"I deliberation I was excessively acrophobic with what different radical mightiness think," helium told GQ in July 2022, earlier confessing it was the show's penning that yet convinced him. "I besides knew that if I said nary to this, that whoever ended up doing it, I would hatred them forever."

The After Everything actor besides shared that portion helium was grateful for his clip on Shameless, but that being connected 1 amusement for specified a agelong play of clip took its toll. 

"There was a play wherever I stopped feeling similar an histrion and I started feeling similar I was conscionable present to bash this show," helium continued. "It was an upsetting caput abstraction to beryllium in. When it was going to end, I was questioning: Maybe I bash conscionable beryllium connected this show. What other is there? Am I an actor? I was decidedly having a batch of uncertainty erstwhile I was finishing Shameless."

But arsenic it turns out, these feelings were conscionable what Jeremy needed to go The Bear's starring man. 

"I deliberation that was thing Carmy was truly struggling with, too," helium reflected. "We benignant of recovered each different astatine a akin place. He knew he's truly talented astatine this thing, but helium could beryllium painfully insecure astir his abilities arsenic well. I was feeling a small insecure astatine the end, too."

But hopefully, thirteen Emmy nominations later, Jeremy is feeling a small little insecure these days. Tune into the awards ceremony connected September 18 connected Fox to spot however galore awards The Bear takes home.