Greg Poehler On ‘You Me Her’ Nude Scenes: Getting Them Cut Is ‘Much Worse Than Actually Shooting Them’

Greg Poehler, who broke out with the sitcom Welcome To Sweden a couple of years ago, is returning to comedy in DirecTV’s new show You Me Her – which follows a married suburban couple that contemplates the idea of welcoming a third person into their marriage.

Greg Poehler On ‘You Me Her’

In You Me Her, Poehler’s character Jack is feeling frustrated with his and his wife’s sex life, and so, on the advice of his friends, seeks out an escort named Izzy (Priscilla Faia). He confesses the infidelity – both sexual and emotional – to his wife Emma (Rachel Blanchard), who, instead of divorcing him, seeks out that same escort and discovers that she too has a connection with her. What ensues is a polyromantic relationship that no party is sure will work.

Due to the subject matter of You Me Her, Poehler had to strip down a number of times to film scenes for the series. Fortunately for the actor, he doesn’t embarrass easily when it comes to his own nudity. But, there was another aspect of the process that proved a bit distressing for him.

“Something about standing around fairly naked – if not totally naked – in front of a group of fifty, that kind of requires that you not be so modest,” Poehler told uInterview in an exclusive interview at SXSW. “For me, it’s not so much the shooting of the sex scenes that’s embarrassing; it’s more when you get the first cut and you realize they’ve cut out all of your nude scenes. That’s more embarrassing.”

“That’s much worse than actually shooting them,” Poehler added. “When people see the scenes and say, ‘You know what? Nobody needs to see that, we can’t even CGI that, it’s a lost cause.'”

Unlike his sister Amy Poehler, Greg Poehler didn’t pursue a career in comedy from the get-go. Instead, he studied law and became a lawyer. It was while living and working in both New York and Sweden with his Swedish-born wife a few years ago that he decided to give writing and acting in comedy a shot, even though a part of him thought it was a crazy idea.

“About four years ago I sat up in my attic and wrote the script to Welcome To Sweden,” Poehler told uInterview. “When I was writing that script, there was definitely a voice in my head that was telling me this is ridiculous – a very loud, doubting voice that was telling me that this was pathetic and that there’s millions of people that think they can act, think they can write and so please stop. There was another more positive voice that was also in my head saying, you can do it man, just, someone has to give you a shot…. I think the moral of the story is to tell that doubting voice in your head to shut the hell up.”

You Me Her premieres March 22 at 9 p.m. EST on DirectTV’s Audience Network.