Television Without Pity Interviews Zach Gilford

Those of us who didn’t have the pleasure of watching Friday Night Lights on DirecTV are just now getting to see Zach Gilford’s heartbreaking performance as Matt Saracen this season. He’s been coping with not going away to college, being stuck in his small town in order to be with his girlfriend and grandma and also having to deal with the loss of his father, but now he’s finally left town, leaving a devastated Julie in his wake. We were shaken up, but the news that Gilford (who returns to Dillon at the end of the current season) will also be back for four more episodes during the final season (which just began shooting) has made this a little bit easier to take. We were lucky enough to get him on the phone the other day for a super-quick chat about the show and what it’s like to be on a football show and not play football.

TWoP: You’ve been making me cry a lot lately.
Zach Gilford: I’m sorry!

TWoP: Is it weird having some people just see it now? While others saw it months ago?
Gilford: No. I mean, we filmed it not that much longer ago, so I remember most of it. And I love the show, and I’ve always had a weird memory for it. But it is kind of funny: [The other] night on set, we were talking about– we realized we’ve been doing this show for a long time, now. We’ve done a lot of episodes and we were like, “Wait a minute! Did Lyla and Jason Street get engaged at one point? I don’t know, did he propose? What happened?” and no one could remember if they ever got engaged or not. I remember the scene where they were just talking to Buddy Garrity in the driveway. And I’m like, I don’t remember if they ever actually got engaged or not.

To read the rest of this interview go to: TelevisionWithoutPity.com

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