The former ‘Office’ mates take you inside their new satirical comedy, debuting May 29 on Netflix.
Not in Space Force.
Boots on the moon by 2024!
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Carell heeded the comedic call to duty after receiving a simple two-word pitch fromNetflix.
“They had no premise; it was just the name,” says Carell.
“The notion of this new military entity was funny to me…
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It seemed like something that had never been explored before.
Obviously, because it hadn’t existed.
It was a blank sheet of paper, and that was intriguing.”
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The pair were much more interested in blasting into uncharted territory than strolling through familiar ones.
But this didn’t have any of those aspects.
But as he explains: “This is better.
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Everybody around the world was so excited for Neil Armstrong and ‘one giant leap for mankind.’
Now there’s so much more nationalism and everybody’s trying to get a piece of the moon.
So it feels like a very good way to talk about stuff in the world.”
(“Is she a badass or is she not?”
is one hint that Kudrow drops about Maggie.)
The Joint Chiefs is the meeting of all of the heads of all the service branches.
They’re all very impressive people.
The cast wasn’t limited strictly to comedic killers, though.
“John Malkovich just makes me laugh.
I feel like I always have to say his full name when I say his name.John Malkovich.
It’s the respectful thing to do.”
Malkovich whose Mallory frustratedly matches wits with Naird gravitated to the duo’s gut-versus-science polarity.
Kudrow signed on to the project with the most unique point of view.
“I mean, I just can’t keep up, so I missed that one.
It was just, ‘We’re doing the show, why don’t you do it?’
And I was like, ‘Yeah!
Why wouldn’t I?
It’s Greg and Steve!’
Then I saw all the other people in it and went, ‘Yeah, okay!’
But sorry, dumbass here didn’t know there was actually a Space Force.
It’s a real thing!'
The whole time we were shooting, it didn’t come up.”
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The writers' vision was also shaped by research, which included multiple trips to Space X.
It doesn’t really lean too hard either way.
It’s an equal-opportunity show."
In any case, whenSpace Forcelaunches on May 29, prepare to enter zero gravity with zero gravity.
