Conan O’Brien was hoping to get in on the action in . The comedian revealed on a recent episode of his that he actually pitched himself to show creator after a run-in in Bangkok, Thailand, over a year ago. “Before you guys started shooting , I ran into none other than Mike White in a restaurant,” O’Brien told season three star Walter Goggins.
“We start chatting because we’ve met each other once or twice before and he’s a very funny, cool guy. I said, ‘Hey, so the next season of , you’re going down to Thailand, right?’ And he said, ‘Yeah.’ And I said, ‘I was there.
I had a great time. I made a lot of friends.’” O’Brien then proceeded with his pitch: “I said, ‘If there’s a part for me, I’m available.
’” However, White had a specific idea in mind. “He looked at me and he said, ‘You know, there’s a lot of sex work there,'” O’Brien recalled of their conversation. “And I said, ‘I could do that.
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I could play a part where I’m a male gigolo or something.” While Goggins and co-hosts Sona Movsesian and Matt Gourley erupted in laughter at the thought, the actor also had some encouraging words for the comedian: “Yes, you could do that. I believe that you could do that.
” “Do you think I could play that or do you think I actually could be a gigolo?” O’Brien quipped before Goggins responded, “Well, I think you could do both. I think you could play that part and you could be that person in real life.” The third .