New Girl has fallen off a cliff for me this season, but The Mindy Project keeps getting better and better. One of the reasons for TMP’s rapid ascent in quality is right here: Chris Messina, better known as Dr. Danny Castellano, the tough-talking, working-class OB-GYN who has formed something like a meaningful friendship with and sort-of crush on Mindy Kaling’s Dr. Mindy.

Anyway, the paparazzi took these photos of Chris Messina walking around West Hollywood, talking on his cell phone. I like Chris’s look of “Really? Me? You want photos of me?” YES. We want photos of you, Chris. I’m actually really happy about this. The paparazzi know who Chris Messina is and they care enough to take some candid photos. He has arrived! Sort of. I mean, Messina’s always been a steadily working actor – I remember seeing him in Damages, Julie and Julia (he played Amy Adams’ husband) and he’s worked concurrently on The Newsroom and TMP. But usually these kinds of workaholic character actors don’t get paparazzi love. I have no doubt (seriously) that Chris is becoming more of a household name because of The Mindy Project.

So, would I hit it? I don’t even know that much about Messina, but I would definitely bang Danny Castellano. Danny is so weird and funny and old-fashioned and… well, props to the writers for giving Danny some of the best lines in sitcoms today. I think the “Christmas Party Sex Trap” and “You’ve Got Sext” episodes were two of the strongest TV sitcom episodes I’ve seen in years. Sigh. So, yes, if Danny Castellano was standing in front of me, I would totally try to tap that.

PS… I don’t want to do any spoilers for last night’s “winter finale” but OMG OMG OMG. That was a game-changer, right? And hot damn, who knew that Danny was that kind of take-charge seducer?!

Photos courtesy of WENN, Pacific Coast News.

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