Joel McHale Cried After the Table Read for the COMMUNITY Movie and Says It's Like a Family Reunion Without A-Holes
Fans are getting excited for Community: The Movie, after all these years of waiting since the end of the series. It’s finally happening, and one of the show’s stars, Joel McHale is giving fans a little tease about how it feels to reunite with his co-stars and how the script has gone over with the cast.
In a recent interview with The Wrap while appearing at The Saturn Awards, McHale was asked about the movie, and at first he joked:
“We’ve shot all three of them so far. We shot ‘em in New Zealand. Peter Jackson was the director. We shot ‘em in The Shire. I was a lot shorter, and it’s happening.”
He went on to get serious about the project, saying:
“We announced it. Peacock is paying for it, thank you Peacock,” the comedian continued. “So yeah, it’s happening and everybody’s back.”
When asked about reuniting with the cast, which currently includes Danny Pudi, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Jim Rash, and Ken Jeong, McHale set his sarcasm aside to express how emotional the moment really was:
“I’m going to look a lot older. I’m not kidding, so you know that I’m sarcastic about about literally f—ing everything but um, there will be tears. We did that table read during the pandemic and I cried like a baby afterwards and I’m not joking.”
“Everyone thinks that what I say is joking, but it is like being with — it really is like a family reunion but without a-holes. Because you know, you go to a family you and you’re like, ‘Ugh, there’s that one cousin of mine. He smells.’ So anyway, we’re really — I can’t wait. Yeah, that’s all I can say.”
It sounds like it really is going to be a ton of fun for fans of the series. Are you looking forward to Community: The Movie?