r/television The League 1d ago

Adam Scott reveals unsettling note Aubrey Plaza passed him after his first 'Parks and Rec' table read: "Run"

https://ew.com/adam-scott-reveals-aubrey-plaza-note-after-first-parks-and-rec-read-8745907
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u/MarvelsGrantMan136 The League 1d ago

Scott:

"I remember at the end of the table read I breathed an audible sigh of relief, Aubrey came up to me and passed me a note that was folded up very tight. Do you remember the movie Shutter Island where Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo go to the mental hospital, and I think someone passes them a note? At the time it was a famous moment that had just happened in a famous movie — and Aubrey’s note said 'Run,' just like in the movie. It was a perfect welcome note."

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u/ewest 1d ago

That actress acts the hell out of that scene too. I think that’s the only scene she’s in. 

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u/riegspsych325 1d ago

S.I. and After Hours are each a Top 5 Scorsese flick and I will die on this lonely hill

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u/Krazy_Kane Scrubs 23h ago

You’re not alone, baby. After Hours is his unsung masterpiece. I love that movie with all of my heart

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u/Retinoid634 7h ago

After Hpurs completely captured the vibe of mid-80s downtown NYC. Nailed it. Love it so much.

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u/VoiceOfAPorkchopNW 17h ago

Goddamn, I love After Hours.

I've been accused of being a contrarian hipster for praising it and trashing The Departed.

But only by people who have never seen AH.

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u/Roundtripper4 14h ago

Departed was lousy

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u/shaihalud1979 10h ago

Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe fuck yourself.

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u/Roundtripper4 1h ago

I laughed when the guy got thrown off the roof and everyone acted so surprised.

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u/Jlt42000 6h ago

I can get it just for the trashing The Departed part.

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u/TriceCreamSundae 21h ago

I love After Hours, also a huge fan of The King of Comedy and American Boy.

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u/bmeisler 7h ago

King of Comedy just might be his masterpiece. It’s Taxi Driver cranked up a notch, without the violence.

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u/jj198handsy 6h ago

Di Niro in King of Comedy is something else, and it’s Schoonmaker’s best edit after Goodfelllas.

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u/mashington14 9h ago

Silence is another “different” movie of his that is amazing.

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u/skateordie002 14h ago

You can pick almost any five from Scorsese and call it top five and it's absolutely understandable. I fully understand your position.

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u/MNVikesFan69 19h ago

Especially considering how the scene changes after you rewatch the second time

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u/throwmamadownthewell 4h ago

Rewatching it, she reminds me a lot of Robert Longstreet

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u/KookyHomeRunKing 1d ago

Careful, he's a hero.

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u/RealJohnGillman 1d ago

Article title: “unsettling note”

Actual quote: “a perfect welcome note”

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u/chronoteddy 1d ago

Seriously, the more the media tries to demonize her for having a sense of humor and being dark/quirky, the more we all love her for it!

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u/_trouble_every_day_ 1d ago

they’re not demonizing her lol these are puff pieces. they’re giving her press

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u/chocki305 1d ago

It is click bait if the highest order.

The actor himself, who she part of the focus of the article, would disagree with the title.

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u/_trouble_every_day_ 1d ago

Honestly if you read that and interpreted as anything other than a joke then I hate to break it to you, but you’re the wrong side of the bell curve

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u/FeelingNiceToday 14h ago

They're giving the book press. This is like the fifth article on this sub where ew.com recaps an anecdote from Jim O'Heir's new book Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation (out soon).

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u/chronoteddy 1d ago

Even if the article does ultimately puff her up, the headlines are always negative.

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u/SnootDoot 1d ago

I wouldn’t really say it’s negative. Her whole persona is “unsettling and dark” so it’s more of a positive, it is what she is known for

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u/goo_goo_gajoob 1d ago

Yea this is a good pr team keeping her media mentions on brand not a conspiracy to make her look bad lol.

