Eric Petersen on Kevin Can F*** Himself

[@gbrowne890]

I needed to watch this so that I don't hate the actor, such a strong performance !

[@Kite_the_KWITERIPOFF]

Same!

[@DaraWilson]

exactly same!

[@Jct373]

Just finished this on Netflix sorry about 3 years late… but worth the wait. A creative masterpiece, such a refreshing slant on the typical “sitcom”with a social commentary. I’m about to binge watch again!

[@MichaelChelen]

Same here, it's fun to discover this interview now!

[@emilyetcetera6233]

I really appreciate how opposite of Kevin he is in real life.

[@Skadivore]

Me too. I’m soo relieved

[@jothegreek]

Gay

[@Oytz]

He killed this role so hard (in a good way 😊)

[@hayley_]

Perfect casting for this role, he really knows the science of sitcoms. Excellent interview!

[@dangerouslycaffeinated6688]

"and I think that we've achieved that" I personally agree! I grew up with shows like this in the background. It was interesting and refreshing to see something that felt so familiar, but be encouraged to consider it differently. Felt a little like going to your childhood bedroom and realizing it's haunted.

[@linab9905]

Such an in-depth interview; hope there are more like this for the show! Love the idea that they have Kevin wear new shoes every episode. Such a small but revealing detail, I don’t think I would’ve noticed

[@aznthy]

Yeah, the whole money thing in sitcoms never made sense, they are always going into situations where they spend so much money for no reason other than stupid fun and they are always living in a dump because the main character is a lovable dumbass. I love this whole split between the multi-cam and single cam, I wonder if this show is going to get more meta where the single cam characters breaks the walls and realize they the world is Truman Show like in making everything for the main character the focus and everyone else suffering.

[@juliablack2630]

I love this show! I've been so frustrated and feeling so silenced lately, and this show truly helps. Even if not everyone will understand the perspective or message, those that do really appreciate it!

[@Be1smaht]

Let your desires be known

[@Scott-DJ]

So glad they renewed this quirky show with a fantastic performance from Eric! So many people say I can't stand watching that guy! Well isn't that the *whole* premise of the show? :-)

[@Skadivore]

It absolutely is! This is what made me look for videos where i can get an idea of the actor as a person because i thought he’s soo good in making me hate him haha, and here he is, smart, funny and interesting.

[@carlysardone3586]

the interviewer has suchh good questions!!

[@AnonymousBlackGirl]

Brilliant actor. I hope we get to see his range and see him in the drama world in Season 2. His eyes just really suck you in!

[@evenflow5491]

Eric Peterson did such a great job, but looking at his resume you can really tell he’s a theatre actor primarily. It’s not at all that he’s bad, far from it, but he’s got the perfect acting style for something that’s set up as live

[@SAS-fn9ce]

He nailed it. The change in the characters from sitcom to drama is really well done. He has mastered the ‘rhythm’, ‘tempo’ of the sitcom style, and it how it encapsulates what people see versus what people feel, which coms out in the drama cuts. His cross over at the end was excellent. They were all really great. He’s brutally narcissistic with the backdrop of laughter and then the drama cuts with her being on the receiving end and how devastating it must be to actually is to be in this. Great acting.

[@dramanda7296]

really smart questions that made for a great interview. thank you! i found it quite profound to think about the live audience reactions for the multi-camera scenes when they didn't have the full context of seeing the single-cam, grittier version of reality. it's almost like a metaphor for how society can be blinkered in its view and understanding of the patriarchy and its impact on women.

[@MrEffervescent]

Great interview!Ive been enjoying the show so far.

[@emilyplatt8172]

Great interview! I'm obsessed with this show

[@EagerMarshmallows]

This was a great interview. The interviewer asked some great questions! Such a good show and great actors.

[@ohmaaggiemay]

Wowowow I’m loving the questions in this interview- I feel like it’s freshman journalism to learn to ask questions under the 5w framework, questions that don’t beg yes/no answers, and so many broadcast news programs are leaning into those yes/no questions and not questions that stoke real discussion so thank you for that this is fantastic!

[@Emicatmon]

I'm so glad this show is starting to get the recognition it deserves, its brilliant

[@tflenderson9636]

He seems like a nice dude, I absolutely hated Kevin. Great Job Eric!

[@flyforce16]

Really great interview.

[@pepperminterica]

Wish more people talked about this show! Just finished it yesterday!

[@RiskPig]

This was a fantastic interview!

[@Kirsten_is_cursed10]

Omg I needed to see this, to finally see him as a regular person!

[@brooklynncd]

wish there was more content on this show!! love to see it

[@sabaducia]

Just finished the show (sorry, late, i know!!) and I'm trying to find all the interviews with this guy that I can. Such a cool process! Didn't realise they had a live audience/laughers!

[@sils85]

Great interview!!!

[@electricsheep1984]

Can we please get Season 2 on DVD/Blu-Ray!

[@ZBot47]

AMAZING actor

[@YesterdaysMoose]

This show is extremely creative, too bad Season 2 isn't available on DVD/Blu-Ray.

[@FavioRiveros]

He actually looks scary in his final scene! great actor!

