Will & Grace creators went to high school with David Schwimmer, reveal he'll be the "spine" of Grace's season

The Hollywood Reporter

Max Mutchnick says he and fellow co-creator David Kohan created Schwimmer's part as a love interest for Grace before he was cast. "I think the first day we started talking about the character, we thought of our high school buddy, David Schwimmer, and thought to ourselves that this would be such a good part for Schwimms — if he wanted to dip his toe into the waters of multi-camera comedy again," says Mutchnick. "So we wrote him an email, then we went to New York for the weekend and laid it out for him. And he got on board. It was beshert — it was meant to be." Mutchnick adds that Schwimmer's surprise appearance created a reaction from the live audience that was so loud and long that they had to have it removed.