While Rob McElhenney and Kaitlin Olson's chemistry is evident in their real-life relationship, it wasn't love at first sight for the couple. In 2022, when Olson was a caller on "The Always Sunny Podcast," her husband asked her, "You fell instantly in love, right?" Co-star Charlie Day wondered if she recalled seeing McElhenney at her audition. Olson answered, "So what I do remember is, as soon as I got in my car, I called my manager...I wanted it so bad. And I was like, 'I think that was really good.' And she goes, 'Were any of them cute?' And I was like, 'Not really.'"
Though Olson and McElhenney didn't link up when they first met, the pair collaborated well on the show, with McElhenney even modifying the character of Sweet Dee around Olson's suggestions and recommendations. In an interview with Metro, Olson shared how her character came to be and explained that she preferred the male characters over the female character in the show's script, which pushed McElhenney to reconstruct the character of Dee. When her future husband said he and the team weren't well-versed in writing for female characters, Olson recalled, "I said, 'Well don't write for a woman, just write another funny character and I'll make it a woman.' So I'm glad that I trusted him..."
From that moment on, Olson was front and center in the show among the other actors, which would lead to an eventual romance between her and McElhenney.
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