Summary
Not since Rocky Balboa has a man from Philadelphia taken the world by storm likeRob McElhenney.
The man co-created one of the most iconic, absolutelywildsitcoms of all time withIts Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Mythic Questfollows McElhenneys Ian Grimm as he runs his video game studio producing the popular MMORPGMythic Quest.
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Colliders ownJoe Schmidthad the absolute pleasure of sitting down with McElhenney to talk about the new season ofMythic Quest.
COLLIDER: How’s it going, Rob?
ROB MCELHENNEY: There is probably not a bigger proponent of the stuff we do than Collider.
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I just want to say thank you for your entire organization because you guys have been awesome.
I really appreciate that.
I only joined this site a couple months ago, but really I love it.
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MCELHENNEY: Oh, well, then this is not for you.
I will pass the credit on because this is stolen valor at this point.
Ian Grimm is in a really funny place this season.
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How do you feel that Ian is grown from Season 1 to now?
What would you say his growth is in Season 4?
MCELHENNEY: That’s always the trick in television.
The head of a successful video game design company and his troubled staff struggle to keep their hit game ‘Mythic Quest’ on top.
It’s been a lot of fun, but we’re always very careful to ensure it feels organic.
It’s also interesting because this season allows Ian to grow in a different way.
One of the cool things everyone loves aboutMythic Questis the standalone episodes.
He already let it out there, so it’s going to go out.
MCELHENNEY: This is actually something that Megan has been pushing for a couple of years.
In fact, we almost did this in the previous year, and I’m glad we waited.
We waited a year just to get another birthday.
We can talk about it.
I’d rather have people know what it’s about so that they can want to show up.
As long as it doesn’t give away anything secret, which it doesn’t.
Megan would beat this drum pretty loudly.
She led the charge on that, and she was 100% right, as per usual.
I’ve see her on the podcast.
She’s pretty great.
She’s mostly correct all the time.
MCELHENNEY: Almost always.
To an annoying degree, probably for you.
She’s the best.
I want to know when you guys realized you couldcrackbasically any sort of genre or storytelling technique.
When did you guys realize in producing the show that you could basically do whatever you wanted?
It’s easy to make something inevitable.
You just do the same story over and over again.
But to make it surprisingandinevitable at the same time is the key to storytelling.
That’s what creates goosebumps, and that’s what we’re always going for.
There’s this little-known crossover betweenAbbot ElementaryandIts Always Sunny in PhiladelphiaI guess it was a big deal.
But I gotta ask you, ifMythic Questcould crossover with another show, what would you choose?
MCELHENNEY: Oh, wow.
I think we would go withThe Last of Us.
[Laughs]
Damn.
That’s pretty dark, but yeah, I could see Ian thriving.
MCELHENNEY: I know!
But can you imagine that contagion taking over the office, but a couple of us survive?
I don’t know.
I think that’d be pretty rad.
New episodes ofMythic Questpremiere on Wednesdays only on AppleTV+.
