Shifting Gear’s Kat Dennings is getting real about performing in front of a live audience now compared to her 2 Broke Girls era

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Kat Dennings is hardly a sitcom newbie. The longtime Marvel Cinematic Universe star (who is returned to her role as Darcy Lewisone of them best minor marvel charactersmany times) spent six seasons playing Max Black on the instantly popular CBS comedy 2 Broke Girlsand has now taken his talents to ABC for it 2025 TV program entry, Change gears. And the star has just gotten real about performing in front of a live audience now compared to her Broke girls era.

What did Shifting Gears’ Kat Dennings say about performing in front of a live audience now?

After wrapping up his time 2 Broke Girls In 2017, Kat Dennings returned to the sitcom star life in Change gears. The WandaVision actress portrays Riley, the daughter of Tim Allen’s characterwidow specialist in car restoration Matt. Unfortunately for Riley, fed up with her husband’s lackadaisical attitude towards their family, she and her two teenagers have to move back in with Matt, with whom she has always had a contentious relationship.

The comedy sees Dennings return to performing in front of a live sitcom audience each week and when asked about the experience of Collidershe talked about how it’s different for her now compared to when she was on her previous, horse-filled show:

The live audience is truly incredible. I remember on 2 Broke Girls, I had only previously done small films and things like that, so it really freaked me out at the start of that show. I was really unsure how to navigate the crowd and it just felt crazy. And then I got used to it. Now I really love it. They almost feel like a different character. They are a tool. We know something is working if they laugh. Sometimes they laugh in a place that you don’t expect, where you don’t think it’s the joke, but they think it’s funny, so you think, “Oh, my God, I have to rearrange this joke now .” So it can be a challenge, but in a very good and fun way. I love it now. I think it’s the funniest thing ever.

Like the relatively recently married to Dennings noted that when she started on her CBS hit in 2011, she had no experience working in a studio full of live and in-person sitcom fans, so it makes a lot of sense that it would take some getting used to and that it was “freaking out her out at the beginning. But even though it’s been a while since she’s performed like this, she said she’s grown to “love” having the audience there, as they “almost feel like another character.”

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While she has “the most fun ever” performing for live studio audiences, Thor Star admitted that there is one part of the process that is still a little nerve-wracking for her, and that would be when everyone applauds her entrance. As she said:

It is very strange. The intro is actually my least favorite part. It’s before we start shooting and I get so nervous. And then, as soon as we roll and do a scene, I’m not nervous at all. It’s just when I try to say hello to everyone I feel like I’m 6 years old and scared, but it’s great.

Awwww. I love that Dennings was willing to open up about what makes her nervous about filming Change gearsbut also that she is able to get past that and help deliver laughs on a regular basis.