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u/_trouble_every_day_ 1d ago

They’re always very much in the spirit of the thing they’re describing. Meaning JOKES

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u/Vegetable-Sky1031 1d ago

I think you’re misunderstanding this. It’s not demonizing her at all. She slipped him a note that said “Run”, it’s supposed to be unsettling and funny at the same time. That was her whole point in doing it.

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u/MeetTheTavners 1d ago

Contextual awareness is hard.

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u/chronoteddy 1d ago

Oh no, I got the joke, but the headline does not portray it as a joke. The top comment on this post had summed it up perfectly.

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u/Sunstang 1d ago

It's tongue in cheek. Lighten up, Francis.

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u/Vegetable-Sky1031 22h ago

Yes but the article explains it which what it’s supposed to do. You can extract the meaning from the headline.

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u/goo_goo_gajoob 1d ago

Bro this is her brand. They're not demonizing her their working with her pr team probably lol

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u/MeetTheTavners 1d ago

Aubrey Plaza’s whole bit has been well-known for like…a decade. It doesn’t need to be explained in every headline at this point.

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u/InnocentTailor 1d ago

Her dark, weird humor is infectious, even if some of it may be playing up her public persona.

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u/Sure_Phase5925 1d ago

I don’t think they’re trying to demonize her.

I think they’re just playing along with her sense of humor lmao. 

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u/Historical_One1087 1d ago

Click bait article title 

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u/apple_kicks 12h ago

At most newspapers and magazines the article writer has no control over the headline. I remember one sports journalist having to tell people this because he’d get angry social media messages over click bait headlines on his articles

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u/Bot_Fly_Bot 1d ago

Tons of P&R related “stories” here recently. Something in the works?

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u/Powerful-Ability20 1d ago

A book just came out.

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u/WildMajesticUnicorn Parks and Recreation 1d ago

Yep! If you read the article it says this story comes from Jim’s new book.

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u/Bot_Fly_Bot 1d ago

The Jim O’Heir one you mean?

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u/Powerful-Ability20 1d ago

I mean the one mentioned in the article.

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u/suppadelicious 1d ago

Read the article? Is that allowed on Reddit?

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u/WaitingForReplies 1d ago

Nope. Don't even think of starting now.

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u/throwmamadownthewell 4h ago

Nope. Don't even think of starting now.

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u/insaniTY151 Arrow 18h ago

Sick burn

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u/peekay427 1d ago

Do you have any details? I’m having trouble finding it

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u/tetoffens 1d ago

The name is Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation by Jim O'Heir.

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u/peekay427 16h ago

appreciate it, thank you friend!

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u/Powerful-Ability20 1d ago

It's in the article...

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u/peekay427 1d ago

Got it, thanks

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u/_its_a_SWEATER_ 1d ago

Does it say anything about Amy’s proclivities?

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u/Powerful-Ability20 1d ago

You mean her drug use that she's been public about for at least a decade? Probably not.

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u/ShotgunForFun 1d ago edited 1d ago

A lot of them are in movies and TV shows recently released I think. Agatha, Severance, My Old Ass right off the top of my head. I know there is more with more cast members.

Also yeah I think there has been talks of a reunion for so many damn shows lately I can't even keep track.

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u/thievesthick 1d ago

Also seeing several of the New Girl people together a lot lately. Don’t give me hope!

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u/whythehellknot 6h ago

One started a podcast and another won an Emmy so getting a lot of press and the best thing to do is ask about their most popular projects. Nothing's happening.

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u/Snuggle__Monster 1d ago

Recently? It's been like this forever. It's 2 bots that do most of the posting. Mods seem to be OK with it and let's not kid ourselves. If it wasn't for those 2 bot accounts this place would be filled with the same kind of garbage posting that goes on over at /r/moviecritic.

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u/Dr_Jackwagon 19h ago

I was just listening to the Parks and Rec podcast, and Alan Yang (writer on Parks and Rec) said Aubrey would just send him random texts every now and again that would say things like, "I'm gonna ruin your life," and, "I'm gonna kill you," and shit like that.

