Is This TV’s Most Iconic Face Card Still Sparking Fierce Debate After Two Decades?
Radnor appeared on the Half the Picture podcast last month and was asked by host Billy Barnell whether they were all so “close-knit,” saying viewers assumed “they’re all friends” because of their connection onscreen.
“No,” the actor replied. “No. Not even a little bit.”
He went on to mention how he and the show’s creator Craig Thomas spoke about the cast members’ relationships on the podcast they host together: the How We Made Your Mother podcast.
Josh Radnor made a confession about the current relationship between the cast members
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“He and I had a really interesting conversation about some of the tension we had on set that was like fascinating and kind of healing,” the actor told Barnell.
Radnor said that he and Segel, who played his onscreen best friend Marshall, text each other “every once in a while.”
But “I haven’t seen him in a really long time,” he admitted.
Meanwhile, Smulders appeared on his podcast, so he’s seen her on Zoom a couple of times. As for Hannigan, she was a guest at his 2024 wedding to Jordana Jacobs, but they haven’t met since.
Radnor acknowledged how fans have this “yearning” for cast members to stay friends but said the real-life experience was different.
“It’s like college where you have this very intense time together and you can’t imagine not seeing each other every day because you’ve seen each other every day for so long,” he said. “And then it just disperses and you just go out and live your life.”
He also compared the relationship between cast members to the dynamics of a “family.”
“You don’t get to choose your family,” and similarly, the actors never “choose each other.”
As for the “greatest face card” of all time, Smulders took on several roles over the past years.
She starred in The Avengers (2012), joined the cast of Friends from College as Lisa Turner, and also appeared in High School, Impeachment: American Crime Story, and How I Met Your Father.
She shares two daughters, Shaelyn and Janita, with Saturday Night Live member Taran Killam.
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