While promoting his latest film, Without Remorse, that’s currently streaming on Amazon, Michael B. Jordan opened up about what he calls his “worst audition to date.” Despite being a known quantity thanks to his work on The Wire and Friday Night Lights, Jordan had a horrible time when he managed to score an audition for an unspecified role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
According to the Creed actor, the script he was given to work with was way too vague, and as explained to Marc Malkin on the Just for Variety podcast, he couldn’t get a good read on what the filmmakers were looking for. Via Variety:
“I think it was I couldn’t wrap my brain around some of the sides because you know when you’re reading for these high-level projects, there’s never really any specificity in the sides. Everything’s like super vague; everything is in secret. Reading through, I just couldn’t connect it. I definitely bombed that one for sure.”
While Jordan missed out on the Star Wars role, he eventually ended up working for Disney and blowing away Marvel audiences with his complex portrayal of the villainous Killmonger in Black Panther. Interestingly, Tom Holland had a similar experience. The Spider-Man actor recently revealed that he also bombed an audition for The Force Awakens only to later strike it big with Marvel. According to Holland, his problem wasn’t so much the script, but that he couldn’t stop laughing at the lady making BB-8 noises.
“I just couldn’t stop laughing,” Holland told Backstage. “I found it so funny. And I felt really bad, because she was trying really hard to be a convincing android or drone or whatever they’re called. Yeah, I obviously didn’t get the part. That wasn’t my best moment.
Throughout the course of her storied career, Beyonce has won countless awards and encouraged generations of women to be proud of who they are. But when Beyonce was first starting out as a singer, she also had a number of powerful women to look up to — namely the Spice Girls. Apparently, Beyonce took inspiration from the UK girls group when she was coming into her own career.
Victoria Beckham, formerly known as Posh Spice, recently recounted the time she met Beyonce a few years ago. During their conversation, Beyonce told Beckham just how much the Spice Girls influenced her.
Speaking on the Dear Media podcast Breaking Beauty, Beckham recalled her interaction with Beyonce:
“I think it’s about accepting who you are, and that’s what the Spice Girls were always about. It’s okay to be different; let’s not try and change who we are, let’s celebrate who we are. Let’s celebrate the fact that we’re all different, which is why inclusivity is so important to us. When talk about Spice Girls, and I don’t talk about it much anymore, but what I remember when you were talking to me about it and how we inspired lots of young women. I met Beyonce a few years ago, and she actually said to me, ‘It was the Spice Girls that inspired me and made me want to do what I do and made me proud to be a girl and proud to be who I am. And when someone like Beyonce, who is so iconic and was such a strong woman, says that she was inspired by the Spice Girls, I think that’s quite something.”
Listen to Beckham talk about Beyonce on the Breaking Beauty podcast above, at around the 16-minute mark.
There are a lot of bourbons out there. It may not always seem like that, since a few big brands tend to take up so much of the bourbon conversation. But trust us, there’s so much goddamn bourbon being shipped right now that it can be dizzying to think about. Certainly to cover.
Case in point, the San Francisco World Spirits Competition just released their 2021 winners and bourbon whiskeys alone received 96 Double Gold medals (across multiple categories). What does that mean exactly? Well, the SFWSC holds three rounds of judging. The first round is a blind tasting of flights with the 1,297 whisk(e)ys that made it to their tasting tables. Next, the best of those drams are judged again to decide where they fall in the medal categories (bronze, silver, gold, double gold, and the ultra-rare platinum). If a dram receives a unanimous “gold” medal from every judge on the panel, it gets the much-sought after “Double Gold Medal.”
Then, there’s one more round of judging to decide which whiskeys are the Best in Class from all the double gold winners. A sort of “best of the best (of the best)” designation. It’s… a lot.
Below, we’re listing the seven Best in Class bourbons and breaking them down with our tasting notes (if we’ve been lucky enough to taste them) or the distillery’s tasting notes (if we haven’t). Click on the prices if you want to give them a try yourself. We’ve also sifted through all the Double Gold medal winners and listed all 96 Double Gold winning bourbons, in case you’re curious what the world of expert-approved bourbon looks like in 2021.
Hailing from the legendary Barton 1792 Distillery, 1792 Bottled-in-Bond tends to rake in the awards. The whiskey in the bottle is a high-rye bourbon, though Sazerac and Barton don’t publish their mash bills. The yearly release is a blend of bonded bourbons that are meant to be affordable, sippable, and mixable.
