Deidre Hall on trading Days of Our Lives drama for Hacks laughs — and those sparks with Christopher Lloyd

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'Days of Our Lives' legend Deidre Hall talks playing herself — and getting to flirt with Christopher Lloyd — on 'Hacks' season 3.

The daytime legend plays herself — and Jimmy's mom — in season 3 of the Max comedy, and had an "immediate fascination" with Lloyd's character.podcast.

Until the Max comedy's third season, Paul W. Downs' Jimmy — whose late father was a big talent manager himself — had never revealed his mom's identity. But we finally hear him drop her name in episode 2, when Jimmy and his assistant Kayla — who sings the praises of Deidre's"incredible body" and"perfect ass" in front of her embarrassed son — try to find a guest to join Deborah Vance when she fills in for a sick late-night host.

Hall credits Downs and his real-life mom's love of her NBC-turned-Peacock sudser for the casting decision. The chance to portray a version of herself excited the 76-year-old actress. "I love comedy. I adore comedy. I get very few chances to do any," she tells. "The offer was just: Would you come and play the legendary Deidre Hall? I thought, 'Oh, that's hilarious.'"came calling.

Hall couldn't agree more. "I didn't have a backstory with because my son is introducing us," she explains of the stars' interaction, "but I could play an immediate curiosity, an immediate fascination — and then he picked up on that and that's what we played."Lloyd, she says, made that part easy. "We were all awed by him," she recalls. "He's been so larger than life to all of us.

Adds Hall, "At one point I said, 'This is a single woman, and her son is bringing somebody home for supper, and maybe we can read more into that.' He said, 'Yeah, I like that!' So we played into that a little more.'"The showrunners have teased that they're talking about doing more with the guest stars, should the series get renewed.

 

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