With 'Love Life,' William Jackson Harper reaches a good place in his career — as leading man
As recently as five years ago, William Jackson Harper's career goals were simple: He wanted to reach a level of success where he wasn't worried about rent or in need of several roommates.
To be where he is now — in London, shooting a film he can't discuss, no really, not at all — is, to his mind, a wild turn of events.
Until 2016, when he landed the role of Chidi Anagonye, the endearingly indecisive and anxious former ethics scholar, on NBC's "The Good Place," Harper was the definition of "working actor," competing for on- and off-Broadway roles and landing guest spots on shows like "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and "30 Rock."
"Just before booking 'The Good Place,' I was at this place in my career where I was like, 'I'm not sure that I like this anymore,'" he says. "'I'm not sure having several roommates and living paycheck to paycheck and being in my mid-30s and wondering, "Is this what my life is going to be forever?" is it. Where I'm just always a little bit scared about rent, and I can never take