Tasting Notes:
There’s a cinnamon and nutmeg forward apple compote on the nose, with a hint of wet oak and maybe a little bit of mint. The spices marry to a rush a vanilla and caramel apple sweetness and smoothness as the feel of the dram remains very mellow. The end is short-ish and full of that spice and caramel apple, leaving you with a touch of vanilla.
Bottom Line:
This is a perfectly good sipper with a few rocks. But we’d argue, that this really shines as a great cocktail base, thanks to that 50 percent ABV. Give it a shot in your next mint julep, Sazerac, or Horse’s Neck.
Best Special Barrel-Finished Bourbon — BARDSTOWN BOURBON COMPANY CHATEAU DE LAUBADE ARMAGNAC FINISH
This one-off limited edition release from Bardstown is another shining example of how a great blender can make sourced whiskey shine. 12-year-old Indiana bourbon (MGP) is vatted and filled into Armagnac casks for a final 18-month maturation before getting bottled at cask strength.
A rich palate of apricot with honey, espresso, and cinnamon. A sublime, balanced finish quickly becomes the star of this transatlantic partnership.
Bottom Line:
We don’t want to jinx it, but Bardstown can pretty much do no wrong. Their collabs and special finishing are among the best of the best and continually wow our team whenever we get our hands on a bottle.
Best Small Batch Bourbon, Up To 5 Years — BARRELL CRAFT SPIRITS PRIVATE RELEASE BA1C
Barrell Craft Spirits is another blender that consistently delivers some of the best finished sourced whiskey in the game. Their Private Release program is all about taking things down to the smallest details while they blend barrels from Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee — it’s like a long journey writ large in multiple bottles of bourbon. This release is comprised of 45 percent five-year, 25 percent ten-year, 25 percent 14-year, and five percent 16-year bourbons.
We know. “It shows a fresh corn-forward sweetness” is not a lot to go on. Still, we’re talking about a bourbon recipe that’s only going to be made and released once and never seen again. That alone is worth giving a shot. Add in that this rose to the top of the top at San Francisco and you have a whiskey worth tracking down.
Best Small Batch Bourbon, 6 To 10 Years — PARKER’S HERITAGE COLLECTION 10 YEAR OLD HEAVY CHAR BARRELS
Heaven Hill’s Parker’s Heritage Collection is pretty tough to track down but is always worth the effort. The key to this expression is that “heavy char,” wherein the barrels are charred with fire for a full 90 seconds, compared to the usual 40 seconds most barrels get. The rye-forward bourbon is then allowed to rest in those barrels for ten long years in a specific location in a specific warehouse. Finally, the best 102 barrels are married and bottled as is.
Nose: Balanced and fruit-forward. Taste: Smooth, rich marmalade. Sweet but not cloying. Finish: Very long and warm. Cloves and cinnamon linger.
Bottom Line:
Heaven Hill releases a totally unique Parker’s Heritage every year. Two years ago, they released a high-rye bourbon finished in orange Curaçao barrels that was one of the best drams of 2018. It’s hard to imagine that this expression doesn’t live up to that.
Best Small Batch Bourbon, 11 Years & Older — BLUE RUN 14 YEAR OLD
This is going to be one of the most sought-after whiskeys of 2021. Legendary distiller Jim Rutledge (former Master Distiller of Four Roses) is behind the sourcing of these barrels and the current distilling of Blue Run.
There are no tasting notes for the 14-year expression yet. But this is what the 13-year tasted like and that will at least give you a clue about where this is going.
Nose: Vanilla on a sultry summer evening with the mildest hint of tarragon. Taste: A velvety romance between brown sugar and brown butter. Finish: Long and smooth, with apricot and golden raisins.
Bottom Line:
The 13-year expression of Blue Run sold out in days when it dropped last year. Now with this high praise on top of that, you might have to stand on line to get a bottle of this when it drops. And even then, you might still go home empty-handed.
Best Single Barrel Bourbon, Up To 10 Years — HENRY MCKENNA SINGLE BARREL BOTTLED-IN-BOND 10 YEAR OLD
Back at Heaven Hill, Henry McKenna Single Barrel Bottled-in-Bond continues its winning streak. The ten-year-old bourbon is a real crowd-pleaser that offers serious depth, which makes it great for both sipping and mixing.
