TV’s best comedy and drama are about to collide in the most spectacular of ways.
Sources confirm that Mad Men star Jon Hamm is in advanced talks to do a multi-episode arc on 30 Rock.
Hamm, who presumably got bit by the 30 Rock bug last week while hosting Saturday Night Live, would be playing a potential love interest for Tina Fey. Word is he’s Liz’s neighbor.
Although Hamm’s deal isn’t done, it sure sounds from sources that it’s happening.
Jon Hamm talks about breaking down Don’s façade and explains what women really want from a man of mystery in AMCtv.com’s exclusive interview.
This interview contains some spoilers about season two if you have yet to watch!
Q: Did you approach Don differently this season than you did last?
A: I didn’t really approach him that differently. He’s still the same character. His circumstances have changed a bit, but what’s really been cool about this show is we don’t see a lot of what transpired over the fourteen months that we skipped over. It’s cool that we maintain that little bit of a mystery.
Q: The season begins with Don being warned about his health. Did you try to carry that knowledge with the character throughout the season?
A: I think Don’s been less than healthy since we’ve met him. It’s mostly just been about how the quantification of that bad health has affected him. With somebody saying to him, “You’re going to have to confront your mortality, buddy,” I tried to figure out what that means for him. We’ve been watching it. Don has been trying to be the good guy and play the straight and narrow, but the circumstances of his life keep interrupting that desire and again, he’s stayed in place quite a bit. Who knows, maybe next season will be all about me trying to quit smoking. Good luck.
Q: How did you feel about the way the season ended?
A: There were a couple ways we talked about ending it. But I think that this deliberately ambiguous ending was the right one. There could have been any number of things Betty could have said to Don at the table there, and anything that he could have said in response. We don’t know what’s going to happen to these two people next — they’ve clearly got a pretty dysfunctional relationship and a pretty broken marriage. But I think we are able to maintain a tension when there are more things that are unseen, when we just get little drips and drops. The device of moving forward in time helps that greatly, especially in both seasons when you have a pregnancy moving to the forefront.
I stayed up waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too late again last night, watching tv. I had to watch Desperate Housewives, which I’m getting quite sick of - to be honest. Then I watched the season finale of Mad Men. And it did NOT disappoint! It was probably the best episode of the season!! My Sunday’s are going to be far less enjoyable now that I won’t be getting my weekly fix of Jon Hamm.
I don’t want to spoil it for anyone who hasn’t seen it yet - so I’ll put the rest after the jump. Let’s talk Mad Men! (more…)
Jennifer Westfeldt and Jon Hamm at the 5th Annual Runway For Life, benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hosptal, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel Beverly Hills, California.
Mad Men star Jon Hamm walks his dog near his home today in Los Angeles, CA with his girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt who is currently in the cast of the television show Notes From The Underbelly.
I love him, I love Mad Men, and I think he should know.
PS: How freaking good was Mad Men on Sunday!? Does it get any better!?
Pictured: January Jones & John Slattery of Mad Men, Kate Walsh, Kevin Bacon and wife Kyra Sedgwick, Jon Hamm and girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt, Laura Linney, America Ferrera, Brooke Shields, Emilie de Ravin, Joey Fatone & Lisa Rinna, Rachel Griffiths and Sally Field.