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\n SPOILER ALERT: <\/strong>The following article discusses plot details from Season 1, Episode 2 of \u201cThe Chair Company<\/a>,\u201d now streaming on HBO Max.<\/em><\/p>\n \n It\u2019s not easy to upstage Tim Robinson<\/a>. The comedian\u2019s signature character is a man whose social unease leads him to act out in big, loud, obnoxious ways \u2014 like the hot dog guy from the sketch series \u201cI Think You Should Leave,\u201d or Marvel enthusiast Craig Waterman in the film \u201cFriendship.\u201d Ron Trosper, the protagonist of Robinson\u2019s HBO conspiracy comedy \u201cThe Chair Company,\u201d is no exception to this rule. But in Ron\u2019s quest to find out what\u2019s going on with Tecca, the namesake manufacturer of a faulty chair that leads the mall developer to take an embarrassing tumble in front of his colleagues, he encounters many characters who more than match his eccentricities. People like a certain shirt salesman who pitches Ron on his membership program.<\/p>\n \n In the second episode of \u201cThe Chair Company,\u201d Ron visits the menswear shop Tamblay\u2019s in an attempt to identify his assailant from the series premiere, who warned Ron to stop looking into Tecca before running off and leaving an article of clothing behind as a clue. The Tamblay\u2019s proprietor agrees to help him out, confirming the shirt is one of theirs. The owner even models the item\u2019s wear and tear using a ball he happens to have on hand: \u201cIt\u2019s like a big belly <\/em>and someone\u2019s belly is pushin\u2019 up into the buttons,\u201d <\/em>the man explains. \u201cHe\u2019s about at his limit. <\/em>I happen to know a guy who\u2019s at his limit.\u201d <\/em>The emphases, cadence and delivery of this seemingly mundane dialogue combine to make the viewer sit up and ask themselves: Who is <\/em>that?<\/p>\n \n The actor, it turns out, didn\u2019t have to do much to get into character. Jared Lindner is the real-life co-proprietor of Suit Man<\/a>, a small business located in the Westchester County suburb of Mount Vernon, New York. Lindner\u2019s father founded the store nearly two decades ago, and the two still run Suit Man as a family operation. (You can learn more about the store in this video<\/a> on the small city\u2019s official YouTube channel.) Robinson himself took notice of Lindner when he swung by the store to scout the location. Lindner didn\u2019t recognize the \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d alum, but struck up a rapport with the crew: \u201cThey started to chuckle, because I\u2019m a pretty easygoing, somewhat young guy,\u201d Lindner tells Variety. <\/em>The next thing he knew, the production was calling to offer him the part.<\/p>\n \n Lindner is patching into our interview directly from Suit Man, where the racks of shirts, ties and socks appear exactly as they do in \u201cThe Chair Company.\u201d (During our conversation, Lindner walks around the store, iPhone in hand; at one point, a pair of hands appeared from offscreen to adjust his collar for the Zoom camera.) Lindner\u2019s distinctive voice, a Christopher Walken-esque blend of New York accent, long vowels and soft tone, is also identical to the one that appears in the show. The only real difference is that the actual Lindner is wearing a baseball cap \u2014\u00a0and instead of helping Robinson\u2019s protagonist with a mystery, he\u2019s singing the praises of the real Robinson to a reporter.<\/p>\n \n \u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable how good they are,\u201d Lindner says of Robinson, his creative partner Zach Kanin and their collaborators. \u201cThey took someone who had no idea what to do and made me feel comfortable enough to not be nervous,\u201d despite the dozens of crew members crowding into the Suit Man space. Lindner had never so much as read a script before making his acting debut on HBO, but credits Robinson and his team with making him feel at ease.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n \u201cI think of it like sports,\u201d Lindner says. \u201cWhen a good team has a very good manager and head coach, they don\u2019t need to yell. They don\u2019t need to tell you what to do. They\u2019re respected enough that everyone has the common goal to just get it done and make them happy.\u201d<\/p>\n \n Director Andrew DeYoung first worked with Robinson on \u201cFriendship\u201d before coming aboard \u201cThe Chair Company\u201d as an executive producer. Though the idea of casting Lindner came from Robinson, DeYoung didn\u2019t require much persuasion. (HBO asked that Lindner at least read for the network before giving the green light, but he quickly came aboard.) \u201cI was chatting with Jared and was like, \u2018This guy is so unique and interesting,\u2019\u201d DeYoung recalls. \u201cThere\u2019s something about him and his way of being that\u2019s rare and captivating in the sweetest way possible. No one\u2019s making fun of anybody at all, and I hope that\u2019s clear.\u201d<\/p>\n \n Though a total acting novice like Lindner is an extreme example of its casting strategy, \u201cThe Chair Company\u201d generally avoided big names and recognizable faces when populating its strange, extreme world. Besides Robinson, Lake Bell and Sophia Lillis \u2014\u00a0who play Ron\u2019s wife and daughter, respectively \u2014 are probably the best-known series regulars. Everyone else is much less likely to come with pre-existing associations for the audience, which is precisely the point.<\/p>\n \n \u201cThere\u2019s an excitement when you don\u2019t have the baggage of somebody that you know,\u201d DeYoung explains. \u201cThere are so many brilliant people out there that are trying to be performers \u2014\u00a0or, in Jared\u2019s case, not \u2014\u00a0who show up and electrify the screen because they bring something special and unique.\u201d That\u2019s what appeals to him, Robinson and Kanin about figures like Lindner, who can make such an impression in such a short span of time. \u201cWhat\u2019s beautiful about Tim and Zach [is], even if a character has one line, they feel incredibly rich,\u201d DeYoung says. \u201cThat, to me, is so exciting. When you have those specificities, a character shows up and you\u2019re like, \u2018I would like to follow them.\u2019 It feels like we\u2019re living in a world that goes beyond the screen.\u201d As \u201cThe Chair Company\u201d works to build an entire immersive universe where Ron\u2019s paranoid logic makes a certain kind of sense, it\u2019s helpful to cast figures like Lindner who carry an ingrained sense of authenticity.<\/p>\n \n Suit Man may not have a membership program like Tamblay\u2019s, or an accompanying group chat with five separate guys named Ron in it. But Lindner stresses that he always strives for recurring business. \u201cI always say when a gentleman comes in to see me, I don\u2019t want to sell them one sweater and then never see them again,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019d rather sell them a sweater for their wedding, and then their son\u2019s christening, and their other daughter\u2019s baptism, or whatever it is. We\u2019ve made lifelong friends. They\u2019re not even customers.\u201d Even though Lindner says he\u2019s open to acting again after having such a good experience with \u201cThe Chair Company,\u201d he\u2019s not abandoning his day job.<\/p>\n \n When we spoke, Lindner hadn\u2019t yet gotten the chance to watch his own performance, though he has gone back and watched Robinson\u2019s Comedy Central series \u201cDetroiters\u201d to get a sense of what he might expect from the final product. The prospect of introducing himself to a mass audience is the first time in our conversation where even a hint of actorly self-consciousness comes up. \u201cI hope I don\u2019t make a fool out of myself in front of my wife,\u201d Lindner says. \u201cEverybody told me that I did okay, but I guess I\u2019ll have to see for myself on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js<\/a> SPOILER ALERT: The following article discusses plot details from Season 1, Episode 2 of \u201cThe Chair Company,\u201d now streaming on HBO Max. It\u2019s not easy to upstage Tim Robinson. 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