he would've saved his hidden lust for lydia deetz until the last possible minute but re: filming he's awkward and private with his *process* so i think he would've actually shied away from her for the bulk of filming and at some point was abruptly like "I THINK WE SHOULD BE DISTANT LIKE OUR CHARACTERS" and just walked away mid-conversation about the weather or something entirely unrelated in a 100% unnecessary af way, but otherwise once she sweetly rejected him i think he'd be cool with being more friendly generally speaking? but legit there were multiple cringe worthy remarks made about how "veronica sawyer was the first woman i ever really loved, i think, aside from my mother," and "i almost cried when i watched mr. deeds, it was SO BENEATH YOU." etc etc etc.