Coyote and a Possessed Doll,” which he did not direct, in which Bonnie sees a video of her husband Adam ( William Fichtner) before a snowboarding accident left him unable to walk and wonders if he would still have married her had he not been injured. Reflecting on the series as a whole, Widdoes cites two episodes he remembers most fondly. SEE Emmy spotlight: Allison Janney (‘Mom’) is hilarious and moving in a beautifully understated series finale All I did was leave it alone… It’s a remarkable performance. Of her performance, he shares, “Allison is such a skilled dramatic and comedic actress, one of the best if not the best I’ve ever worked with.” The trick to nailing Bonnie’s climactic final AA share, for him, was to “not rehearse it. He also directed the series finale, which Janney submitted for Emmy consideration this year. Widdoes directed all but one of Janney’s six Emmy episode submissions, including the Season 1 episode “Estrogen and a Hearty Breakfast,” for which she won her first of two trophies for the role. He credits co-creator Chuck Lorre for “his ability to see where the show wants to go and then the courage to take it there, whether it’s completely how it started or not.” “As the women started to show up, it very clearly wanted to be with them,” he continues, citing the incredible performances of not just Janney and original cast member Anna Faris, but also Mimi Kennedy, Pressly, Beth Hall, and Kristen Johnston. SEE Chuck Lorre interview: ‘The Kominsky Method’ and ‘Mom’ co-creatorĪs one of the directors of the show across its entire run, Widdoes comments on how the sitcom evolved from a story about three generations of mothers to an ensemble show about a supportive group of women who meet through and bond over Alcoholics Anonymous. Widdoes discusses why he selected this episode, saying, “I particularly liked it because it was basically two two-handed stories put together.” He submitted the episode “Scooby-Doo Checks and Salisbury Steak” for Emmy consideration, which finds Allison Janney’s Bonnie Plunkett helping her therapist ( Rainn Wilson) through a challenging personal decision and an unexpected reunion between former couple Jill ( Jaime Pressly) and Andy ( Will Sasso) during a bank robbery. Widdoes directed an impressive 123 episodes of “Mom” over its eight-season run. “It’s obviously a tremendous honor and thrill to be nominated,” he continues, adding that “Mom” is one of his “proudest” accomplishments because “it tackled serious subjects while at the same time it could be screamingly funny.” Watch our exclusive video interview above. The director received the recognition for his work on the final season of the CBS comedy “ Mom,” a series he has worked on since its debut back in 2013. Wilson eventually landed the role of Kierken on the “Coyote Piper” episode of the show, which became his first television triumph.“It has been a long time,” James Widdoesshares about earning his first-ever Emmy nomination after over 40 years in the business. Charmed had already been on the air for several years and had plenty of people tuning in each week. The opportunity to appear in Charmed was a huge one for the young actor, as the series was already a huge success by the time he appeared in it. Sure, he had appeared in projects like Galaxy Quest and Almost Famous, but these were smaller roles that did little in the way of boosting his mainstream appeal. Wilson was a much younger performer when he landed the one-episode spot on the series, and at that point, he was still nowhere close to being as known as he is now. Earlier on in his career when the actor started to gain some traction in Hollywood, he wound up appearing in an episode of Charmed. It is easy to look at Rainn Wilson now and see the man who played Dwight Schrute for years on The Office, but the truth is that Wilson had been putting in work for years before getting the chance to even audition for that role.
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