Tasting Notes:
This is classic bourbon from the jump with rich and almost creamy vanilla pudding spiked with eggnog spices next to a salted caramel carnival apple. The palate mellows the sweetness towards cinnamon-spiced honey with hints of soft cedar, apple tobacco, and smooth vanilla. The end is long and really holds onto the honeyed sweetness while touching on the warmth of the eggnog spiciness.
Bottom Line:
You really cannot beat the price of this. It’s a single-barrel bourbon that’s also ten years old and bottled-in-bond. Those are all good things. This really does shine brightest as a cocktail base though. Drop some of this bourbon into your next Manhattan or boulevardier!
Best Single Barrel Bourbon, 11 Years & Older — BLUE RUN 13.5 SINGLE BARREL CASK STRENGTH
If you didn’t believe us above about what a legend Jim Rutledge is, then his whiskey showing up twice as Best in Class at San Francisco should change that. This 13.5-year-old expression just dropped this month. So, there’s not a whole lot to say right now besides we can’t wait to give it a shot.
Again, we’re pulling tasting notes from Blue Run’s 13-year expression to give you a general idea of what to expect from this one.
Nose: Vanilla on a sultry summer evening with the mildest hint of tarragon. Taste: A velvety romance between brown sugar and brown butter. Finish: Long and smooth, with apricot and golden raisins.
Bottom Line:
This is a marrying of barrels pulled together by one of the most lauded and respected whiskey makers, well, ever. Enough said.
All SFWSC Double Gold Bourbon Winners (with ABVs and MSRPs):
Double Gold Straight Bourbons:
BARDSTOWN BOURBON COMPANY DISCOVERY SERIES #3, ABV: 55% Price: $125
BARDSTOWN BOURBON COMPANY DISCOVERY SERIES #4, ABV: 57.5% Price: $125
CLYDE MAY’S SPECIAL RESERVE BOURBON, ABV: 55% Price: $60
For 25 years now, Jagjaguwar has been a defining force in indie music thanks to the number of beloved artists who have found a label home with them. They’re spending the year celebrating with a number of special releases, and today they’ve announced the latest one: This Is A Mindfulness Drill, a reimagining of the 1998 Richard Youngs album Sapphie. The project (which is set for release on June 25) is led by the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, and they’ve also gotten assists from Moses Sumney, Sharon Van Etten, and Perfume Genius.
The project opens with the Sumney-featuring “Soon It Will Be Fire,” which has been shared today. The nine-minute recording is carried by meditative guitar and Sumney’s vocals, all of which are complemented by warm horns.
The label describes the three-song project, “In this new take on a definitive moment of the Jagjaguwar catalog, the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble transforms Youngs’ intimate compositions, originally recorded with just classical guitar and voice, expanding the instrumentation to include affecting and intuitive arrangements of horns and more. Moses Sumney, Perfume Genius and Sharon Van Etten pay homage to Youngs’ plaintive vocal performances, delivering remarkable, reinterpreted renditions to each of Sapphie’s three torch songs.”
Listen to “Soon It Will Be Fire” above and check out the This Is A Mindfulness Drill art and tracklist below.
Jagjaguwar
1. “Soon It Will Be Fire” Feat. Moses Sumney
2. “A Fullness Of Light In Your Soul” Feat. Perfume Genius
3. “The Graze Of Days” Feat. Sharon Van Etten
This Is A Mindfulness Drill is out 6/25 via Jagjaguwar. Pre-order it here.
Last month, Billie Eilish effectively broke the internet when she revealed she had traded in her signature neon-green-and-black hairdo for a platinum blonde look. The change up made headlines, signaled the impending release of new music, and broke the record for the fastest Instagram post to reach one million likes. Now, just a few weeks later, Eilish has once again broken her own record.
Earlier this week, Eilish shared pictures from her Vogue cover shoot. The singer is notorious for wearing baggy and oversized clothing to shield the public from judging her body. But with her new photo shoot, the singer donned revealing pinup-style lingerie. “i love these pictures and i loved doing this shoot,” she wrote alongside a post. “do whatever you want whenever you want. f*ck everything else.”
One picture in particular grabbed the attention of her fans. It depicts her wearing a curve-defining Burberry corset underneath an elegant trench coat. Her tattoo, which she previously said she would keep hidden, can be seen peeking out from under her clothing. According to NME, it was liked one million times in just under six minutes, therefore surpassing the previous record set by her blonde hair reveal.
