In an interview, Sabrina Impacciatore, revealed that calling Jennifer Coolidge’s character Tanya “Peppa Pig” was not only improvisation, but she wasn’t even sure if the moment had made it to the show at all.
[The Peppa Pig line] Oh! You know about that?! [Yes, I know!] Oh, ‘cause it’s in the show?! [Yes, it is!] Oh, I’m so happy about that! That’s really - sorry, I’m so surprised. Oh, really?!
[How was it playing off of her [Jennifer Coolidge?] You know what happened? I’m so glad it’s on the show. Allora - because Mike [White] said, “Hey guys, you can improvise if you want in this scene.” It was like my third day of shooting and I was so intimidated by Jennifer like, so - because to me she is a goddess. She’s a genius.And me I was just, I just wanted to lay down and worship her, you know? So I improvised. And I said “Peppa Pig.” And you know what happened? She could not stop laughing. Like, she exploded in this laughter. And me, I thought, “Oh my God, what’s going to happen?” And me too - and then John [Gries] was laughing like, everybody was laughing and then they had to cut. I mean, we went on with the scene but then I was wondering, “Are they going to put this in the scene, because she didn’t know this Peppa Pig.”
