Ryan Guzmanis ready to smile.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You certainly got to play all the emotions this episode.
I love what [co-creator and showrunner Tim Minear] wrote, as I do most times.
Eddie (Ryan Guzman) and Buck (Oliver Stark) on ‘9-1-1’ season 7, episode 5, “You Don’t Know Me.".Chris Willard/Disney
The lightheartedness that I’ve been playing into with Eddie this year lent itself to this episode a lot.
Why does Eddie have such a strong reaction to Marisol’s past?
And now his relationship to God is that much closer to him.
Eddie (Ryan Guzman) and Marisol (Edy Ganem) on ‘9-1-1.'.Chris Willard/Disney
In essence, I feel like Eddie thinks that he just slept with God.
So it’s like, “Oh no, I just did the biggest sin in the world.
Oh my God, what is this?
Ryan Guzman, Gavin McHugh, Oliver Stark, Peter Krause, Angela Bassett, and Aisha Hinds celebrate the 100th episode of ‘9-1-1.'.Disney/Frank Micelotta
I don’t know what I’m doing in my life.”
Do you think it was the right decision for Marisol to move back out?
Eddie has shown himself to go from zero to 100 all the time.
Let’s get married.”
He did it himself.
He is doing a big thing for not only him, but for his son.
He realizes he has to take it a lot slower.
How did you react when you found out Buck was going to explore his bisexuality?
And what did you think when you first read the scene where he comes out to Eddie?
And so we really wanted to give this scene a sense of groundedness.
So I wanted to exemplify that in this scene.
Like, “Hey man, you could say whatever you got.
I’m not going anywhere.
This connection remains.”
Can you explore this with me?"
I love that scene.
We had a celebration with all these executives and whatnot, and we show up in our disheveled look.
So it’s nice to now show the audience what was happening.
We had so much fun filming that episode.
Oh man, so many treats for the audience.
I can’t wait for people to see that one.
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What else can you tease for Eddie this season?
Now that Eddie’s taken that step forward with Marisol, that offers a lot of new obstacles.
This is unknown territory much like Buck’s character, it’s unknown territory.
So how that plays into this present moment is a balancing act.
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