I think Jian-Yang is kind of a version of myself 15 years ago, when I first came to this country. They’ll say, “Not hot dog.” I’m a very different person in real life. They say, “God d- Jian-Yang,” or like “not now.” A lot of TJ Miller sayings. Yang: Yeah, they scream out random things. McAlone: Did you do much research into what the Chinese tech scene was like this season, for that side-plot? But I think it turned out to be a blessing in disguise, seeing Jian-Yang becoming more of a villain not just a pain in the a- to TJ, but to everyone else. Yang: I was definitely sad when I found out TJ wasn't coming back because he was my partner on the show and we had such a good dynamic going. McAlone: Were you apprehensive going into this season without TJ at all, or were you ready to branch out from that dynamic that you guys had? There’s a three-part comedy dynamic that makes the show really work. And then the third part is Alec or Mike or Clay, or somebody like that, is on set and will give us some alt lines as we are going, which helps also. We get one take that's of the script and everything else we can play around and have fun doing. And they also let us improv for sure, especially scenes with me and TJ, we would come up with different ideas. ![]() It’s one of the best-written shows I think on TV right now. The scripts are written really brilliantly. ![]() McAlone: I have a hard time telling, but how much of the banter of the characters on the show is improvised versus heavily scripted? And I took a chance with “Silicon Valley,” and luckily they believed in me enough and I became a series regular the second season. But the problem is there’s always exclusivity, especially with streaming services, so it was either I was going to do the Yahoo show and maybe not come back to “Silicon Valley,” or take a chance with “Silicon Valley” and not do the Yahoo show. There was this whole crazy thing that happened where I was offered to be a series regular on a Yahoo show - some streaming content. But between season one and two, I had no idea whether I was even going to come back for the second season. They were starting to see the chemistry of me and TJ. They saw that I was able to work with the guys pretty well. McAlone: When did you have an indication that his role was going to be expanded? Was that based on them liking your interpretation of the character? I was just really happy to get that three-line part at first. But deep down I was hoping it would revert back to whatever the original character was, that they had big goals for this guy. I just moved on and then a few months later, I got another audition for the same part, but the show had already been shooting - I think this was episode three - and it had become a smaller part. ![]() Then I never heard back from the auditions. He was described as a Taiwanese guy who cursed like a pirate. The original pilot was a totally different script and Jian-Yang was totally different, actually one of the main characters. Yang: The original audition for it was a few months before the show even got picked up.
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