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Nick Offerman on CBB talking about landing the Ron Swanson role.
The Boss role was originally going to be much older, and Nick initially audition for the Brendanawicz character. Appeared to have it locked up, went so far as to have a chemistry test screen with Rashida/Ann, which was forwarded to NBC.
At that point NBC told the showrunners, 'oh no. we were envisioning someone good-looking in that role.'
Then the showrunners rewrote the Boss for him.
Even then NBC wanted a thorough auditioning process, so being assured by the showrunners he's 'their guy,' Nick nevertheless had wait 5-6 months while they auditioned everyone under the sun. What made it worse was he was regularly performing at UCB, and everyone is buzzing about the role in front of him unaware that it had been written for him. 'did you read it? isn't it awesome? I got a second call-back today!! Woo-hoo.'
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