Zooey Deschanel Says ‘New Girl’ Cast Was “Forced to Drive Home” After Brutal Hours on Set

There were plenty of late nights on the set of New Girl — and sometimes the hardest part of the day was simply getting home. Zooey Deschanel recently recalled that she and her castmates were “forced to drive home” from set because “none of us had rides to work.” “The hours were insane,” she said while chatting with fellow New Girl star Jake Johnson on Wednesday’s episode of his podcast, We’re Here to Help. “I would drive home from work and be almost like falling asleep.” It got bad enough that Deschanel would sometimes call her mom for help. “My mom would wake up in the middle of the night because I’d be like, ‘I’m so tired. I can’t drive home,’” she added. “And she would wake up to talk to me so I’d stay awake. Isn’t that really sweet?” Johnson agreed. The actor said the schedule was “too