![]() This is very nerdy, but throughout the whole show, I had Xavier’s phone in my left pocket and Yasper’s phone in the right pocket, and sometimes you see my character by mistake start to go for the phone on the left and then quickly pull out to pick up the right one. But if you go back, you can see me blow my cover and try to save it. But if you rewatch Yasper in that moment, it is me realizing, “Oh my god, there’s a video of me killing somebody!” And then Aniq looks at me, and I have to make it look like I’m reacting to him. At the end of the second episode, beginning of the third episode, I tell Sam Richardson that there is a camera in the Private Eyes movie poster. How conscious were you throughout of playing it so it would make sense that you were the killer, but without tipping your hand too much? ![]() So Yasper is like, “This is why I did it! Can’t you see?!?!?” I loved that moment. My favorite villains are the ones who don’t know how delusional they are. My favorite parts of those whodunnits are the confessions: “I did it! Yeah, it was me!” And I got to do that! And I dropped all these things throughout the show, I wanted you to not think it was me, and then to see a real dramatic turn, to get in his head. Hopefully that makes it more exciting, so tell me what you’re into.” We get on the phone, and I said, “I’m so excited. Not as, like, a cartoon character pretending to do it.” And then the email ended with, “Also, you’re the killer. Then the email says it’s going to be a murder mystery, and I’m like, “I love Knives Out, I love Columbo, I can’t wait.” Then he said, “Every episode’s gonna be a different genre, and yours is going to be a musical.” Now, oh my god, I was so excited, but also terrified: “Oh, I have to sing and dance, and I have to do it well. I love Lord and Miller, I loved their animated stuff, I love their live-action stuff. Chris emailed me and he said, “Hey man, I wrote this role with you in mind for a TV show.” So I’m already in. The only time I got to work with Lord and Miller, I played a banana in The Lego Movie. What was your first reaction when Chris Miller reached out to you about doing this show? Do you understand what I’m trying to say? Tony has a kid! Tony has family! He has support. You don’t know if Yasper’s working on himself yet. He’s going to therapy, he’s working on himself. I heard that you watched the finale of the television program The Afterparty.ĭo we want to talk about the comparisons between Tony Soprano and Yasper yet, or no? On Wednesday night, Schwartz spoke about the finale via Zoom, from the hotel room he’s staying in while filming a supporting role in the Nicholas Hoult-Nicolas Cage Dracula movie Renfield. ![]() It was an exciting challenge, but also a daunting one for an actor best known for sillier roles like Jean-Ralphio on Parks and Recreation, or voice work in things like the Sonic movies or DuckTales. As wannabe music star Yasper, Schwartz would not only get to make a big, dramatic confession in the finale, but he would get to sing several songs in the Yasper spotlight episode earlier in the season. Schwartz was excited to work with Miller and his partner Phil Lord (of the 21 Jump Street and Lego Movie franchises, among other things). With The Afterparty, Ben Schwartz found out right away, in an email pitch to take the role, written by the show’s creator, Christopher Miller. Sometimes, actors in serialized mystery shows don’t find out they’re the killer until late in the process. ![]() This post contains full spoilers for the season finale of Apple TV+’s The Afterparty, particularly the identity of the killer.
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