Hey, dear listeners, you know the guest of today's Flashback episode from the After

Party, Veepe, Ted Lasso, and the Tomorrow War.

Here's Sam Richardson.

Ladies and gentlemen, you are listening to On Qualified, with your host, Ana Ferris.

Is Richard Split originally a reoccurring character, and then you became a regular?

Originally, Richard Split was supposed to be one episode.

Wow.

Yeah, you're like showed up.

People love you, you're brilliant.

And they're like, oh, what do you mean this guy?

It was really awesome.

It wasn't my first job in LA, but it was like really one of the bigger first ones.

It was supposed to be one episode.

I went in, and Julie and I played so well off of each other, and it's a good time.

They just kept on bringing me back.

They said, oh, well, actually, we want to write you into episode two.

So then I came back for episode two.

The show filmed in Baltimore.

And they would keep on being like, actually, we want to put you in episode four.

And so I would fly out to Baltimore and be around, and they wouldn't find a way.

And I'd come back home, go back again, and hang out for episode six, and they wouldn't everything.

And I just kept on doing that nonstop.

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