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Zooey Deschanel pushed for Lamorne Morris to join New Girl as Winston

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Source: The Independent
Zooey Deschanel pushed for Lamorne Morris to join New Girl as Winston
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Zooey Deschanel revealed she personally campaigned to cast Lamorne Morris as Winston on New Girl, after he impressed in auditions (he’d originally auditioned for Coach). Deschanel and her co-stars then wrote to studio heads urging Morris’s hiring; he joined in the show's second episode and remained a core cast member through its run.

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