Bill Hader on Those ‘Barry’ Episode 3 Cameos and That Hank Call: ‘That’s a Huge Moment’

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“Barry” may also be surprised to learn the cameo was del Toro’s idea – not that he thought it would actually happen. Creator and star Bill Hader says the “Pan’s Labyrinth” director has always been a fan of the HBO series, and told Hader at the end of Season 3 that he’d love to be in the show.“It just so happened we had a part of this guy who sets up Hank and Cristobal with Los Amigos Gadgets, so I thought that’d be great for Guillermo and then we named the character Toro,” Hader told TheWrap during our breakdown of Season 4, Episode 3. “He seemed surprised that I actually did it.

I was like, ‘You asked me and I wrote you a part, it’s called Toro.’ And his reply was, ‘Oh s–t, I guess I have to do it!’”Del Toro is one of a couple of cameos in the latest episode of the show’s final season, with Hader’s fellow “SNL” alum and “Documentary Now!” co-star Fred Armisen also making a surprise appearance at the end of the episode.

During our chat, Hader told the stories behind these appearances and more as he also broke down that pivotal phone call between Barry and Hank, Sally’s acting class snafu and Hans Zimmer’s “Rain Man” score.Read the full interview below, which contains spoilers for “Barry” Season 4, Episode 3.Where did the opening shot of this episode come from?For some reason, I was thinking of – there’s a shot at the opening of “The Bridge on the River Kwai” that has this truck with this train coming in, and these guys are sitting on it.

It’s a shot you’ve seen a lot of times, it’s also in “Days of Heaven.” That was kind of in my head. Not like I watched that movie and went, “Oh I’m doing that,” but that’s always a shot I think of.