One of many unique solid members of Parks and Recreation is prepared for a triumphant return to Pawnee. Aziz Ansari not too long ago revealed simply how keen he’s to return to the function of Tom Haverford.
Talking with Leisure Weekly on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition, Ansari revealed precisely why he’d wish to revisit the Amy Poehler-led political mockumentary collection. “I might like to spend time with anyone from Parks — even when the present was horrible, and we simply acquired a decent-enough examine, however we acquired to spend time collectively,” he joked. “I would simply be up for it.” Parks and Rec initially aired on NBC from 2009 to 2015, with a particular reunion episode airing in 2020.
As for what a possible Parks and Rec reboot may entail, Ansari additionally offered some potential concepts. “Oh man, if I get to spend time with Jim, I might like to do it,” he mentioned, referencing Jim O’Inheritor who performed Garry “Jerry” Gergich. Naturally, he additionally believes his personal character of Tom Haverford would even be place to discover Parks and Rec‘s story. “I believe additionally Tom can be one to examine in with, discover out what is going on on with Tom.”
Whereas quite a few profitable sitcoms have been getting reboots and revivals in recent times, there has but to be any official affirmation that Parks and Recreation will get the identical therapy. For now, the final time the solid shared the display was throughout a particular episode created in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic that raised funds for Feeding America. Regardless of not actively working together with his co-stars, Ansari additionally revealed that he nonetheless retains in contact with a few of them.
“I really like these individuals a lot and each now, after which I get to see [them],” he mentioned. “I noticed [Rashida Jones, who played Ann Perkins] a few weeks in the past. I noticed Adam [Scott] just a few months in the past. They’re one of the best.”
One other Parks & Rec Star Agrees With Aziz Ansari’s Spinoff Thought
The story that Ansari can image for a possible Parks and Recreation revival strains up carefully with an concept already shared by one in every of his former co-stars. Earlier this yr, Severance‘s Adam Scott talked about which character a derivative ought to concentrate on and agreed that Jim O’Inheritor’s Jerry was a good selection.
“I believe as a result of after we left the present, he was mayor, nonetheless, of Pawnee. I might prefer to see how that labored out, if there have been any scandals, or if he was in a position to maintain his powder dry and run the city in the best way we all know it must be run,” Scott mentioned.
Parks and Recreation is now streaming on Peacock.
Parks and Recreation
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2009 – 2015
- Showrunner
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Michael Schur
- Administrators
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Dean Holland, Ken Whittingham, Troy Miller, Craig Zisk, Morgan Sackett, Randall Einhorn, Michael Trim, Nicole Holofcener, Tristram Shapeero, Wendey Stanzler, Beth McCarthy-Miller, Jason Woliner, Charles McDougall, Daniel J. Goor, Nick Offerman, Tucker Gates, Alan Yang, Alex Hardcastle, Jorma Taccone, Seth Gordon, Adam Scott, David Rogers, Jaime Eliezer Karas, Jeffrey Blitz
- Writers
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Harris Wittels, Aisha Muharrar, Dave King, Katie Dippold, Joe Mande, Megan Amram, Matt Murray, Donick Cary, Mike Scully, Rachel Axler, Alexandra Rushfield, Chelsea Peretti, Matt Hubbard, Greg Levine, Sam Means, Jen Statsky, Emma Fletcher, Rachna Fruchbom, Emily Kapnek, Emily Spivey, Greg Daniels, Tucker Cawley, Nate DiMeo
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Aziz Ansari
Tom Haverford
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Aubrey Plaza
April Ludgate