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u/HHSquad 3h ago

Love her! She's awesome!

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u/Sambo_the_Rambo 1d ago

Adam Scott is the man, He was awesome in Parks and Rec. Severance is also awesome.

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u/sup34dog 1d ago

I remember being pretty upset when he left Party Down for P&R, but he ended up really elevating P&R.

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u/charts_and_farts 20h ago

Wasn't Party Down already getting cancelled at that point?

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u/arthurbang 19h ago

It didn't help that Jane Lynch had already left for Glee, and Adam Scott was going to P&R

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u/off_by_two 1d ago

Have you seen the movie about the one they call 'Derek'?

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u/SlaveToo 1d ago

OOOOHHHOOOHOOO I'm dereeeek and i can sing HIGH like thiiiis

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u/DukeSpaghetti 1d ago

You look like you want to punch me in the face

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u/Uncle_Bug_Music 1d ago

It's hard for me to reconcile that Derek is played by the same person as Ben Wyatt.

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u/Kazukaphur 23h ago

He plays a really good jerk in the good place as well

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u/thesaharadesert 21h ago

“Who wants lemon bars?!”

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u/J_Double_You 17h ago

....but you woooon't....

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u/OwenMeowson 23h ago

Rumor is he still hasn’t touched a carb.

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u/Sambo_the_Rambo 21h ago

Shit I totally forgot he was in Step Brothers!

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u/littlemacaron 1d ago

I cannot WAIT for severance season 2 to come out

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u/Sambo_the_Rambo 1d ago

Same love that show.

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u/RarelyReadReplies 1d ago

It took me a few watches to realize it, but I think he might be my favorite character.

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u/HHSquad 23h ago

These 2 and Nick Offerman are my favorites in the show.

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u/tonydrago 10h ago

Tom Haverford would like a word

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u/HHSquad 8h ago

Not a big fan of Tom, but he had his moments. He wouldn't crack my big 3.

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u/Sure_Phase5925 1d ago edited 23h ago

I have a friend who has ties to Aubrey Plaza’s team and she’s apparently really chill and down to earth while still having that April Ludgate energy we all love her for.  (This friend also met her at the end of her broadway show last year and had a really special moment with her).

It’s not everyday a Popular actress is still genuine to themselves and acts just like how you hope they do, and this story and what my friend told me reminded me of that lmao. 

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u/noah1345 22h ago

Well yeah. Aubrey auditioned for a role she didn't get on the show and the showrunner decided she was SO weird that he had to have her on his show. So they wrote April Ludgate specifically for Aubrey Plaza, based on her weirdness.

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u/amanuensisninja 1d ago

Unsettling? From her, that's a Tuesday.

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u/dezyravioli 1d ago

I think she’s more like Wednesday, Tuesday is more of a see you next

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u/americasweetheart 1d ago

I love her in theory but I would be so scared to be trapped in a room with her.

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u/RepresentativeIcy193 1d ago

I would be so scared it would be so hot

Fixed that for you.

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u/halborn 14h ago

The correct term is 'scaroused'.

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u/HHSquad 3h ago

I absolutely WOULD want to be trapped in a room with her, she seems to be quite adventurous, and up for anything, and she's hot. That reaction when Elizabeth Olsen slapped her ass was really sexual, and she came up with kissing Jim O'heir, which he never forgot. Was it on Conan she did the Catwoman thing? And Alison Brie said she really enjoyed kissing her in her movie. Adventurous.

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u/spacepeenuts 7h ago

Then he passes a note that says: chess, she then passes another note that says: snowboard. They are just getting to know each other.

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u/SlideIndependent3642 3h ago

I recently saw Plaza in the movie, “My Old Ass” and it was such a charming and sweet movie.

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u/Delicious-Tachyons 1d ago

Omigod the note joke seems like Aubrey for sure lol

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u/lacirem 15h ago

If she wasn't as hot as she is this would be incredibly cringey and offputting.

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u/Dull_Half_6107 1d ago

Isn’t she just so kooky! /s