre sad, and he never doesnt pick up on your mood.
Him and Mary [Steenburgen] I think are serial killers, because theyre too great and too perfect.
Actually, I have a better answer thats much more important to me.
Its not funny, per se.
It was essentially Ted Danson teaching me how to dance.
Im quite tall, and no one has ever tried to twirl me around.
And there were fairy lights all over.
It was, hands down, a top-three moment of my whole life.
[Evil laughter.]
Its bloody brilliant and so exciting, and nobody has guessed it so far.
Especially because its in the Mary-Paul era.
How did this wonderful thing come about?It was so mortifying.
Theres a top-ten highlights of the series going around Channel 4, and No.
4 was Jameela Jamil sets fire to everything.
My reputation took a hit after that show.
Outside of pasta, Im useless in a kitchen and dead to the world.
I had the only dessert in the history ofThe Great British Bake Offthat was deemed unsafe to eat.
?It was my meringue.
They thought I was going to kill Mary Berry.
Can you imagine if thats how I went down?
Can you imagine if thats how Mary Berry died, by eating my dessert?
I hate that youve seen it!
Honestly, Id get on the next plane to Heathrow if it meant hanging out with Mary Berry.
And I cant bake at all.Exactly.
I flew back and forth from America for it, just because Im such a lover of Mary Berry.
