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Variety TV Editors Recount What It Was Like Shooting a Cameo for the ‘Hacks’ Premiere: ‘I Went Into a Fugue State’
Variety TV editors Michael Schneider and Kate Aurthur appear in the season premiere of "Hacks," playing themselves asking Deborah Vance questions.
MIKE: Mid-way through the Season 4 opener of the Emmy-winning comedy “Hacks,” Deborah Vance — played by national treasure Jean Smart, of course — is ready to hold a press conference to tout her new late-night show. I was so thankful to have one of the softball questions, and not have to ask Deborah Vance about how young people don’t watch late-night talk shows, or whether she has the stamina to do five nights a week — Mike, I would have wilted under Jean Smart’s withering gaze!) I’m always wowed at how much goes into shooting one scene in one location — the miles of cables, well-populated video village, rows of trailers — and the fact that someone is there early enough to build this little production town overnight, and others are there into the wee hours packing it up, long after we’ve headed home.
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