{"id":4245,"date":"2026-07-12T10:24:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T05:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4245"},"modified":"2026-07-12T10:24:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T05:24:52","slug":"new-girl-cast-had-to-fight-to-get-lamorne-morris-on-fox-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4245","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;New Girl&#8217; Cast Had To &#8220;Fight&#8221; To Get Lamorne Morris On Fox Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/zooey-deschanel\/\" id=\"auto-tag_zooey-deschanel\" data-tag=\"zooey-deschanel\">Zooey Deschanel<\/a> says it\u2019s impossible to think of<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/new-girl\/\" id=\"auto-tag_new-girl\" data-tag=\"new-girl\">New Girl<\/a><\/em> without <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/lamorne-morris\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lamorne-morris\" data-tag=\"lamorne-morris\">Lamorne Morris<\/a> but there was a minute when he wasn\u2019t a lock to play Winston Bishop. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDuring a recent appearance <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@zachsangshow\/video\/7659514876498382111\" target=\"_blank\">on the\u00a0<em>Zach Sang Show<\/em><\/a>, Deschanel said she and her fellow castmates had to \u201cfight\u201d to get the now Emmy-winning actor on the comedy. Morris had initially auditioned for the role of Coach (played by Damon Wayans Jr.). Once the part of Winston, a former basketball player who was a childhood friend of Nick\u2019s, was created, Deschanel knew they already had their man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cWhat about Lamorne? That guy is so good,\u201d Deschanel remembers saying after reading with \u201cso many\u201d guys for the role of Winston. \u201cJake loved him. Max loved him. They all knew him because they had all been in the audition process together originally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHe was the one that \u201ceverybody was like, oh, I don\u2019t know,\u201d continued Deschanel. \u201cSo we kind of did this thing where I wrote to the heads of the studio and the network. Everyone was writing to somebody different. So we were all like, \u2018Just putting my two cents in, you know\u2026 we think Lamorne is the best, best, best for this character, and [would be] such a great addition. I was like, I can\u2019t see anyone else playing this part.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tCreated by Elizabeth Meriwether, <em>New Girl<\/em> aired from 2011 to 2018 on Fox and starred Deschanel, Morris, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield and Hannah Simone. In 2024, Morris won an Emmy for playing Deputy Witt Farr on FX\u2019s <em>Fargo.  <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zooey Deschanel says it\u2019s impossible to think of New Girl without Lamorne Morris but there was a minute when he wasn\u2019t a lock to play Winston Bishop. During a recent appearance on the\u00a0Zach Sang Show, Deschanel said she and her fellow castmates had to \u201cfight\u201d to get the now Emmy-winning actor on the comedy. 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