Funny and lovely Amy Poehler. Going through a separation/divorce in real life, getting a marriage proposal in her TV life.
Poehler who plays Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, and her tireless efforts to make her quintessentially American town just a little bit more fun, gets a proposal from Ben played by Adam Scott.
How did Amy feel about shooting that scene?
“When I read that scene I cried because I was so happy that I had my job at Parks and then I got to do that scene with Adam and that Mike Schur wrote it because I knew it would be great.
And it’s very rare, you know, as an actor when you read a scene and you know it’s going to be great, you can just kind of see it. And so when we were shooting the scene I was really excited that we were getting to do it because I was – had really just been looking forward to doing it.
And I was really happy for Leslie, so I think the mood on the – on set was a really kind of joyous one. I know even though it was kind of a sweet scene I know Adam and I were really just happy to have such a well written scene to get to do.
And we care about our characters so we were kind of excited that this was happening for them.”
On Thursday’s episode Leslie meets Ben’s parents. Can You discuss?
“Well it’s – how much do we talk about without spoilers. Well we’re really excited – we know who the actors are. They are so great, we have Glen Hedley who is amazing. And Jonathan Banks.”
Now to the Globes…
Have you met with Tina Fey yet to discuss any ideas for what you’re going to be doing for the Golden Globes?
“No, no. You know, we’re both – we’re really excited but we’re both shooting now on our, you know, TV shows and we’re, you know, kind of used to S&L style, working a little closer to the date.
So it’s kind of a little to far out to start really planning because news can change and, you know, we, you know, things happen closer to the thing. So, no we’ve talked about – we certainly exchanged, we’ve seen each other and talked about how we’re excited but no we haven’t planned anything yet.”
If their chemistry in the hilarious ‘Baby Mama’ movie is any indication, the Globes should be historic.
Parks and Recreation airs Thursdays at 9:30 on NBC. The Golden Globes are set to broadcast January 13, 2013.