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