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Amy Poehleris open to reprising her beloved role of Leslie Knope.
“Anytime anybody gives me the word, and I’m down,” she said.
The hit sitcom aired on NBC from 2009-2015 and starred Poehler,Chris Pratt,Aziz Ansari,Nick Offerman,Adam Scott,Rashida Jones,Aubrey Plaza,Rob Lowe,Jim O’HeirandRetta.
Though the sitcom might not be coming back now, Poehler has certainly kept herself busy. She co-createdRussian DollwithNatasha LyonneandLeslye Headland. The second season premiered April 20 — three years after season one hit Netflix.
At the premiere, Poehler toldPEOPLEthat the second season was supposed to be out a year ago, but like many things during the coronavirus pandemic, it got pushed back.
When asked her thoughts on a potential crossover betweenRussian DollandParks and Recreation, Poehler joked that “it’s not going to happen.”
PoehlertoldPEOPLEearlier this year that at the beginning of lockdown she and her sons “turned to comedy for comfort” and watched “all of Parks and Rec,” as her children had never seen the show.
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(Poehler has two sons, Archie and Abel, whom she shares with exWill Arnett.)
In April 2020, five years after Parks and Recreation had wrapped, thecast reunitedfor a benefit special to raise money for Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund. The special picked up on the characters' lives as they dealt with social distancing.
Executive producer Michael Schur said in a statement that he reached out to the cast with the idea for the project and they all responded within 45 minutes excited to join.
source: people.com