The trench coat photo currently sits at about 21.3 million likes at the time of writing, which means it’s the fourth most-liked Instagram post of all time. Thanks to her showstopping new photos, the singer now has seven of the 20 most-liked Instagram posts ever, beating out Kylie Jenner, who holds four of the most-liked photos. Those seven Eilish posts comprise the seven most-liked posts of 2021 as well.
It’s been a few months since Drake announced the release of his own line of scented candles for the holidays and with Mother’s Day coming up, it looks like he’s decided to give folks another chance to pick some up. He’s also sweetening the deal, so to speak, by offering his fellow Canadians the chance to get the candles for free when they order from their favo(u)rite restaurants on Uber Eats and Postmates.
The candle brand, Better World Fragrance House, sent a limited number of candles to a curated list of Toronto and Vancouver restaurants, and from May 7 to 9, customers who order $50 or more worth of food can get a free candle as long as supplies last. Drake also shared a teaser of the brand’s “first scent series” which also releases on May 9.
The candles initially launched in five scents: Carby Musk, Good Thoughts, Muskoka, Sweeter Tings, and Williamsburg Sleepover, all inspired by Drake’s day-to-day activities, with Carby Musk allegedly smelling like Drake himself. The candles sold out on Revolve relatively quickly, and the star also sent several to his friends, including members of the Toronto Raptors.
Meanwhile, this offer isn’t the first time delivery services have teamed up with rappers. Uber Eats previously offered Migos-themed meals from Popeyes, while Postmates became the home of Wiz Khalifa’s delivery-only restaurant HotBox By Wiz last year. Even DoorDash got in some hip-hop love, albeit indirectly; Providence, Rhode Island rapper Brendan Rush went viral earlier this week when a driver included his Spotify info with deliveries and a fan tweeted about it.
This is not going to be a hard sell. It’s not going to be one of those all-caps shouty things where someone begs you to watch a show they like. There will be no overt peer pressure involved, no coercion, no screaming into the void. There are too many television shows for that and, frankly, we’ve all been through too much over the past year-and-change for me to sit here and harangue you about what you are or are not watching. All this is, all I’m doing, is making a suggestion. One based on years of reading things all of you have stated about other shows and things you’ve said you like and want. This is a friendly exercise. Here we go: I think you would probably like Mythic Quest.
I’ve written about Mythic Quest before, a few times, actually. The simple reason for that is that I like it very much. And I’m not even a big video game person, which was my original stumbling block with it, because the show is set in a video game studio. But as I started watching it, I noticed familiar beats left and right. Mythic Quest is not so much “a video game show” as it is “a workplace comedy set in a video game studio.” Objecting to it on that basis would be like objecting to The Office because you’re not super into the paper-selling business. Which, conveniently, brings me to my next point.
You liked The Office, right? Well, Mythic Quest has some Office-y elements to it. The studio is led by a self-important bozo played by Rob McElhenney, kind of a cross between Michael Scott and Mac from It’s Always Sunny. There is a will-they, won’t-they romance between two characters that builds over a season. There are emotionally impotent sadsacks and power-crazed sociopaths and lots of versions of other characters you might recognize in their broader outlines. Danny Pudi from Community shows up as the soulless marketing/money man for the studio and he is just delightfully evil. Remember him? Remember Community? You loved that show.
You know what other show you liked? Ted Lasso. Lord in heaven, did you ever like Ted Lasso. With good reason, too. Ted Lasso was a blast, a breath of refreshing calm in a sea of chaos. It was a funny show about a sweet man diving into British anarchy and creating some semblance of order, like if Paddington wore track pants and had a powerful mustache. Mythic Quest is not exactly like that. It is meaner and sharper-edged in spots. But it is, at its heart, a sweet show about people who like each other and want to build something cool together, like Ted Lasso. This was never more true than in the show’s quarantine special. That sucker was as funny and moving and cathartic as any half-hour episode of television you’ll ever see. But we’ve been over that. Let’s keep going.
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Regarding the Rob McElhenney of it all: You like It’s Always Sunny, right? Man, I hope you do. What a terrific show that is and has been for a period of time somehow zeroing in on 20 years now. Well, Mythic Quest is the brainchild of most of that team, with McElhenney, Charlie Day, and Megan Ganz getting the Created By credits. And like Sunny, it too dances across a slew of lines: it’s sweet and foul, funny and mean, heartfelt and heartless. It’s a highwire act that can trip up a lot of lesser shows run by lesser acrobats. But this is some Cirque du Soleil stuff over here. It’s the rare show that can go from “gamer trolls digging swastikas into the battlefield” to “heavy discussions about biological and found families.” That’s not nothing.
