Nick Offerman Still Feels 'Like I'm Kind of an Underground Property' Despite Parks and Recreation
Nick Offerman Says He Still Feels 'Like I'm Kind of an Underground Property' Despite 'Parks and Recreation' Fame https://t.co/gifZMpmCiN
- People (@people) November 6, 2024
Offerman opened up about his experience with fame and his journey to success.
Hit comedy show Parks and Recreation was Offerman's first big leap in terms of his acting career.
"I was very happy. I was Mr. Mullally. I had a wood shop, and I was working regularly at guest star jobs and Sundance movies. And we were big fans of The Office."
If he was ever going to make it, it would be in a role like that of Dwight Schrute in 'The Office'.
When he auditioned for Michael Schur, the creator of 'The Office', he didn't get a part.
Schur remembered Offerman and already had him in mind when he later created 'Parks and Recreation'.
"If Ron Swanson was like any other character, it was similar to the Dwight Schrute paradigm. And so from the get-go, it's just that thing where [Schur] saw me. He saw through the facial hair to a spark of charisma, where he's like, 'I think I can turn you into something palatable to an audience?' And by God, he did."
But the exposure the show brought him has its nuances. While Parks and Recreation was functionally Offerman's "big break," he didn't ascend to massive fame, he said, like actors in similar positions had.
"It's interesting, because I still feel like I'm kind of an underground property. I didn't become, you know, Steve Carell or something."
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