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Entertainment July 29, 2017
One of your favorite cast members was a country singer...
Photo by @/broadcityyaas via TwitterThe “Broad City” cast and crew make this show the level of amazing we’ve come to expect for 10 episodes a season. Where would we be without Ilana Glazer’s facial expressions? Or Abbi Jacobson’s comedic timing? Or Lincoln’s awkward delivery that always just … works?
Nowhere, folks. “Broad City” would’ve been done after season one without the stellar cast.
So to celebrate and thank them, here are some fast facts about our favorite “Broad City” cast members and their on-screen and off-screen lives.
The Guatemalan actor started his television career as a charismatic host for a fundraiser with Latin pop artists. He then got a big break in national TV by hosting his own show on a network called Conexion. This was his B.NY. (before New York) career. Once he moved to the Big Apple, his career took off in American television after he met Abbi and Ilana and landed a role as Ilana’s gay roommate.
He’s pretty private, though, so there isn’t much information circulating about the actor. However, a cool nugget we found from an interview he did with People is that Arturo isn’t gay and he actually doesn’t speak with the accent he emulates on “Broad City.”
In his interview, he explains, “Sometimes people are a little bummed that I don’t actually talk like Jaimé. When I see their faces drop I try to put it on for like a second. And then my girlfriend is like, ‘What are you doing?’”
Bevers would be so envious of Gemberling’s life. Gemberling has a beautiful family with his comedian wife, Andrea Rosen, and their two children. Yes, that’s right. Bevers is a family man!
However, before he settled down to become a full-time dad and a part-time actor and comedian, he was a country singer.
Thrillest outlines his role in the America Pie soundtrack as the lead singer of the country band, “The Loose Nuts.” We can’t make this stuff up, people. Apparently, Gemberling was the lead singer for a reason: he has a pair of killer vocals. According to FrostSnow, he’s performed at the Roseland ballroom before, a big hall in New York City’s theater district.
How amazing would it be if “Broad City” tapped into his talents for the show? Bevers could surprise everyone with a famous country singing background, and we can get a performance out of it.
Before he was the metrosexual trainer on “Broad City,” Paul W. Downs was a comedian. Now he keeps his comedy strictly to his acting roles and the movies he writes/produces.
Apparently, his supportive and feminist beliefs on “Broad City” aren’t just a part of his role. He’s a major male feminist, and that part of him comes out in the scripts he writes. He’s not the “post a picture of the ‘We Can Do It’ WWII poster in solidarity for the women’s march and then do nothing else” type of feminist. He walks the vagina equality walk and talks the vagina solidarity talk. This aspect is bet seen in his latest movie, “Rough Night.”
As Esquire Magazine reports, he co-wrote this female version of “The Hangover,” which stars Scarlett Johannsson and Ilana Glazer, with his romantic partner and fellow writer, Lucia Aniello. This movie was not only the first R-rated movie in 20 years directed by a woman, but it portrays a gender norm swap of sorts.
Instead of going to a strip club and drowning his fears of commitment in double-Ds, Paul’s character, Peter, goes wine tasting and gets pretty emotional when he thinks that his fiancé doesn’t want to marry him. On the other hand, at the bachelorette party, the ladies get amped up on cocaine, get drunk and order a stripper. Not pretty “ladylike” behavior, but they don’t care.
Hannibal is just as awkward in reality as he is on “Broad City.” However, he’s even more funny when he writes his own punchlines. Hannibal routinely goes on tours as a stand-up comedian. He even acted in his own show titled, “Why? With Hannibal Buress” and he’s also been in blockbuster films like “The Nice Guys” and “Neighbors.” And although he’s been in these big-time movies and his film career is taking off, his calling is on the stage with a chair and a mic as the crowd laughs at his silly antics.
According to the Charleston City Paper, when Hannibal went on his “The Hannibal Montanabal Experience” tour, he would start his opening act with jacked bars on his self-produced Hip-Hop song, called – wait for it – the “Gibberish Song.” Akin to mumble rap, this song doesn’t really talk about much and sounds like a jumbled mess, but you forget about the bars when you’re watching ballerinas dance around the stage. Yes, you read that right. Buress even brings contracted ballerinas to put on a show for the people. That’s dedication.
So, it seems Buress is a multitalented artist. He’s a stand-up comedian, an actor, a producer and a rapper. We wonder if he has a hidden drawing talent too…
The Hustler Kween of “Broad City,” Ilana isn’t too far from her actress counterpart. Actually, we bet her character is only slightly exaggerated from Glazer. If you scan through her Instagram, you’ll see she’s just as goofy as Wexler, just as confident and the knack for drama is in her blood.
Ilana Glazer’s parents are actually as far removed from the dramatic world as possible. Her parents, Sandi and Larry, work in insurance and finance jobs. As they break down numbers, Ilana breaks down weed and puts on her boss hat as a co-creator and executive producer of “Broad City.” In addition to acting, she’s also done improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, where it’s been confirmed from multiple outlets that she met Abbi, Gemberling and Castro.
Another person you might know from “Broad City” that she knew in real life is her brother, Eliot Glazer, who plays her TV brother as well. A relationship that came as a complete surprise to us, however, is her past connection with the “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” star, Rachel Bloom. They were apparently post-college roommates in Brooklyn.
There isn’t much about Abbi that we haven’t already covered in our five facts article (she’s a lot more low-key that Ilana), but we did find out that she was a published author before her latest 2016 book, “Carry This Book.”
According to the Observer, she’s been on the coloring book train for a while now. In 2013, she published two books with the Chronicle Books publishing house. These books were filled with coloring pages of New York City and San Francisco. In her Observer interview, Abbi claims that coloring books are “like the new meditation.”
And as a way to pay homage to Abbi’s past publication, in their first ever appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con, “Broad City” producers decided to create huge illustrations that covered entire walls in the Wine & Culinary Center that the fans could paint in. The end result was dope, if you ask us.
As if you already didn’t feel like a part of the crew, this article should’ve brought you even closer to the “Broad City” cast. You’re basically all best friends now. You’re welcome.
Check out the “Broad City” new season that will premiere in early fall on Sept. 13. Jot down the “Broad City” return date! Trust us, you’ll regret missing season four.
