'Silicon Valley' Star Thomas Middleditch on being recognized as 'Verizon Pitchman'

Have you seen Silicon Valley? If you haven't, you certainly need to, pronto! The show recently confirmed that the upcoming sixth season will be the show's last and the best part is that there aren't too many episodes for you to binge on.

In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Thomas Middleditch talked about how it is a little weird to be recognized as Verizon Pitchman, and not his character of Richard Hendricks in the show. 

"Not everybody has HBO," Middleditch tells The Hollywood Reporter. "But everybody watches [sports] and sees me during the commercials." The 37-year-old actor-comic admits it's "a little weird" being famous for peddling "America's largest and most reliable 4G LTE network" but says he's learned to accept it. "As long as it's not, 'Hey, it's the Verizon guy, now hold still while I punch you in the face,' I'm OK with it," he says.

As for the gut punch of saying goodbye to Richard Hendricks, the cast and crew, Middleditch says it’s bittersweet. "It’s nice that it’s not a situation where the show is being canceled. The story is coming to an end. That’s a very fortunate thing in the land of television. The story is finite and it always has been," he explains, adding that he’s already snagged a coveted item from set — a Piper vs. Hooli foosball table. "We’re sad to see it go but everybody feels good about where it’s at."