It is impossible to imagine “it is always sunny in Philadelphia” without Kaitlin Olson. As “Sweet” Dee Reynolds, an Aspiring Actress and Comedian Who Takes Nonstop Abuse from Her Cohorts – Brother Dennis Reynolds (Glenn Howerton), Father Frank Reynolds (Danny Devito), and “Friends (Ronald” Mac “McDonald (Rob McDonal Day) – and Dishes it back in return, Olson is a vital part of the series. But as it turns out, She hardly got the role … because her future husband, Melhenney, had problems with her audition.
On one Amount The profile focused on Olson and Melhenney, which is now a large industry pair, McEnney admitted that, between him, Day and Howerton – who all developed the series together – he was least interested in throwing Olson. Part of this is because Olson skipped a number of Melhenney specifically written over his audition when he read with the day. When she was asked to improvise without the sides, Olson went for it. “I released the already fun things and concentrated on equalizing the rest of the material,” the actress remembered. “After I called my boss and said: ‘The audition was fantastic. I want this job. But I’m so damned that I left out the most fun line that was already there, because I was so focused on just doing everything to bounce better.”
“So she leaves the room, we are undoubtedly 100% thinking that she was fantastic,” Melhenney added. “But I don’t know if her instincts were 100% right, because she left out the funniest line. Now it’s a coincidence that I happened to write that line? I was 26 years old and probably very valuable with what I wrote.”
Melhenney finally gave … but this casting trip still Don’t be finished “he dug and settled,” Olson said. “And then I forwarded the project.” When Olson finally agreed to play Dee, another roadblock presented, which was that Dee was a sitcom stereotype, a “nail” woman who just scolded the boys for their bad behavior. In the tradition of female characters that are allowed to be as messy as the “guys”, like Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Elaine Benes on “Seinfeld”, Olson wanted more from the role. “When they offered me the part I asked for four scripts,” she said. “And I was shocked, because they had no fun for Sweet Dee.” Melhenney did some rewrites, Olson finally agreed to play Dee, and the two were on his way to the competitions. A little they knew that a showmance turned lifelong partnership would occur before long.
