Next Big Thing: Matt Rogers Gives “All”

Matt Rogers has an amazing summer. Showtime Comedy Series in May i love it for youCo-founder of Vanessa Bayer, the first season has already started. Cast as Bayer as the would-be host of the fictional real estate trading network SVN, the show takes place in the comically dull SVN offices run by terrifying slave Patricia Cochran (Jennifer Lewis). Rogers plays Patricia on the right, Darcy, who introduces herself as more than just an assistant, but is often humiliated by the powerless tasks assigned to her.

“He really wants status, and that’s what I like most about his role,” said Rogers, 32, who, as a comedian and cartoonist in New York, often created ambitious and witty characters for himself. “The most inspiring people don’t take themselves too seriously, and I think the funniest people who don’t realize that are the ones who take themselves for granted. Also seriously.”

Less serious is Rogers’ character in Luke Fox Searchlight island of fireWritten by Joel Kim Booster and starring and inspired by Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice. Luke is a take on the younger sister of Bennett’s gay romantic comedy Lydia, and Rogers fills his character with equally flirtatious and nonsensical qualities (and as in the source material, the character narrowly avoids social destruction). “Luke does most of the work, to say the least,” said Rogers, who remembers when Booster was writing the script for a possible Quibi series in the office where Rogers was working on Quibi’s own short title. game program.

“He was trying to get as close to his group of friends as possible,” said Rogers Booster, who also stars in the film. SNLBowen Young – Rogers’ longtime best friend, with whom he hosts a podcast. the bodybuilders. “It’s like our summer camp records.”

Rogers finds his pieces island of fireLucas and i love it for youDarcy. the bodybuilders Fans can hear hints from the heartwarming Luke as Rogers brags about pop culture every week. However, Darcy is not the “cheeky” assistant (Rogers admits he is “allergic” to that description), he appears for the first time. “What I find in people who do really good work, especially the more radical people, is that they change the codes,” Rogers said. “The person she is with the character of Jennifer is very different from who she is with the character of Vanessa.”

One Long Island resident says the growth of male, mostly straight, spaces has provided him with a connection to Darcy’s social opportunities. “I still have some worries about going back there, I have to fight the urge to talk to certain people. I have a bit of heterophobia about never having felt my element, but I have the ability to immerse myself in the culture they dominate, to blend in there. “It’s really about survival.”

As for Darcy’s future, Rogers hopes he gets more comfortable with himself. “I didn’t really know who I was until I was in my twenties,” Rogers said. “Doing a podcast with Bowen gave me access to my real voice. I don’t think Darcy has it yet. I wish he had more fun. ”

The story first appeared in a separate June issue of The Hollywood Reporter. Click here to subscribe to the magazine.