Jameela Jamil Says She Had '$17 in My Bank Account' When She Got Cast on The Good Place

Jameel Jamil opens her own way to become an actress.

Jamil, 39, joined David Tennant on Tuesday, March 4, an episode of his Podcast, David Tennant works podcast with…, and talked about her career and life before she came up with a role on a hit NBC sitcom, Good place.

Created by Mike Schur, the series premiered in 2016 and lasted until 2020. Jamil starred with Kristen Bell, Manny Jacint, William Jackson Harper and Ted Danson as their characters headed in the afterlife.

“Good Place” of Actors: (LR) Jameel Jamil as Tehani, Manny Jacinto as Jianyu, Kristen Bell as Eleanor, D’Arcy Carden as Janet, William Jackson Harper as Chidi, Ted Danson as Michael.

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She noticed that before she landed on the role, she left her previous job as a leader at the BBC Radio 1 scale Show in 2015: “I just didn’t want to be on TV anymore, and I wanted to be a writer and DJ, and so I just singled out,” Tennant recalled.

The actress explained that she then decided to join her boyfriend at the time while on a tour. “And then I ran out of money and so I said,” Please, can I get a job, any job, I’ll do anything, “she said.

“At that moment, I was so desperate for money. I have $ 17 in my bank account,” she said. “I was really delighted.”

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“But instead, she was handed over to me a crowd of audition,” she said, revealing that one was supposed to host a Magic show in Las Vegas and the other was for her inevitable role in her Good place. But at first she did not want to audition for the role because “she had never played before and just thought it was a sacred.”

She and Tennant admitted that this kind of career is usually not happening. She explained, “It’s like,” Stay in your tape, “and the reason I left is partly because I wanted to be able to write.”

Jamil noted that she had a show she set up and that the script was what prompted the executives to tell her to audition Good place. She recalled, “They said,” We want you to go to this audition for Mike Schur. You will have more power as a writer if you have a name for yourself or you can only meet it and may be putting you in the writer’s room. ”

Jameel Jamil in a “good place”.

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“So, I auditioned, just a lot so we don’t think anything will come from that,” she said. “I also got a Magic show and Mike Schur and we had to decide. You didn’t allow you to work both.” Good place. ”

She admitted that she was “in the right place during her career.” Adding, “It’s funny and good because it means I never disappeared my arshole because I am well aware that I do not belong here.”

“But I have a nice time and work hard because I deeply care about not picked up the people who used my stupid opportunity,” she said.

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