![]() ![]() Very quickly - almost overnight - I went from being at the center of the project to standing on the periphery. They’d all been made executive producers. One day I walked into the office that FX had set up for the show, and was surprised to find three desks: one for Rob, one for Glenn, and one for Charlie. I’m not just speaking from the perspective of where the show ended up going even back then we could feel its potential like a living thing.Īround that time, my relationship with Rob began to unravel - and I started to sense that I was on unsteady footing, despite our “all for one” pact. We were all broke we were all stressed about where our respective lives and careers were going, but still : I think we all felt like what we were doing was big. Of course we were drinking real wine (because why wouldn’t we), and we were going off-script and Glenn was killing it, and I remember just having so much damn fun. One day Glenn and I were shooting a scene where the two of us were sitting on the couch drinking wine and talking about our friend who had just been diagnosed with cancer. We shot a lot at my West Hollywood apartment because it was “nicer” (read: cleaner) than any of the guys’ places. ![]() ![]() We improv-ed out most scenes before Rob wrote them, and I remember how exciting it was: not just reading lines from a script that had been handed to me, but actually watching these people emerge. When only one or two of us were on camera, the others held boom mics or ran to Rite Aid for more camcorder tapes. It was a lot of work for virtually no pay, but we were unemployed actors with not a whole lot to do in between Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf runs and the occasional audition, and our ennui and general idleness became a key element of the show. My character was named “Sweet Dee” as a nod to her optimistic personality, which was originally intended to contrast sharply with the guys’ misanthropy. Other friends filled in the remainder of the roles - David Hornsby, Jimmi Simpson, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, who later married Charlie - but mostly it was just the four of us: Rob, Glenn, Charlie, and me. ![]() A couple of months after I arrived in LA, Rob conceived of the idea for a Curb Your Enthusiasm-style show that centered on a group of four actor friends living in Hollywood, and over the next year or so Rob, myself, and our friends Glenn Howerton and Charlie Day shot two pilot episodes for the show, which at the time was called It’s Always Sunny on TV. We began dating again, and our relationship quickly grew serious enough that we started planning to move in together, and eventually get married. When I graduated from college, I moved out to Los Angeles, where I knew virtually no one except for my ex-boyfriend, Rob. ![]()
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