Abbott Elementary’s Lisa Ann Walter Raves Over the Cast’s Chemistry: ‘It’s a Miracle’ to Land a Show Like This
usmagazine.comLisa Ann Walter knew Abbott Elementary was a hit when she read the pilot — and that the role of Melissa Schemmenti was made for her.“It’s rare now that people get excited about [a] half-hour [comedy] on network [television] because they’re so used to some crazy idea on streaming,” the actress, 58, exclusively told Us Weekly. “When I read it, I laughed out loud.
I cried and I went, ‘This is me. Melissa is me. I got to be a part of it. There is nobody else.’ I know the actors that go out for the roles I go out for.
I’m it. I know this woman.”Which TV Shows Are Renewed and Canceled in 2022For her audition, Walter “threw in some little Sicilian slang” for creator Quinta Brunson and director Randall Einhorn.
But it was her walking off frame and throwing her bag over her shoulder while half-listening to her fictional coworkers that sealed the deal.“[They said], ‘We’re done.
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