How I met your mother'S main character, ted mosby, could someimes be a jerk – and that was on purpose.
On the april 14 episode of the How we made your mother podcastHOSTS JOSH RADNOR (Who Played Ted) and Craig Thomas (Who Co-Created The Series) Episode.
The trio discusated how even thought the early episodes of Himym Painted ted as a romantic hero, hoplessly in love with robin (cobie smulders), in episode 4, they wanted to shake things up and make ted the “Villain.”
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“(The writers) got excited about the idea of flipping the switch and putting you in the position where your character, someone wanted you, and you were the one that one that had to break their heart,” Kang Said. “It helped to build up the ted character. but it's not that easy.
“Ted's not just a guy who pines after girls,” kang said, and the show wanted to demonstrate his “history.”
Thomas, 49, said they thought, “Let's scuff ted up a little in this one. Let's make make ted in the wrong. but he's always gonna be in the right.
In the episode, ted rediscovers a shirt he boght years ago and Never Liked. He realizes he does like it now, and starts wearing it. It makes Him Wonder What other things he left behind in his past, and he decides to receonnect with his ex Natalie (Anne Dudek), who he dumped over the phone in an answer message
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When Natalie Eventtily Caves and Decides to Date Him Again, He Realizes He was right to Drop Her The First Time and Breaks Up with Her Again – also on her birthday. She retaliates by beating Him up.
“With most ted screenwups, he has visible brues and injuries to show for it,” Radnor, 50, said. “I think this is the first time, like, ted shows up black and blue, but not the last.”
Later in the episode, Radnor reflected on the important of “scuffing up ted as someone who both desires and is desired, and also gets his heart broken and breaks hearts.”
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“If you're in the dating game long enough, you're going to play all the roles,” He said. So it's not quite honest to just say this is a guy who always get his heart broken, or this is a guy who's always leaving … If you're out there long enough, you do end up eating a hero and a vilaland The night. ”
Kang Added, “I like that in this episode ,, ted has real flws.