It also has secret weapons. One of the secret weapons is BLAMMO SURPRISE JAKE JOHNSON AND CRISTIN MILIOTI. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I know I said no all-caps. But I say a lot of things. And how could I not all-caps that? You love Jake Johnson, he of “Nick Miller, clown prince of New Girl” fame. And you love Cristin Milioti, too, for a lot of reasons but especially for Palm Springs, an extremely good movie. The two of them pop up out of nowhere for a standalone episode in the first season that will knock your socks off. This paragraph kind of ruins that surprise. But I already said I was sorry once a few sentences ago. Let’s just apply that to this, too.
And Mythic Quest has a second secret weapon, too, or at least one that was secret to me before I started watching: Charlotte Nicdao, who plays Poppy, the game’s lead developer and a ball of ambitious anxiety. She is freaking incredible. She hits all these little mannerisms and flourishes that are not in the already-good scripts and carries huge chunks of episodes. You would like her and her character a lot, I think. And I would like it if she gets to be a big star because of it. And then we would both like watching her, say, collect an Emmy or two. She deserves this, but so do we.
I bring all of this up now for two primary reasons: One, because the second season premieres this weekend on Apple TV, a streaming service you probably already have (just go where you went to watch Ted Lasso and click around a bit); two, because the second season is so good. It is really so good. It takes the stuff that was already good in the first season and builds on it. It takes the stuff that had room to grow and lets it branch out. Mythic Quest is legitimately one of my favorite television shows right now and, while I would like you to watch it both to validate my opinion and to ensure that Apple keeps funneling money into it, I would mostly like you to watch it because, again, I really think you will like it.
So watch Mythic Quest for me, if that gets you to watch it, and I do appreciate it if this is your reason for giving the show a shot. But more importantly, if I know you like I think I do, you should watch Mythic Quest for you.
Season two of ‘Mythic Quest’ begins streaming on Friday, May 7th via Apple TV+.
When Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn was fired by Disney back in 2018 after a right-wing campaign resurfaced old, controversial tweets, Dave Bautista was one of his biggest supporters. The Drax actor even went so far as to threaten to quit over Gunn’s firing. As the story goes, Gunn fairly quickly received the keys to a reboot/sequel of its Suicide Squad franchise, and eventually, Marvel reinstated him as the director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, which made everyone, including Bautista, happy.
In the midst of all that, there were several reports that the ever-loyal Bautista could be following Gunn over to Warner Bros./DC to star in The Suicide Squad, but his casting never materialized. Instead, Bautista ended up in the Zack Snyder-directed Army of the Dead, and ahead of that movie’s upcoming release, he’s opening up about his decision to do the zombie film and how he broke the news to Gunn. According to Bautista, there truly was a scheduling conflict, which prevented him from doing both films, and when it came down to it, he had to make best call for his career. Via Digital Spy:
“I get to build a relationship with Netflix, I get a lead role in a great film – and I get paid a lot more money,” he told Digital Spy with a laugh. “I had to call James, and I told him, ‘It breaks my heart, because as a friend, I want to be there with you, but professionally, this is the smart decision for me.’”
Like a true friend, Gunn was nothing but supportive and was actually happy for Bautista. “He said, ‘I completely get it. I’m proud of you that you’re even in this position. I’m proud that I had something to do with you being in this position where you have to make these hard decisions.’”
The RX is Uproxx Music’s stamp of approval for the best albums, songs, and music stories throughout the year. Inclusion in this category is the highest distinction we can bestow, and signals the most important music being released throughout the year. The RX is the music you need, right now.
Shelley — the Virginia artist formerly known as DRAM — is not in the midst of a rebrand. Those who met the singer-slash-rapper with his breakout single “Broccoli” or even his groovy fun-spirited effort, “Cha Cha,” might think so, especially after finishing his second album, Shelley FKA DRAM. However, a deeper look into his discography brings us to efforts like “Caretaker” and “Best Hugs,” proof that Shelley’s soulful agenda has long been entwined in his DNA.
So what do we make of Shelley’s new album? Perhaps it’s a new chapter in his career, but that again plays into the “rebrand” idea that underscores the aged talents he presents on Shelley FKA DRAM. Instead, settling on an acceptance of one’s identity seems to be a much more fitting label for this project. Its ten songs detail Shelley’s shoulder-shrug that precedes a cannonball jump into a journey through the good and bad of love.
