Tom Pelphrey ‘Felt A Sense of Home’ When His And Kaley Cuoco’s 2-Year-Old Daughter Matilda Would Visit Him on Set Of HBO’s Task

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PLUS: The actor reveals he and Cuoco are “interested” in working together if the “right thing” comes along

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00:00Now it's a sit down with Tom Pelfrey.

00:02Hi, Tom.

00:03We got a sneak peek of your new show,

00:05Task, which airs Sundays on HBO Max.

00:07It was created by Brad Inglesby,

00:09who we also have to thank for mayor of Easttown.

00:11In what ways is this role,

00:13unlike any other role you've had before?

00:15Oh, gosh, I mean, I've never done something

00:17that felt so close to home in so many ways.

00:20You know, like the people, the place

00:23reminds me so much of my childhood,

00:26people I grew up with.

00:27Like there's a real sense of home in it

00:31that was so exciting to me and thrilling

00:34and made me so happy to live in that place.

00:37I heard that Kaylee actually read the script

00:40before you even did.

00:41Do you two always read each other's scripts?

00:43Kaylee and I always read each other's scripts.

00:46Just so you know,

00:48because I feel like this thing has gotten taken

00:50a little out of context.

00:51Kaylee and I always, any script she gets,

00:53she sends to me and I read.

00:55Any script I get, I send to her and she reads.

00:57This one in particular, I was very busy at the time.

01:00So I had it waiting for me to read

01:02and I hadn't read it yet.

01:03And she was like, come on, I'm bored.

01:04Give me something.

01:05I was like, I got this script.

01:06You know, you could read it.

01:07And when she read it, she was like,

01:12this is insane.

01:14And she goes like, hold on, hold on.

01:16Did he write this for you?

01:19Like, do you know him?

01:20We both had the same feelings about it,

01:22which is like, I've never been quicker to yell yes.

01:26Love how you're both so involved in each other's projects.

01:29Would you ever work together?

01:31Well, we are interested in that.

01:33It's going to really have to be the right thing.

01:35So it'll probably take a while.

01:37Kaylee tends to live more comedically.

01:41I'm sorry, is that a challenge or are you just dropping a hint that you're single?

01:46Whereas, you know, often people don't let me within 10 foot of a comedy.

01:51I remember what my mind was before the thing happened that ruined my mind.

01:57I have so much respect for her and admiration, but I know enough.

02:02I know myself well enough to know I can never work like she does.

02:05Likewise, sometimes she sees me work intensely and blah, blah, blah, blah.

02:10And she's like, what are you doing? What are you doing?

02:12You know, so in a fun way, in a fun way, we both do the same thing,

02:16but we constantly, you know, reflect on that.

02:19It feels like we have different jobs.

02:22And so it allows for us to discuss work in a way that we both know what we're talking about

02:27and we can be helpful to each other.

02:28The approach is so different.

02:29It feels like we're talking about two different things,

02:31figuring out how those different things can come together

02:35and what the right vehicle for that would be.

02:37We're definitely interested in doing it,

02:39but so far we haven't found what we felt like was the right thing.

02:43Is your family still in the Northeast?

02:45Did you get to bring your mom around set or show your daughter Matilda around?

02:49Yes. This was one of the great things about the job is like where we were filming.

02:55I rented a house and Kaylee Matilda were with me.

03:00And but also my family is so close that they could come and visit.

03:04My mom came at least once a week.

03:06Grandma got to see Matilda.

03:08Matilda loves her grandma.

03:09My grandmother got to come.

03:11So Matilda got to spend time with her great grandma.

03:14My, some of my aunts came, my family, a bunch of my friends.

03:18I'm still very close with a lot of the guys I've known since I was three years old.

03:22They came to the house.

03:23Yeah, yeah, yeah.

03:24So it was very, it was a very special job in that sense.

03:27Like I, I really felt a sense of home.

03:30Okay.

03:31We're going to put 10 seconds on the clock.

03:33Tell everyone why they should check out Task on HBO Max.

03:36Check out Task because it'll be the best show you see this year.

03:41Tom, thank you so much for stopping by today.

03:43Thank you very much.

03:44I appreciate it.

03:45This was fun.

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