Leslie Bibb did it. She put in the work, honed her craft, powered through the lows, and now tackles one film or television project after the next. Is it smooth sailing? Not always, but thanks to a journey that included a whole lot of determination and excellent mentorship, Bibb now gets opportunities like God’s Favorite Idiot, a new Netflix series that lets her swing for the fences playing Satan.
For example, Bibb had quite the story to share about one of her very first gigs — or rather, what was almost one of her very first gigs. “In 24 hours [it] was like this big high and this big low. And I think maybe a month later, the showrunner who was a really lovely, decent person, I don’t remember his name, and I think they had really wanted me for the job, they called me and they said, ‘Would you come do an episode?’ And I was like, ‘F*ck that show!’ [Laughs] At first! And then I thought, ‘No, there’s something.’ And I went and did an episode.
“I remember we finished the show, they were like, ‘It’s not getting picked up,’ and I had a movie I was gonna go do in New York City, which I was so excited [about]. Then September 11th happened and the world sort of shut down. The movie I was gonna do in New York didn’t happen. The world just sort of halted and it felt like I stalled a little bit. But, you know, you just keep chugging along.