ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This is the first time youve all hung out in a while, right?
AYA CASH:Actually, I woke up with an infected belly button I think?
from a piercing I had years ago.
Credit: Autumn de Wilde/FX
Anybody else have piercings they want to confess?
KETHER DONOHUE:Look how tiny my earlobes are.
I tried to pierce them, like, five times.
AYA:Id be covered from head to toe if I wasnt an actor.
I have a tramp stamp.
Its like a giant hawk whose talons sort of grip each cheek.
It takes two hours to cover up when we have sex scenes.
Speaking of questionable choices, what were your characters like in their teens?
KETHER:Probably much like myself.
I had my first fake ID when I was 11.
My name was Farrah LaStraud.
And she was at tennis camp but also giving bl jobs behind the shed kind of thing.
KETHER:He deserves a bl job.
CHRIS GEERE:He does.
AYA:I went to tennis camp.
I didnt give a single bl job.
On screen, you have some extraordinarily random arguments.
Whats the dumbest thing youve ever fought about in real life?
AYA:My husband and I recently got in a fight about how he was walking down the street.
If it was good, hed think they were cute.
If it was on the rocks, he would be like: Youre disgusting.
CHRIS:My wife accidentally, I think, on purpose gave away a hugeHomelandstory line.
We slept in separate beds that night.
KETHER:Well, if somethings in the middle of two other things, that makes a sandwich.
CHRIS:A threesome is a sandwich.
Do you remember the movieThreesome?
The first movie I masturbated to.
KETHER:I masturbated toHousesitter.
KETHER:She plays Steve Martins ex.
Her boobs looked really good.
AYA:What about USA Up All Night?
KETHER:Or that movie where Robert Downey Jr. is dead and hes, like, an angel?
DESMIN:Anything Robert Downey Jr., Kether has masturbated to.Iron Man 3was just a ffest over there.
He was not interested.
DESMIN:Although he is a very fine actor.
Do conversations like these ever make it into episodes?
AYA:My moles were removed from theYoure the Worstposter.
So I tweeted, By the way, thats not my face.
Theres a line in this season where Jimmy calls me his
CHRIS:Mole-lipped Lillian Hellman.
AYA:I was like, motherfer.
And I was like, Im fine with my front, but Ive got back fat.
Cut to: Next season, back fat pops in.
AYA:[Whispers] He doesnt have any back fat.
CHRIS:But people pick up on this.
I hope shes okay.
DESMIN:Insecure and failing at life, hence they write things on message boards.
DESMIN:We live in a world where theres no delayed gratification anymore.
CHRIS:If people dont get answers immediately, they give up.
Thats not what this show is about.
We dont have a beginning, a middle, and an end.
This is life, these four people are changing all the time.
And thats what makes it interesting.
You seem to really like one another.
Does that help you get through the criticism?
And FXX just completely backs it up.
But the difference is
DESMIN:How we rub each other off.
[Everyone laughs.]
Plus, we always have Taco Bell for Aya close by.
Or doughnuts for all of us.
AYA:Were all eaters.
The reason actors are assholes is because they dont eat.
If I didnt eat, I would be a bitch!
DESMIN:Ill take friendship and sanity over six-pack abs any day.
AYA:Its not like suddenly everybody gets fixed.
Gretchen is dealing with stuff in that shes bought a gym membershipthen she sits and watches people work out.
But its darker for other characters.
I go up this season, and everyone else goes down.
How could your characters get evendarker?
DESMIN:You wouldnt think they could.
KETHER:It makes artificially inseminating yourself with a turkey baster look like
DESMIN:Nothing.
KETHER:a carnival.
CHRIS:Jimmy realizes he cant live within his own little bubble anymore.
But he does do it with Gretchen.
Theyre a team again.
Were you surprised when you got that script?
AYA:No, I felt the same way you did.
For Jimmy and Gretchen its a big moment, but for the audience its like: Duh.
CHRIS:I think Jimmys loved Gretchen from the very beginning.
AYA: And I think Gretchen, well…you know, very slowly got on board.
While the show is a comedy, you deftly tackle serious issues.
Will you mention the election?
CHRIS:Not so far.
AYA:Its a hard place to talk about it, because you dont want to alienate people.
So, whats on tap for season 3?
CHRIS:More with PTSD.
And theres a big event in Jimmys life that will be revealed.
DESMIN:[Whispers] Its about his penis.
AYA:Heres an amazing spoiler: Theres a penis cage.
Thats all Im going to say.
Should I know what a penis cage is?
CHRIS:Google it.
If you get even slightly aroused, its the most painful thing in the world.
Not from firsthand experience.
AYA:The actor who wears the penis cage did not know.
I showed him a picture before he read the script.
Most important: Do we get another Sunday Funday?
AYA:You do.
The episode is called The Last Sunday Funday.
AYA:When youre on a Forever 21 T-shirt, its time to move on to something new.
