![]() ![]() The tryout involved a scene of laser tag, so Harris did a dive roll accidentally into a chair and did the dive roll again in front of CBS Corp. I think I knocked over some furniture at one point inadvertently." "Since I (considered) myself the long shot, I didn't care that much, and I think that allowed a freedom," Harris said. He knew Megan Branman, cast director for "How I Met Your Mother," and figured that he was being brought in as a friend and had little chance of landing the role. Harris tried out for the role of Barney following his successful cameo on "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" in 2004. "I just watched a rough cut with Nathan and Felicia, and we were giddy, as were they, so I have high expectations for it." "We're all very excited about it," Harris said. Horrible and appears alongside "Firefly" star Nathan Fillion, who plays Captain Hammer, and Felicia Day as Penny. Whedon writes on his blog that "it's the story of a low-rent super-villain, the hero who keeps beating him up, and the cute girl from the Laundromat he's too shy to talk to." It was created as an online series of three, 10-minute episodes. He also teamed up with Joss Whedon, creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Firefly," on the musical "Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog." Harris used the time off during the writers strike to recharge and enjoy time with family in Michigan and New Mexico. "When I Met Your Mother" is filmed in Los Angeles. Harris already held a passion for "The Price is Right," so when he had the chance to appear on the game show in the second season and "found out that Bob Barker could be Barney's distant birth father my life was a happier place." "It was either me being incredibly astute or knowing someone that was," Harris said. Harris knows a little basketball from his days watching the New Mexico Lobos inside their arena well known as "The Pit." Otherwise, Harris falls short of the diehard college basketball fan, so it came as a surprise when he did well with his bracket in a celebrity pool on, beating out Hannigan, Smulders and Radnor. The sitcom played off the large following for college basketball's March Madness with an episode dubbed "The Bracket." A mysterious woman is sabotaging Stinson's love life, so to try and figure who it is he creates a bracket with the 64 women most likely to hate him. "It's always nice to have fun new people join and play in the game." "We were just happy to be back on the air," Harris said. "How I Met Your Mother" returned from the writers strike and shortly afterward had an episode called "Ten Sessions" featuring guest spots by "Scrubs" star Sarah Chalke and pop singer Britney Spears. "I think Barney is 60 percent Larry from Three's Company,' 20 percent Regis Philbin, 10 percent Kramer and 25 percent awesome," a laughing Harris said. Trying to describe Stinson, a womanizer who favors suits and regularly uses the words "awesome" and "legendary," is an adventure in itself. Mosby then continues on his search for his soul mate. Mosby dates Robin (Cobie Smulders), another member of the group, for a while before they split up and remain friends. Stinson, a confirmed bachelor, helps along the way with his supposedly proven methods of meeting women. That spurs Mosby into finding his own true love. It began with the news that Mosby's best friend Marshall Eriksen (Jason Segel) was going to propose to his girlfriend Lily Aldrin (Alyson Hannigan of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"). The show is based on Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) and tells the story of how he falls in love. "The core five (actors) get along incredibly well. "It's one of those great jobs that doesn't come around so often for any actor," Harris, 34, said. That is, if by work, you mean playing Barney Stinson, the always-entertaining member of a group of friends on the CBS comedy "How I Met Your Mother." Stinson rarely holds back, always willing to express his opinion - and always on the prowl for women. ![]()
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