"Some are playing crewmembers, like Benito Skinner or the theater director Jack O'Brien; some are antagonists, like Andrew Scott's studio executive; some, like Jane Fonda and Fran Drescher, are playing themselves. If it sounds like everyone in Hollywood (and especially every gay man) was begging to be on the series, casting director Allison Jones doesn't deny it. "I don't think there was a single person who didn't want to be on the show," she says."
""And I'm sorry to people we couldn't get on the show, who were fancy, funny, great people there just weren't enough parts for." Jones is a veteran casting director who has worked on everything from Barbie to The Office to, as she jokes, her fair share of not-so-well-remembered sitcoms like How's That?! and Room and Bored, in addition to the second and third seasons of The Comeback."
"She broke down what it was like to fill out Valerie's universe in her last go-around and the tricky business of casting a sitcom within a send-up of a sitcom. "When I started out in sitcoms, it was like the voice of God was the head of the network, which is who Andrew Scott is playing," Jones says, referencing Brandon Wallick, the mastermind behind How's That?! who seems to combine the slickness of a Hollywood executive with the amorality of a tech one."
""Though being Irish, I don't know how much of that he's had to go through in the American system. But he captured really well how they try to be so warm and then they just ... ef"
Familiar TV and comedy performers appear across the third season, playing crewmembers, antagonists, and themselves. Some notable guests include Jane Fonda and Fran Drescher, who portray their real selves, while others take fictional roles such as studio executives and theater directors. Casting director Allison Jones says nearly everyone wanted to be on the show and that limited parts prevented some talented people from joining. Jones describes her experience filling out Valerie’s world and the difficulty of casting a sitcom inside a send-up of a sitcom. She compares the show’s network-like power structure to a character played by Andrew Scott, emphasizing how warmth can mask underlying ruthlessness.
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