Justine Lupe: ‘Nobody Wants This’ and ‘Succession’

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🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Justine Lupe thought there was no way she’d ever be able to top the experience of playing Willa on HBO’s ‘Succession.’ Then she got cast as Morgan, one of the “loser siblings” on the runaway Netflix hit ‘Nobody Wants This.’ They are two very different roles on two very different shows, but she says on this episode that she feels extremely “lucky” to get the opportunity to show both comedic and dramatic sides of herself on each. Fresh off of wrapping filming for Season 2 of ‘Nobody Wants This,’ Lupe talks about the pressure of satisfying fan expectations for her character’s complicated relationship with Timothy Simons’ Sascha. And she opens up about her deeply rewarding experience on ‘Succession,’ which was only supposed to be a handful of episodes before Willa became a central character, and even part of the Roy family, all the way until the very end.

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0:00.0	I'm always up before the birds and the kids.
0:02.9	Good thing Costa Express is always up too.
0:07.0	Early starts are easier with great coffee.
0:09.7	And if I grab one for Bob, I might even get some decent company.
0:14.5	Large cappuccino for the bloc who's half asleep.
0:17.2	Oh, you legend.
0:19.6	Now that's a proper coffee.
0:21.3	Should kick in Justin Samfut to remember which end of the screwdriver to use.
0:25.1	Hmm.
0:26.3	Costa Express.
0:27.8	Quality coffee every time.
0:32.4	This is the last laugh. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast. And this week on the show,
0:43.3	I am joined by the very funny and talented Justine Loop. When Justine was cast as Conor Roy's
0:50.6	controversial love interest Willa on, on HBO's Succession.
0:54.9	She thought she was just signing on for a handful of episodes before her character would be
0:59.5	shown the door. But Willa was such a fan favorite that she ended up sticking around until
1:04.8	the very end. It was hard for Justine to imagine how she would follow an experience as life-changing
1:10.2	as that show.
1:12.0	Then, she landed one of the main roles on the hit Netflix rom-com series,
1:16.7	Nobody Wants This, starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody.
1:21.0	Justine plays Morgan, one of the show's two, quote, loser siblings, alongside previous
1:26.4	last laugh guest Timothy Simons,
	...

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