“But hes a really nice person underneath,” says the actor.
“Chipping away at those things is going to be super fun.”
Except it was with… the grumpy guy at the music school?
Chris Geere and Chrissy Metz on ‘This Is Us’.Ron Batzdorff/NBC
Or at least the new man.
“They have this thing in England called a pantomime,” Geere tells EW.
There’s always a pantomime villain.
And every time he walks onto the stage, everyone goes, ‘Booooo!’
But as an actor, it’s a huge challenge to turn that around.
That, for me, is huge challenge.
So, I’m just enjoying the journey.
Chrissy is just marvelous to work with.
She’s a lovely person.
I’m here for the ride and I’m enjoying it."
And Phillip’s romantic dynamic with Kate will take a while to pop.
“It’s a working relationship at first,” Geere says.
“And then it will, at some point, turn.
Whether that is connected with the collapse of the marriage to build up another, I don’t know.
But I do know that from that flash-forward scene, she ends up happy.
So she’s not a bad relationship.
She’s with the guy that she wants.
I just hope I can portray that guy.”
“I love all the conspiracies,” he relishes.
I just know we’re in good hands.
I’ve read [that Phillip is] Madison’s [Kaitlin Thompson] brother.
I’ve read that I am the best man in the remarriage.
“It’s a combination of previous relationships, current state of the world and his obnoxious views.
He’s a miserable person, but I think he’s a really nice person underneath.
Chipping away at those things is going to be super fun.”
