In the world of NBC’s Undateable, the answer is yes.

In the new sitcom, created by Adam Sztykiel and Exec Produced by Bill Lawrence (Cougar Town, Scrubs), a group of men are coached through their dating woes by a self-proclaimed dating expert, Danny (comic Chris D’Elia). One of the friends is Brett, who is newly out of the closet and equally clueless about dating as his friends.

Actor David Fynn plays Brett and talked to TheBacklot about the new take on the gay character as well as some of the misadventures he’ll endure while trying to make a love connection on the new series.

TheBacklot: The show really presents Brett as just one of the guys. Can you talk about what we’ll see in his journey?

David Fynn: I think he was one the guys. In the life of the show he came out, perhaps, a few weeks before so it’s quite amusing. He’s always been involved in the group and is just one of the guys and he even went chasing women with Justin (Brent Morin) in college…there are a few jokes that reference that. There’s a great storyline that involves Justin and Brett where Brett’s kind of like, ‘why can’t you make fun of me anymore, is it because of gay thing?’ It touches on that and how it’s new for those guys as well…it is what it is and I think that’s the best way to deal with it.

TBL: How is Brett doing as far as dating and trying to meet guys? Is he having just as much problem as the other guys are?

DF: Oh absolutely. They go to a party where they end up in a Jacuzzi with a professional basketball team and I think that’s about as well he does…I think, especially when it comes to sitcom, a lot of the time you’ve got to end up where you started, so now he doesn’t quite get the ball rolling, I’m afraid, as much as he tries.

(l-r) Ron Funches, Bianca Kajlich, Brent Morin, Chris D'Elia, Fynn and Rick Glassman (NBC)

In the course of the first season at least, will we see Brett actually learn anything from Chris’s character (Danny) or the other guys, or vice versa?

DF: Under the course of the series there’s a lot of stuff about loyalty as a friendship group that comes up, so there’s a lot of stuff to do with that, about also having each other’s backs. And at the end of the day that’s one of the most important things. But in terms of dating, he teaches a lot of what not to do’s, just don’t do this, don’t do that. I think even Danny struggles to find the right way for all of us.

But I think overall he’s trying to just teach a bit of a carpe diem philosophy and just kind of go for it. Because when he meets us we are all in this cocoon of self-doubt and we all kind of take each other on with that, and we all build this protective layer over ourselves, and he tries to break us out of it. And I think what we learn is that you just got to get up off your ass and try. And he definitely gives us that, which backfires at times.

Do we a get a sense, in these episodes, what Brett’s type is? Does he have a type or is he kind of across the board?

DF: Well, he likes Puerto Rican guys, and there’s an episode where Danny invites the gay community into the bar for the evening and Brett is very much distracted by a hot Puerto Rican man with abs. But overall I’m not sure he does have a type really. I think he’s still so crippled by fear that he doesn’t even know what his type is. I think he’s still trying to get over just the fact that he’s going to have to get into that world at some point and I don’t even think he’s ready for that yet.

You’ve done so many different kinds of shows. Of course Game of Thrones and The Inbetweeners and Doctor Who-- so as an actor where do you naturally fall? Are you more of a comedic kind of guy or do you like the darker stuff?

DF: Even thinking of Game of Thrones, my character was farting and pissing within two minutes. So all of the time, even in the darker stuff, I found myself a lot of the time being the comic relief. I think as actors we all aspire to do a variety of stuff but I think if people start seeing you a certain way or if you find yourself naturally landing the category or you find yourself working more in an area, you shouldn’t fight against it.

I think it’s interesting to always do challenging projects and so much stuff. Most of my resume is comedy, so I find it a bigger challenge to do the more dramatic stuff. But I think if you’re laughing all day then it doesn’t feel like work. So I have found myself, in the last three or four years especially, going more towards the comedy side of things. And at the moment that’s where I am and I’m not going to fight that, I’m going to enjoy it.

I just started following you on Twitter. What’s your take on social media and interacting with people? Is it something you like or does it seem like part of work?

DF: It’s all quite new to me, the social media thing, I’ve gotten more into it since I’ve started on Undateable because all the guys are comics on the show [and] they’re very heavily involved in social media because obviously that’s certainly part of doing standup or being a comic. So I felt myself naturally drawn to that as well. I don’t have a very big following at all yet, but I think these days it can be part of the job to have an online presence. I think it can’t hurt as long as you conduct yourself in the right way.

Undateable premieres Thursday at 9pm on NBC. You can also follow David Fynn on Twitter.