Reid Scotthas made something of an art out of portraying charming cads.
But with Tom its something a bit softer, with a lot more redemption up for grabs.
To me, playing a character that actually really has an emotional journey, thats interesting to me.
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Most immediately, he turned to theVeepwriters room.
We were invited to come by the writers room, the writers were invited to our rehearsals.
Scott admits its something he and Kaling discussed.
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I think [Tom] represents several influential people that have crossed her path, he muses.
I dont think hes supposed to be B.J.
Mindy told me, B.J.
is going to see this movie and think that Reid is playing him, but thats not necessarily so.
Hes representative of several people.
And then theres Kaling herself, making her feature film screenwriting debut withLate Night.
Scott says the two of them were friends before the film, which is partly why he got involved.
Late Nightis in theaters now.
