#the only way we knew will as winston would be in billions season 5 at all. your boy is coy

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don’t forget the reason for the season (would you kiss your clone? yes. and you’re mr. maccabee)

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Sometimes I think about how much Will Roland’s mom loves Billions solely because her son is in it and she’s proud of him

naturally immediately reminds me of this iconic wynnstannery occasion in late 2019 where we knew billions s5 production had begun but there were no signs will was filming as winston and so we were getting increasingly concerned about the potential to write the character out between seasons if they felt like it, until in december ms beth roland was in line for the joe iconis xmas extravaganza ft. your son will roland as this year's xmas antagonist cyril von miserthorpe, and she struck up a conversation with a fan also in line and because she was hype she shared the information that will had signed on for 7 episodes already (aka all the episodes in that first round of production, little did we know) and essentially the fan passed that information along to us, which was a delight and a relief

and more generally yeah truly classic energy that his parents are Out Here being that hyped and notably proud about everything and you inevitably run into this whether through secondhand reference to it or seeing it manifesting in a virtual space or live and in person b/c you're standing in line with his mom.....there's will in one interview like "my parents are incredibly supportive...i could go onto the stage, i could take a dump, and they would just...just never stop clapping" and in another about how his mom's definitely going to be watching it later (although seems she might've been watching it live) and how when the bmc cast got the bway run news he first got in the crying bathtub to call his mom and gave that answer abt What Are You Most Looking Forward To re: the bway run like "i'm excited for my parents to see it" which was also a q&a wherein it's like yeah everyone knows his parents and they're supportive to everybody, just like they were Known at the music box theatre, go back to the never have i ever video with kristolyn like finishing the second half of a classic bill roland quote as she and will simultaneously do that impression of him lmao....the way that especially during the 2020 plethora of livestreamed virtual interviews and the like, you could occasionally find ms beth roland dropping in the livechat, or how just sometimes she'd appear in video comments, she was a big fan of the late Will Roland In Billions compilation video....the fact that when i dug around for some unproducible smackdown lore, i found this account from an attendee in 2012 or 2013 saying "i meet the parents and grandmother of upcoming actor will roland. they're very proud of will...they are all lovely people and will's father has the best laugh in the audience."

also naturally Handshake with her wherein, maybe unlike will's dad, we were not already watching billions when will showed up in it, but got into it b/c he did. the wynnstannery expertise she has....Would talk about my winston hc's with her, Would discuss themes, Would hype up her son's acting choices and the energy his performances have, only the number one appreciator who gave us the gift of "oh thank god he's not only going to be in season 5 at all and we don't have to wait for the trailer to drop after like another month and a half of anxiety to have this presence confirmed, but his being signed for At Least 7 out of the season's 12 episodes already equals the number of episode appearances he had in seasons 3 and 4 combined" like what a gift. also thanks for the entire thing since that's your son