Friday Night Lights Interviews and More

You’re going to have to take my word for it, but I did my happy dance this morning when I realized that we get a brand new episode of Friday Night Lights tonight. The dancing stopped when I figured out that this means we only have a few more until the (sniff, sniff) season finale. Yes, SEASON finale…not series finale. This show WILL be back next season. See my friend Oprah told me all about “The Secret” and just by saying it out loud and putting it out into the universe it will happen. So Friday Night Lights WILL be back for season 2.

The fabulous Maureen Ryan at The Chicago Tribune was lucky enough to recently spend some time with the cast on their set in Austin, TX. Until NBC picks up the phone and invites me down to Austin, I’m going to have to live vicariously through Mo. Check out these fantastic interviews and get excited for tonight.

Oh before we move on let me just say that I have plans tonight and I’m TiVoing the show untilI get home, so please be careful not too spoil me with any emails you send. Pretty please with Matt Saracen on top (TWSS).

Kyle Chandler (Coach Eric Taylor)
“A lot of people go, ‘Oh, you guys improv that.’ No, we don’t improv it. It’s far more than improv. [Executive producer] Pete Berg said, ‘The few rules to the game that we play are, you come to the set, you know your character 110 percent, you know the lines that are on the page 110 percent, and then be prepared to get rid of everything and start all over.’”
Interview with Kyle Chandler >>

Connie Britton (Tami Taylor)
“People say that to me all the time, how much they appreciate the representation of that marriage. There was that scene under the table, where we’re having a party at our house and they have [that confrontation] under the table. That really impacted so many women, they feel like they’ve been in that place before. I think the only thing that’s really extraordinary about any of it is – the point is, it’s all kind of mundane, but we’re telling it in such a true way that it resonates.”
Interview with Connie Britton >>

Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen )
“We’re getting people pulled in not because the drama is so foreign to them, so that’s exciting and that’s why they watch, but we’re pulling them in because it’s a drama they’ve gone through and they can relate to.”
Interview withZach Gilford >>

Jesse Plemons (Landry Clarke)
“I grew up in a town just like this. I’m from Texas, I’m from a town called Mart, population 2,000. So I think the reason why I’ve so much fun with it is there are so many people I can think back to.”
Interview with Jesse Plemons >>

Click the links below for even more “Friday Night Lights” interview..

Scott Porter (Jason Street)
Minka Kelly (Lyla Garrity)
Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor)
Jeffrey Reiner (Co-Executive Producer/Director)
Kevin Reilly (NBC Entertainment President aka “The Man”)

…more at Mo Ryan’s “The Watcher”