More than 15 years later, Judy Greer is explaining why she opted not to audition for the ‘Modern Family’ role of Claire Dunphy. https://t.co/NwNZzuIVRG
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After more than 15 years, Judy Greer is reflecting on her decision not to audition for ‘Modern Family’, with Bowen’s co-star Jesse Tyler Ferguson on his ‘Dinner’s On Me’ podcast.
Judy didn’t even want kids at the time, so the opportunity to play mom Claire Dunphy on the ABC sitcom and become “America’s mom” wasn’t appealing to her.
“This was a time in my career when I was starting to [play moms]. It sounds so silly to say it out loud now, but I’ll be honest. In a movie, I would have a kid. And then there was this opportunity to audition where I would have three kids, one of them in high school, and on a TV show… and you do have to think of these things in success, and obviously ‘Modern Family’ was a huge success. In a movie, people kind of see it and then they forget. In a TV show, it’s just like, you’re a mom. I was like, ‘I think I’m not going to audition for it.’ I was really torn about it, but I ended up obviously not. Who knows if I would have even gotten it anyway, but I was just like, ‘I don’t know if I want to be America’s mom yet.’ The role felt so limiting compared to what I was doing already. And in addition to just the perception of who you are as an actor. It’s lifestyle too. I was like, well, I like traveling a lot, and I like doing all these movies, and I like going to all these places, and I like meeting all these people. I wasn’t ready for it, in an out of my career,”
