Michael Urie is a consummate performer, equally comfortable plying his craft on stage, on camera, or in the bedroom of his New York apartment. The Upper West Side pad is where both he and his partner, actor Ryan Spahn, record most of their self-taped auditions, including the one that landed Urie his Emmy-nominated role as manic best friend Brian on the Apple TV+ comedy Shrinking . The video, shared exclusively with The Hollywood Reporter and shown below, reveals just how dialed in Urie was to the character — even as his scene partner, Spahn, read Jason Segel’s lines in a dry, affectless tone to avoid drawing too much attention to himself. (“The only thing in the world we fight about is self tapes,” Urie says. “And so basically anytime he has an audition, I have an audition, like i

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