Lisa Kudrow's Emotional Journey in The Comeback Season 3
The Comeback's Final Season Highlights
The Comeback, featuring Lisa Kudrow, is currently in its concluding season, where her character Valerie Cherish is starring in a new show titled How's That?! A significant twist in Valerie's storyline is that her new project is being scripted by AI (Artificial Intelligence). Kudrow shared her reflections on filming this final season, particularly the emotional moments spent with her son, Julian Stern, who appears alongside her. This experience was particularly poignant for Kudrow as the series was filmed on the same soundstage that hosted Friends, a show she was part of, and she reminisced about bringing Julian there when he was just two years old.
Lisa Kudrow Reflects on a Full-Circle Experience with Julian Stern
During a virtual press event, Kudrow expressed how moving it was to return to Stage 24, where she portrayed Phoebe Buffay on Friends for ten years. She reminisced, "I have a photo of him at two years old in the craft service area washing his hands. And now, he’s back acting. Oh my God. And part of this finale."
Julian is making his acting debut on the HBO series. Kudrow noted, "He has appeared in short films, but nothing like this. It was pure joy. I felt a bit guilty because I forgot he was my son. He was so good that I didn’t even think of him as my child. He was just Evan talking to Valerie. I didn’t have the heart to say, 'Me too, I didn’t care about you.' It was incredibly exciting." In the series, Julian's character Evan works as a behind-the-scenes crew member on Valerie's show. An amusing nod to Friends appears in the show when the camera reveals a plaque commemorating the series filmed at the same location. Co-creator Michael Patrick King humorously remarked, "We were primarily focused on how close we could get to Valerie actually saying the word Friends."Insights on The Comeback Season 3
Julian isn’t the only notable offspring in the third season of The Comeback. Ella Stiller, daughter of Ben Stiller, also features in the series as Valerie's social media assistant, Patience. The ensemble cast includes Dan Bucatinsky, Laura Silverman, Damian Young, Tim Bagley, Matt Cook, Jack O’Brien, John Early, Barry Shabaka Henley, Abbi Jacobson, Tony Macht, Brittany O’Grady, Zane Phillips, and Andrew Scott. The series finale is set to stream on Sunday, May 10, on HBO and HBO Max internationally, with a release on JioHotstar on Monday, May 11.