[@ArtGuitarLTX]

Best show i have seen in a while. 👍👍👍

[@deeplyseated7427]

He is so awful as the Kevin character I almost cant watch, but that is the point, so powering through. How do they do the odd eyeballs??

[@Archontasil]

So the laughers didn't know about the one shot. It would be really great if eric himself didn't know about the one shot too. He thinks he plays a loveable doofus, but instead he's playing a monster bully

[@Plethorality]

That is a great description of many people.

[@penngheeney]

I really wish the show hadn't gotten so dark so fast. I really appreciated the contrast between Kevin's perspective of regular life vs Allison's perspective of the daily details and unseen labor of running a household. I guess I understand the desire to focus on something bigger, but I thought the show lost some of the commentary on the division of labor in relationships and the expectations on men vs women by diving so deep into the crime/revenge story.

[@penngheeney]

Also, it loses a lot of potential for wives to ask their husbands to watch the show with them (at least I know I'm not going to) because her reactions are so extreme. "Honey, I'm not saying I want to kill you, I just want you to think about the consequences of your actions more."

[@kissarococo2459]

I thought the road trip episode kinda delved into that with Allison asking one thing from him (food in the oven) and he of course failing it even with the help of Alexa. He called the cops on her because she is not allowed to ignore him when he needs crisco instead of looking for it himself. But yes, it could go deeper ands it just might in the next season.

[@penngheeney]

@@kissarococo2459, I agree. I think the road trip episode might have been my favorite because it really showed the difference in expectations between Allison and Kevin.

[@Skadivore]

I personally couldn’t wait for her to stab him for real.

[@chase5860]

I think it seemed to have gotten dark very quickly because by the start of the show beginning, Allison has finally reached a breaking point after 10 years. We watch Kevin's behaviour and think to ourselves that he is an insufferable manchild but if this was my life for a decade, I think I would also be in her state of mind. That is my perspective at least

[@ozmond2600]

I wonder if this could work as just a generic sitcom

[@Plethorality]

If you think domestic violence is funny.

[@clash5j]

This was a terrific interview and Eric Peterson seems like a good guy and is able to articulate himself well. So far I'm still not sold on the show. The reason for this is that the sitcom parts just don't work for me. I don't like Kevin, his crew and don't find those scenes funny. Some of you might say - well, that's the point. However, that doesn't change the fact that ME , the viewer, has to sit through them. That's not good TV. Not that anyone is going to listen to a schmoe like me, but what could help is if the sitcom parts were only shown when Allison is in the scene also. It would be better if the "sitcom world" of Kevin only existed when Allison was in the scene. However, I am loving Allison outside of the sitcom world and her interactions with other characters.

[@G-B31]

I agree, the sitcom parts are not funny.

[@G-B31]

The sitcom parts are like ABC sitcoms which I would never watch. Tho' I do like the show's concept and the darker one camera parts.

[@kissarococo2459]

I think they are not meant to be funny at all. They are mant to be uncanny valley because the "real world" makes it clear Kevin is a narcissistic abuser. The sitcom world gives eerie glimpses of the horror that is Kevin: getting and abandoning a dog, almost forcing himself on Allison to make a baby and cosntantly lying and deceiving her for sport and how everything is about him.

[@becciec571]

If you pay attention his behaviour slowly gets darker and more disturbing but the laughter increases.

[@camelopardalis84]

@@kissarococo2459 I watched the whole show yesterday and I wonder what you're referring to with "Kevin almost forcing himself on Allison to make a baby".

[@Be1smaht]

I don’t mind Kevin

[@Skadivore]

Says a lot about you

[@Plethorality]

Perhaps you are one? That is not good. You might be a bullying narcissist like him? Time to get help.

[@jaydangerous1]

Can’t watch it his face is too odd n his hair and eyes annoyed me lol

[@Be1smaht]

@@nhoff6858 no goiter no exopthalamus no thyroid issue

[@camelopardalis84]

You know that Petersen might very well read this, right? This is his face you're talking about.

[@tompetersen001]

Hey, Jaydangerous, I just read your comment and you are a jerk, heck you need a cartoon because you can’t show your face.

[@frankievalentine6112]

That's exactly what they're supposed to do. You really want his character dead!

[@petelarose998]

Christ is the ONLY WAY to heaven!!

[@sbg1911]

Shut up

[@maximusprime3459]

A whole show based on guilt-tripping men. This type of sh!t used to be restricted to daytime programming while the men were earning a living so the wife didnt have to work...hmm.

[@Skadivore]

Oh, someone with blindfolds on somehow managed to still live in the 50s with his mindset 🤮

[@maximusprime3459]

@@Skadivore Yeah, but who cares what you think? And you have the nerve to be vapid and white too.

[@Plethorality]

Guilt tripping men? Real grown up, kind men do not behave like kevin and his flying monkeys. Perhaps your guilt is real? This is worth examining in real life, rather than in a comments section?

[@emilys8072]

@@Skadivoreagree. This show was so precise at showing how emotional abuse is carried out. Notice he is alone in the end. Everyone who experienced his abuse has finally left whether they are women or men. He played the dark character with perfection. His character was so scary in the last episode.

[@pipsqueaksgaming7029]

Kevin? Is that you?