Aubrey Plaza's ParksandRec audition became a TheOffice fan experience: 'I was a huge fan of The Office and this meeting was on the set of The Office, and I was so distracted by all the famous people walking around.'
Aubrey Plaza recalls her surreal first Parks & Rec audition on the set of The Office. Plaza has garnered rave reviews for her gripping performance in 2022’s harrowing drama Emily the Criminal. But fans first fell in love with the actor for playing a very different character: the eternally unimpressed April Ludgate on the classic NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation.
Plaza of course was just one of many stars heading up the Parks and Rec ensemble, which would ultimately include Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Chris Pratt, Aziz Ansari, Rob Lowe, Rashida Jones, Adam Scott and Retta. A workplace comedy in the classic tradition, the show was created by The Office producers Michael Schur and Greg Daniels, and initially was dismissed as a clone of that duo's highly successful other sitcom.
“I have no idea what I did in that meeting to weird them out so badly. But I think I just didn’t realize what a big opportunity this was for me. I had never been to Hollywood before. I was a huge fan of The Office and this meeting was on the set of The Office, and I was so distracted by all the famous people walking around, like, ‘Oh my God, it’s BJ Novak! And Mindy Kaling!’ I think maybe they were more used to normal actors who seem like they are actually trying to get the job.
How Parks & Rec Overcame Being Too Similar To The Office Plaza obviously impressed the casting director and everyone else there that day, because she landed the role of April and went on to make it her own. But of course there was no guarantee in the beginning that April Ludgate would be a long-term gig for Plaza, as Parks and Rec had a lot of hurdles to get over.
The pressure to live up to The Office indeed seemed too much for Parks and Rec early on, as it famously struggled to find its footing in its first season. But producers were ultimately able to make the right adjustments over time, tweaking the cast and tone to make Parks and Rec feel like its own thing .
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