Chevy Chase quits Community cast, says “The series wasn’t funny enough for me”
Chevy Chase, who starred in the first four seasons of the cult comedy classic Community, is now denigrating the series, saying it’s not funny and he doesn’t want to be around “those people” every day.
One of Hollywood’s most notorious misers, Chevy Chase definitely earns this title by making fun of one of his own shows and its cast. The Saturday Night Live Alum wreaked havoc Community everywhere Marc Marons WTF Podcast.
Well, Chase and Community has had its own controversies, with the actor being unceremoniously fired in 2012 after four seasons for using the N-word in front of his co-stars Yvette Nicole Brown And Donald GloverPer TVLineas you engage with the Creator Dan Harmon (it wasn’t addressed to anyone).
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The tension between him and Harmon is at least one of the reasons Harmon was fired before Season 4. After a huge dip in quality, Harmon returned for Season 5, although both Chase and Glover would depart.
When asked about his current relationship with the show’s creator, Chase replied that he hasn’t seen him since their time together on the show. “I have no idea if we’re OK,” he said. “I never was not OK. He’s kind of a pissant. He is annoyed. He called and said he was sorry. I love him now.
Looking back a decade at his time on the series, Chase’s reaction is what to expect from his character Pierce Hawthorne, a rich, politically incorrect and pretty terrible self-centered individual who slowly became comfortable with the group – well, until on the last part.
Chase gathered his thoughts Community pretty clear. “I honestly felt like the show ultimately wasn’t funny enough for me. I felt a little restricted,” he told Maron. “Everyone had their strengths and I liked them all. It just wasn’t hard enough for me.”
Community has been praised by fans and critics for many years for shattering expectations of the sitcom format, pushing new boundaries, and satirizing just about everything while staying true to its characters’ emotional beats and development.
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Interestingly, Chase said that he “didn’t mind the character,” even though Pierce was rude and unlikeable for most of his run. Instead, he seemed to have more of a problem with his co-stars
“I just felt like it…I felt happier being alone,” he said. “I just didn’t want to sit at that table with those people every day. That was too much.” Aside from Chase, Community played the main role Joel McHaleGillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Alison Brie, Ken Jeong, Jim RashBrown and Glover.
At CBS Sunday Morning Last year, Chase was questioned about allegations that he was uncomfortable – or worse – working with both of them Saturday Night Live And Community. The allegations came from many different people over many years.
“I guess you’d have to ask her. I don’t give a fuck,” Chase said of his former colleagues. “I am who I am. And I like who I am. I do not care. And it’s part of me that I don’t care. And I’ve thought about it a lot. And I don’t know what to do.” Tell you, man. I just don’t care.
Following its own in-show mantra of “Six seasons and a movie,” Community was launched in 2015 by Yahoo! revived. After NBC canceled the film, he was able to play the “six seasons” part.
Harmon worked on the “movie” portion for Peacock, reuniting most of the cast (probably not Chase, though). Filming was scheduled to begin in June, according to McHale, although the entire production was delayed by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.