‘Parks and Recreation’ stars say coronavirus was ‘solely circumstance’ for reunion

It looks as if the long-awaited reunion promised to Leslie Knope within the sequence finale of “Parks and Recreation” — “It's going to occur, sometime,” her husband, performed by Adam Scott, says — has lastly arrived.


It simply took a worldwide pandemic to make it occur, in line with a report in Selection.


“That is basically the one circumstance that might name for a ‘Parks’ reunion, I believe: to assist individuals out,” Scott, who performs a mild-mannered state auditor named Ben Wyatt, advised the publication. “It makes emotional sense, and inventive sense as properly.”


In response to the report, present co-creator Mike Schur despatched an electronic mail to the forged of “Parks and Rec” in March asking if they'd be desirous about doing a reunion episode to assist increase donations for Feeding America, a non-profit group that helps feed hungry Individuals via its community of 200 meals banks.


The thought was to create an episode that mirrors at the moment’s world: the actors would videoconference in from their properties relatively than gathering on a set, and the characters would deal with quarantine and the pandemic explicitly.


The episode’s whole level is to see “what would occur if this was occurring in Pawnee? The place would we discover these characters in their very own quarantine state of affairs?” says Aubrey Plaza, who performs the deadpan slacker April Ludgate.


It was not clear Thursday evening how a lot cash the episode has raised, although State Farm and Subaru of America have every made matching contributions of $150,000.


Donations will probably be accepted via Might 21.



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