![]() Because I think what ends up happening with a studio audience, whether you're doing sketch comedy, improv or sitcom, and I've done all three now, is that you sometimes get fooled. How do you like that dynamic? Brady: I love it. IGN TV: They shoot this show differently from most sitcoms, without a live studio audience. ![]() They're all really funny, talented people, which is why they have their jobs, thank goodness, and they're great to work with. I'm trying really hard to focus and not break, and he's a great improviser himself. IGN TV: How has it been doing the show? Brady: Oh man, we're having a great time. You don't want to go, "OhMyGod, ILoveYou!!!!" Wayne Brady and Neil Patrick Harris as brothers James and Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother Because, you know, you want to come on and be the cool guest star. And Alyson Hannigan had a huge crush on her when she was doing Buffy. And Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and then this. 'Cause I'm a sci-fi nerd, and I love Starship Troopers He did a great job. I loved him in Starship Troopers, which I haven't geeked out and told him yet. I feel like I guess a lot of people my age who grew up with him feel. I've watched the show and enjoyed it and I've been a fan of Neil's for a long time. IGN TV: So you were very familiar with the show and the character of Barney? Brady: Oh yeah. And every blue moon, I get very fabulous. IGN TV: Basically, you're playing Barney's mirror image, right? Brady: Yes, who just happens to like guys. "Hey, you know that show, How I Met Your Mother? They want you to play Neil Patrick…" "…Yes!" So at that point it could have been, "They want you to play Neil Patrick Harris's pony," or, "They want you to play his buoyantly happy, gay, black friend," which is what it was, luckily. WAYNE BRADY IGN TV: So what did you think when you heard the part they were offering you on How I Met Your Mother was as Neil Patrick Harris's brother? Wayne Brady: There wasn't any lag time between the agent saying, "You're being offered this" and me saying, "Yes!" No lag time whatsoever. ![]() During a couple of these brief breaks, I managed to sit down with both Brady and Harris for exclusive chats with IGN, to discuss what it was like to play these unlikely, but extremely happy and secure, brothers. Brady seemed to be having a great time, as James showed off his outfit, proving, that like his brother, he was always ready to "Suit Up." In between takes, the cast relaxed, with Smulders and Jason Segal playing a bit of "Heart and Soul" on the piano that is part of the main apartment set. Stopping by the Mother set for IGN, I watched Brady shoot his introduction scene, in which Robin (Cobie Smulders) is looking forward to meeting James for the first time, only to be a bit surprised when he doesn't look anything like Barney, to say the least. Barney couldn't be more excited to see his brother again, until he learns a secret James is keeping, that has nothing to do with either his race or sexual preference, both of which Barney could care less about. The very funny episode has James show up to visit Barney in New York.
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