Travis Kelce‘s character was lastly launched on Grotesquerie — however who does he play?
Throughout the third episode, which aired on Wednesday, October 2, Lois (Niecy Nash) is leaving the hospital when she runs into an orderly.
“Ed Lachlan. However you may name me Eddie,” Kelce, 34, says as he introduces himself on the hit FX sequence. “One thing tells me if you end up carried out together with your cigarette break, you’ll want to get out of right here. However I don’t blame you.”
Kelce’s character continues to flirt with Lois whereas warning her that she shouldn’t drive whereas drunk, including, “You might be oddly lovely or fantastically odd. I can’t determine it out however I positive need to. [That pick-up line works] solely when it’s true.”
Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Photos Travis Kelce has no plans to depart the NFL anytime quickly, however he’s already making main profession strikes off the soccer subject. Followers have seen a distinct facet of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish since he started internet hosting the “New Heights” podcast along with his brother, Jason Kelce, in 2022. Together with […]
Ed warns Lois that he’s “not allowed on the market” earlier than she leaves the hospital on her personal. She later results in an accident whereas behind the wheel, which shortly reunites her with Ed. In a scene straight out of a rom-com, Ed then helps bust Lois out of the hospital and the pair drive away in a purple convertible.
It stays to be seen whether or not Ed is actual — or only a figment of Lois’ creativeness — as she continued to drink increasingly on this week’s episodes of Grotesquerie. He reappears within the fourth episode to take Lois to an Alcoholics Nameless assembly earlier than sharing his personal expertise with substance abuse — and the way he hit all-time low. Lois subsequently asks him to take care of her daughter later within the episode.
Grotesquerie marks Kelce’s performing debut after he rose to stardom as a good finish for The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. Kelce can be set to host Prime Video’s upcoming sport present Are You Smarter Than a Movie star? and has a task in Pleased Gilmore 2.
Followers had been initially given minimal details about Kelce’s involvement within the present.
“Proper now, I’m simply taking it scene by scene and making an attempt to ensure that I keep in mind my strains. Like I stated, I’m very amaetur at this,” Travis stated on his and brother Jason Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast concerning the alternative in Could. “Hopefully I don’t bomb this for [Ryan]. It seems like the whole lot goes as deliberate, and I can’t thank him sufficient for simply this chance as a result of I’m positive there’s actors on the market who’ve been within the performing world that will die for a possibility to work with Ryan, and I’m getting it in, actually, my first gig ever. So it’s fairly distinctive and fairly cool.”
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Travis teased that he has a “massive function” within the present.
“The most important distinction from being outdoors of the performing world and beginning to get into it, is you’re very a lot in tune with scenes. You don’t need to get a lot caught up with the strains, you need to be within the scene with whoever you’re performing with, proper?” he added. “I began off considering, ‘Man, simply memorize your strains. Memorize your strains.’ However [the] actuality of issues is you need to have the ability to take that scene from one level to the following and painting precisely what the scene’s that means is.”
Travis’ Grotesquerie costars had nothing however reward after working with him. Micaela Diamond recalled the athlete coming in “so sport” to work on the present, solely telling Us Weekly in September, “All of us had been identical to, ‘Let’s make a TV present.’ That’s one thing Niecy [Nash] stated on a regular basis. There’s a part of this that’s simply play. We’re simply taking part in and [Travis] can try this.”
Diamond known as Travis a dedicated “crew participant” on set. “This was my first massive TV present and likewise his,” she added. “So we had been in it collectively making an attempt to take in as a lot as we might and be impressed by the veteran actors round us and hear and reply.”
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Raven Goodwin, in the meantime, referred to Travis as a “nice man.”
“Everyone [on set] was FaceTiming their children like, ‘Look who I’m with,’” she recalled to Us. “However he was gracious and candy and type and really tall.”
Grotesquerie airs on FX Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET. New episodes stream on Hulu the following day.