Brandon Scott Jones is promising that the season 3 finale of Ghosts will ship an unforgettable (and doubtlessly chaotic) wedding ceremony for his character.
Sitting down with ET’s Nischelle Turner forward of the ultimate episode of the season, the 39-year-old actor and comic mentioned that when followers tune in to look at the nuptials between his character, Isaac Higgintoot, and Nigel Chessum (John Hartman), they might witness some severe bumps alongside the way in which to the altar.
“The very first thing that is the complication may be very actual, which is simply wedding-day jitters,” The Different Two alum mentioned of Isaac’s wedding ceremony woes.
In a sneak preview from the finale, viewers see Isaac coping with a foul case of chilly toes within the lead-up to the nuptials, even fantasizing concerning the human stripper that Sam (Rose McIver) employed for his bachelor get together a number of episodes again. Jones tells ET that whereas there are actually going to be outlandish bits for followers to snigger at, it is nonetheless very right down to earth… or as right down to earth as a ghost wedding ceremony might be.
“I feel you get up that morning and also you’re undecided, you are like, ‘Oh my gosh, I am actually making a dedication,’ after which these individuals are already useless so [it’s] for like until loss of life do us half,” he shared.
Remaining tight-lipped on the precise particulars, Jones detailed {that a} shake-up on the day of the marriage within the type of an uninvited attendee will spin the entire ordeal into insanity. As for who it may very well be (maybe the Aussie dancer Isaac was dreaming about?), viewers will simply must tune in.
“We’ve got a shock visitor sort of present up, anyone he is not anticipating that perhaps throws him off his sport a bit bit,” Jones shared.
He additionally added that viewers ought to stick round till the final minute of the episode as there simply could be one last twist to go away followers in suspense till the season 4 premiere.
“On the very finish, there’s a bit twist the place I feel the character will get what they deserve, and you do not know it is coming,” Jones teased.
The marriage-day episode is a serious second for Jones’ character who has come a great distance from being within the closet throughout season 1 to his dramatic declaration of affection for Nigel. The actor tells ET that getting the prospect to play a nuanced and hilarious character — particularly one who continues to be studying a lot about himself so late in life loss of life — is one thing he’s eternally grateful for.
“It’s been cathartic in a number of methods. To sort of simply see that, you already know, it’s by no means too late so that you can understand who you might be,” he mentioned. “It’s laborious to do it as your self too generally. And so to get to stay it via a personality that you just’re enjoying, despite the fact that it’s not me, I get to form of expertise a few of these issues.”
He added, “After I sort of stroll away from taking pictures the present generally I really feel a bit bit, you already know, ‘Oh, if Isaac can do it, perhaps I can do it too.'”
It is a momentous finish to a delayed third season, which lastly premiered in February after the consecutive WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes pushed again manufacturing by a number of months. Fortunately for the gifted solid and crew, they may proceed to get the prospect to stay via their characters for at the very least one other season as CBS renewed Ghosts for season 4 simply weeks after season 3 premiered.
Jones mentioned they’re already scheming and dreaming up plotlines and visitor stars for the brand new season, together with one dwelling comedy legend and a Broadway icon with a novel connection to his character within the present.
“I’d say my favourite actor in all probability is Julia Louis-Dreyfus,” he mentioned of his pie-in-the-sky visitor star. “So if we may discover any house for her.”
Maybe extra probably of a cameo can be Lin-Manuel Miranda, who Isaac has beef with within the present. As a ghost from the Revolutionary Battle, Jones’ character has many a time made reference to figuring out the real-life Alexander Hamilton and has repeatedly commented on Miranda having written a musical about him.
“I suppose that is like an Isaac-centric reply is having Lin-Manuel Miranda play Hamilton on our present, as a result of my character has such a rivalry with him,” he mentioned, even pitching a musical episode the place he raps with the Tony Award winner. “That may be fairly cool. Would not that be nice?”
The solid beforehand pitched the Within the Heights creator as a dream visitor star for an upcoming season throughout a set go to with ET. Jones’ co-stars additionally threw out names like Mark Hamill, Dolly Parton, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett and Lily Tomlin as actors and comedians who they assume would seamlessly mix into their hilarious chaos.
“We simply need guests in Montreal,” Jones quipped on the time.
The season 3 finale of Ghosts airs on CBS on Might 2.
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