Adam Scott talks ‘awkward interactions’ on ‘Boy Meets World’ set

Lengthy earlier than Adam Scott’s memorable work in Severance, for which he earned two Emmy nominations final 12 months, and earlier on Get together Down and Parks and Recreation, he appeared on a number of episodes of the Nineties TGIF sitcom Boy Meets World. Not that he remembers it fondly. In any respect.

Scott defined this on Monday’s episode of Pod Meets World, the rewatch podcast hosted by his former co-stars Danielle Fishel, Rider Sturdy and Will Friedle.

“It was my first time being on an actual set that is, like, constructed on a stage,” stated Scott, who performed Senior in an episode of the second season, which aired in 1994, after which Griff on three extra episodes that aired in 1994 and 1995. “Once I got here again later, it was the identical factor, the place I simply could not imagine how good the whole lot was, and the air was this good, like, crisp, cool temperature on a regular basis, and there was meals in all places. Everybody was so good. And so I simply, you recognize, had no thought how I used to be purported to behave … It was a totally alien atmosphere. I used to be simply so nervous and freaked out your complete time however, on the identical time, thought, ‘Wow, that is actually, like, excessive livin.’ … I bear in mind a whole lot of it actually vividly as a result of it was such a brand-new atmosphere.”

Scott had beforehand appeared in a 1992 REM music video and on the short-lived 1994 collection Lifeless at 21, however nothing as large as Boy Meets World.

He was in his early 20s, and most of his co-stars had been youngsters. Nonetheless, Scott acknowledged that he had been too nervous to method them and say howdy.

“Do you guys even bear in mind me being round?” Scott requested, explaining that he had two completely different “awkward interactions” on the present that confirmed he simply “had no thought the right way to behave” again then.

“Actually, this has been tugging at me for 29 years,” Scott stated of the primary. He recalled being backstage, with co-stars Ethan Suplee and Blake Soper, whereas they watched the ultimate scene of the second season being filmed.

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“The scene ends … everybody simply erupts and begins cheering. Blake and Ethan excessive 5 and hug, they arrive as much as me and excessive 5 and simply cheering,” Scott stated. “Then Blake and Ethan go as much as you, Rider, they usually offer you a excessive 5 and hug you and, after they try this, I am like, ‘Hey, congratulations, buddy,’ and I offer you a excessive 5, and I’m going in and hug you. And as I try this, you push me off and also you give me this appear like, ‘Wait a second, who the f*** are you?’ and you then ran away.”

The story was a crowd-pleaser. Sturdy stated he did not bear in mind the encounter, and it did not sound like him, as a result of he is usually a hugger.

“To some extent, which means it wasn’t a traumatic expertise for you,” Scott cracked. “However I bear in mind simply being like, ‘Oh, no, no, no, no! I am sorry! What simply occurred? No, no no.'”

Wanting again, Scott stated, he may perceive the then-15-year-old’s response to a stranger. Nevertheless, Fishel disagreed, stating that Scott had appeared on the present a number of occasions by then, so he wasn’t a stranger.

“I, once more, had no thought what I used to be purported to do,” Scott stated. “It appeared like we had been all purported to be joyous and hug one another however, oh god, it was horrifying.”

Due to this incident, Scott was shocked to listen to the present needed him again for a Season 3 episode.

He additionally remembers that, across the identical time, he would peruse the web for any point out of himself. Considered one of his discoveries was a publish on message board by somebody claiming that they knew Topanga (Fishel) and that, based on her, nobody favored Scott.

Fishel assured Scott that that had not come from her.

“For one factor, that simply wasn’t true. No one did not such as you, that was not the state of affairs,” she stated. “The second motive was as a result of I did not speak about Boy Meets World at college. If somebody requested me a query I’d, however it wasn’t tremendous cool to be gone from college on a regular basis. And I used to be at a brand new college, I’d have been in like seventh grade at the moment.”

Scott wasn’t shocked that Boy Meets World stopped calling after his fourth look, though the present continued for an additional four-plus years.

“As a self-hating actor,” Scott stated, “I simply figured, ‘Oh they lastly discovered that I am unable to do that, and I am horrible,’ and simply by no means requested any questions.”

Later within the decade, Scott had a recurring position in one other teen present, the drama Get together of 5. His breakout position would not come alongside till the 2008 Will Ferrell film Step Brothers.