Adam Scott Loves ‘Parks & Rec’ however Jokes Calzones Will Be on ‘Headstone’ (Unique)

Adam Scott has but to tire of the calzone jokes!

On Parks and Recreation — which ran for seven seasons from 2009 to 2015 — viewers noticed Scott’s character Ben Wyatt’s enthusiasm for calzones and all issues fantasy. The 51-year-old actor completely tells PEOPLE that followers nonetheless convey up his character’s distinctive quirks.

“Calzones are a factor that I really feel virtually like calzones are going to be on my headstone or one thing,” he laughs, crediting the frequent references he receives to the present’s co-creator Mike Schur. “Each time a calzone will get despatched to me in a restaurant or something, I textual content Mike and I am like, ‘Simply so you realize, this factor continues to be taking place.'”

Scott says that his relationship with calzones appear to have come full circle. The actor reveals that he was as soon as a “pizza supply man” and would typically ship the pockets of cheese, dough and sauce in his former life.

“[It’s] ridiculous that calzones are following me round,” he quips, including that “there’s nothing fallacious with a calzone.”

The Severance star is aware of that the calzone reference will “by no means die” however appreciates the “hilarious” however “silly” nature of the joke.

“It is so enjoyable. I actually love that present. I used to be into it earlier than I even joined. I used to be a giant fan,” he displays.

Although practically a decade has handed because the sitcom has been on air, Scott says that the forged has stored shut by all these years and confessed that he missed seeing his former costars every day.

“I miss everyone. All of us are on a textual content chain, and no less than as soon as per week all of us add to the chain, and it is nice. Everybody’s so nice. I actually miss them.” he continues. “They’re one of the best. It was so enjoyable. Nobody took it without any consideration. All of us had a blast… I do know folks say that about their reveals. It is annoying, but it surely actually was so enjoyable, and everybody … obtained that it was particular, and nobody was sick of going to work.”

Along with Scott, the sequence starred Amy Poehler, Chris Pratt, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Adam Scott, Rashida Jones, Aubrey Plaza, Rob Lowe, Jim O’Inheritor and Retta.

In April 2022, Poehler instructed PEOPLE that she is “all the time standing by” for a reboot of Parks and Recreation. She mentioned, “Anytime anyone offers me the phrase, and I am down.”

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Parks and Recreation could be streamed in full on Peacock.