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E! News: What has the fan response been like now that the first episode has premiered?
Ryan Hansen: As far as I know from Twitter and all that, I think everyone has really enjoyed it. I'm so thankful because it's obviously not Veronica Mars and it's a weird, wacky comedy with all the characters from the show, so it's cool that the Veronica Mars fans let that happen.

I loved how meta the premiere was, where you pitched Play It Again, Dick to real, actual CW execs. Amazing. What is the balance going to be like going forward? How much of the show will be you trying to launch the show vs. us getting to see the actual show within a show?
The first four episodes are me trying to convince everyone to be a part of the show and pitch them the idea. And then the last four-ish episodes are you getting to actually see the show within the show. It's so awesomely bad. It's really ridiculous and fun. So yeah, you'll get to see a lot of the show within the show.

How would you describe how everyone is going to be playing themselves on the show? Would you say that it's pretty realistic or is anyone going to play an extreme parody of themselves?
It's like a heightened version of themselves, but some of them are more extreme than others. [laughs] Like Percy [Daggs III, who plays Wallace] is ridiculous. He plays himself almost like a gangster. And Francis [Capra, who plays Weevil], not that he's not a thespian, but he really wants to show his acting chops. Everyone is playing it heightened. And then the show within a show, they're even more so. They're the person that I want them to be, which is ridiculous. Percy is going to be the badass he's always wanted to do and Francis is finally getting these really long, dramatic monologues that he's always wanted.

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