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Aubrey Plaza has made a name in the industry for playing unconventional and bizarre characters. She gained widespread appreciation for her role as the quirky April Ludgate inParks and Recreation. Anyone watching the show for the first time would think that Plaza made April her whole personality. But, it is the other way around as the character was entirely designed for her.
Parks and Recreation, created by the makers ofThe Office, heavily contributed to Aubrey Plaza’s career. Interestingly, when she first met with the creators of the sitcom, she was even unaware that it was an audition and went there in jean shorts. Plaza shared that she was acting like a weirdo during the entire meeting.
Aubrey Plaza went through the most unconventional audition forParks and Recreation
During a candid conversation withThe New Yorker, Aubrey Plaza confirmed that she landed three of her most memorable outings within the same week. At first, the actress pretended to be a stand-up comedian in her friend Donald Glover’s show. It impressed the casting director ofFunny Peopleso much that she was called to LA to test for it.
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Flying to Los Angeles was a major turning point inAubrey Plaza‘s career. There she met a kind casting director Allison Jones who suggested she attend meetings forParks and RecandScott Pilgrim vs. the World.
When the young actress went to meet theParks and Recreationcreators, Mike Schur and Greg Daniels, she did not even know that was an audition. She casually went there wearing jean shorts and being herself. TheLegionactress shared that it was not her but Mike Schur who felt she was very weird during the process.
Again, I had no idea that that was even an audition. I was wearing jean shorts and just acting weird, according to Mike Schur. I don’t know what I was doing that was weird; I just didn’t know how meaningful the meeting was.
Aubrey Plaza added that her memory of the first interaction is “very hazy“. It is Mike Schur who is always like, “And then I met the weirdest person I’ve ever met when she walked in.” The 40-year-old asserted that she was only distracted because the meeting was taking place on the set ofThe Office.
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However, as soon as Greg Daniels entered, the team started to talk on an unconventional topic of death. After that, very soon she also found that the role was designed keeping in mind her actual weird personality. Surprisingly, despite being one of her earliest works, she also had a significant input to make her character more memorable in the show.
Aubrey Plaza was key to changing several aspects of April Ludgate
Going forward in the interview, Aubrey Plaza also confessed that initially, the character was planned as Amy Poehler’s assistant. It wasThe White Lotusactress who suggested the character be shown as a college intern to match her real-life persona.
Aubrey Plaza was also confident that showing her as a college intern who does not care much aboutparks and rec and only doing it for her college credits would make the show more hilarious. Her idea is also one of the primary reasons why April’s chemistry withAmy Poehler‘s Leslie Knope is so iconic.
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It is undeniable that there was very little to act for Plaza as the entire character was based on her real image. The Golden Globe winner also found it funny how the character even shared her name in the original pilot and she had to audition to play herself.
I mean, in the original pilot, the character’s name was Aubrey. They literally wrote the character as me—a heightened version of me, I would say. But then the funny part about that, too, is that I had to audition to play myself, because the network didn’t know who I was.
WhileParks and Recreationbrought Aubrey Plaza’s personality to the worldwide audience, she does not prefer characters tailored for her. As a dedicated actress, she wants to act instead of being herself everywhere. Now, it will be exciting to see if the actress can provide another praiseworthy performance as Rio Vidal in the upcoming MCU seriesAgatha All Along.
Parks and Recreationcan be streamed on Peacock.
Subham Mandal
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Subham Mandal is currently working as a content writer for FandomWire with an ardent interest in the world of pop culture. He has written more than 1000 articles on different spheres of modern pop culture and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. He’s also an experienced student journalist having demonstrated work experience with the Times of India. He aspires to be a column writer in the future.
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