Tyler James Williams credits a single person for getting him back on a comedy: Quinta Brunson
In an unique chat with E! News, the Abbott Elementary star shared that he wasn’t looking for another network funny gig after his period on Everybody Hates Chris, in which he played the comedy’s titular function in between 2005 and2009 Per Williams, he had “veered away” from that design of television recently, rather checking out more severe functions on The Walking Dead and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
“AÂ lot of times with network comedies, it can get very broad,” he shared, “and, like, you’d have to pull a joke out of your ass every now and then. And that’s what I attempt to avoid.”
But, after clicking with Brunson following a look on HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show, Williams was all set to go back to his comedy roots with Abbott Elementary “What brought me back to this was being able to trust somebody like Quinta,” he continued, “when she said, ‘We’re gonna make this as authentic and grounded as possible, where you can shine and do the work that you do well.'”
