William Jackson Harperis no longer worried about whether he’s bound for the good or the bad place.
The Good Place, which features Jackson Harper as Chidi — a frustratingly indecisive philosophy professor — airs its final episode Thursday following four successful seasons.
Jackson Harper, 39, stars alongsideKristen Bell,Ted Danson,Jameela Jamil, and D’Arcy Carden in the insightful comedy and said “it was tough to leave” when they wrapped up shooting.
As for where his character is headed, Jackson Harper said “there’s nothing I can do about it at this point” before adding that he’s “pretty sure most of us are bad place bound.”
William Jackson Harper and Kristen Bell inThe Good Place.NBC
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Creator Michael Schurannounced the series’ final seasonon Twitter in June. He said he and the writing staff had previously decided four seasons “was the right lifespan.”
“At times over the past few years we’ve been tempted to go beyond four seasons, but mostly because making this show is a rare, creatively fulfilling joy, and at the end of the day, we don’t want to tread water just because the water is so warm and pleasant,” he wrote.
Jackson Harper said he and the rest of the cast knewThe Good Placewas “special,” noting that the unexpected twists and turns kept the show “fresh.”
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“As soon as you get comfortable and as soon as you think you know what’s going on, the rug is ripped out from under you,” the actor said. “It’s always going to get weirder. It’s always going to up the ante in a way that is completely unexpected.”
Jackson Harper is taking his own unexpected turns in his career — he’s currently working onUnderground Railroad, a new Amazon drama series that he describes as “a completely different thing” fromThe Good Place.
“The joy of [acting] is to explore different people and try to figure them out and try to inhabit them and understand them a little bit more,” he said. “So whatever opportunity I get to just completely take a 180 and go a different direction, that’s what I want to do.”
The series finale ofThe Good Placeairs Thursday at 8:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
source: people.com
