Ellie Kemper (Photograph: Luke Fontana)

One of the perks of comedy journalism for me is talking to friends, transcribing our conversations and sending them along after trimming. In this case, I continued to ask my editor at Time Out, Are you sure? We’ve known each other for while. And his response was, Yeah, we already love her, and I’m sure your history will help the piece. We hadfun but I hope it’s fun to read, too…

Ellie Kemper talks furies, vices and wanting to play the next Walter White