Chris Briney On Kissing Jean Smart, Playing a Harry Style-Esque Character, And Lying To The ‘Hacks’ Creators About His Singing Abilities: “Fake It Til You Make It”

Chris Briney is trading in the Fisher beach house in The Summer I Turned Pretty for the Vegas Strip in Hacks Season 5, and he couldn’t be more excited about it.

**Spoiler alert for Hacks Season 5, Episode 3, now streaming on HBO Max**

After three seasons playing Conrad Fisher in the Prime Video series, Briney is stepping outside his comfort zone and into the clutches of Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), playing Nico Hayes, a tatted-up international pop star, in the Emmy Award-winning comedy. Nico, who looks a little like Harry Styles if you squint hard enough, is immediately drawn to Deborah in the same way that Briney was drawn to the show… even though singing was a prerequisite.

“It’s Hacks, how do you say no to that? If you have an opportunity to do an episode of one of the greatest

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