Shelley FKA DRAM tells a story of a love so beautiful and wholehearted that it’s worth spending a lifetime dreaming about. Its delicate songwriting wraps its warm hand around the tender production Shelley uses to paint a picture of intimacy to a degree so high that it often seems too good to be true. “Exposure” delivers words that would easily land you the woman or man of your dreams, no matter how many leagues away they might be. “The Lay Down” with HER brings the sounds and atmosphere of bedroom magic for a fiery and passion-exploding anecdote that ends with the fireworks of Watt’s searing electric guitar solo.
In between these songs comes a thought from Shelley. “Isn’t love just beautiful?” he ponders at the end of “Something About Us.” “I mean, every aspect of it / From the pursuit, you know the cold sh*t part / To actually feeling and embracing it.” And you know what? Shelley’s right. It is beautiful to sprout a connection, taking a romantic trip to wherever the heart chooses to go. Unfortunately, the journey isn’t guaranteed to last a lifetime, and the second half of Shelley FKA DRAM sees him become victim to what proves to be a flimsy promise in companionship. It all crashes and burns on “Cooking With Grease” and while he dusts himself off to start all over on “Remedies,” things aren’t the same.
Shelley approaches love with no guard to get around and without a wall to climb over. He makes it quite clear just minutes into the album. “Since we not stoppin’ ourselves,” he sings on “All Pride Aside” which features a sultry contribution from Summer Walker. “I’ll keep lettin’ you if you keep lettin’ me.” Pride blocks some of a relationship’s most necessary qualities from existent: vulnerability, communication, and compassion, just to name a few. Disposing of it is always easier said than done, and when one does, the highs of love feel really high, but its lows hurt more than anything else.
There’s a line on “The Lay Down” that sticks out to me like no other on Shelley FKA DRAM. “Can’t blow my high on airplane mode,” Shelley and HER sing at different points of the song. Life’s moments are what you make of them and not for anyone else to dictate. Keep your head in the clouds because anyone who’s up there with you understands the absolute glory in that. As for those stuck on the ground, they’re not to be worried about because you’re too out of reach for them to pull you down. This same philosophy takes life with Shelley’s sophomore album. As many may have tried to box him in as the artist we hear on “Broccoli,” he dictated his own life and artistry, accepted an identity he always knew he had, and gave the world an album that came from the heart’s core.
Shelley FKA DRAM is out now via EMPIRE/Atlantic. Get it here.
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In the season four episode, “Goodbye, Toby,” Jan reveals to Michael that she’s pregnant. Michael, of course, assumes he’s the dad (even though he wore two condoms when they had sex), but she informs him that he’s not the father. (Michael would make a Maury joke here.) “I went to a sperm bank,” Jan says. “It’s not just any sperm bank.” It’s next to the “little breakfast place” that Michael loves where you can draw on the tables (IHOP). In season five, Jan gives birth to Astrid, who Michael spells as “Astird,” but through the rest of the series, we never learn who the biological father is. Is it Hunter? Is it Kevin? It’s neither. In fact, as Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey revealed in the latest episode of the Office Ladies podcast, it’s someone who never even appeared on The Office.
“Jenna in the script — and it didn’t make it to the deleted scenes — Jan reveals whose sperm she bought,” Kinsey told her co-star, who had no idea. “Jan says, ‘You have to pay top dollar, but it’s worth it. Now, here’s the best part. I got Andy Roddick’s sperm.’”
“And Jan looks to Michael like she’s expecting him to be very impressed. And Michael says, ‘The tennis player?’ And Jan says, ‘Well, it’s a little more than that. He’s the sixth ranked player in the world and he’s won four grand slams.’ And Michael says, ‘That’s a lot of grand slams, I guess.’ And Jan says, ‘And he’s a humanitarian — something with orphans.’ And Michael is quiet and Jan goes, ‘Michael?’ And Michael says, ‘Can I just sit here for a minute without more things coming into my head?’”
Why Andy Roddick? Fischer thinks it’s because he’s friends with Rainn Wilson, who played Dwight on The Office. “I have to imagine that the reason they wrote it as being Andy Roddick’s sperm was a little bit of a nod to Andy, who has an amazing sense of humor,” she said. Whatever, I still believe it’s Kevin.
You can listen to the Office Ladies episode below.
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