Andy Samberg fondly remembered his late Brooklyn 9-9 costar Andre Braugher, reflecting on their time collectively on the two-time Emmy-winning sitcom and the way the present has endured for audiences since its conclusion in 2021.
Throughout a current episode of Good Grasp with Amy Poehler, the Saturday Night time Stay alum mentioned looking for Poehler’s recommendation on taking the lead position within the Mike Schur and Dan Goor-created collection a few Brooklyn-based precinct, because the writers have been additionally behind her Parks and Recreation. Samberg stated he didn’t understand how well-known and beloved the present was till a household journey to Europe a pair years in the past resulted in him getting acknowledged all over the place.
“It’s a present that retains giving,” the Palm Springs star stated. “Due to the Netflix a part of it, all over the place I went, it was like, ‘Jake Peralta!’ I felt like I used to be on Pals. I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, the present is definitely actually massive and other people actually watch it.’ And children like it and households watch it collectively, which was such part of my expertise rising up, was watching good high quality sitcoms collectively as a household. And simply with the ability to assume that I did one thing that’s that for folks is admittedly gratifying. And it was wonderful, like I’m nonetheless actually shut with everybody I labored with there and liked it a lot.”
Poehler then introduced up Braugher, whom she described as a “poised … playful and enjoyable” performer, and Samberg emphatically agreed, including, “And only a good particular person. Like so deeply ethical and sort and nice and sensible. All of us completely liked him. I miss him so much. Our dynamic labored instantly. It was like a kind of issues the place you’re similar to, ‘That is kismet. I don’t know tips on how to clarify it.’”
He continued, describing their first desk learn collectively: “From that second ahead, the one factor me and him needed to even discuss creatively was to start with he didn’t belief himself to do comedy as a result of he got here so strictly from drama and Juilliard and 5 – 6 instances we’d do a extra critical subject on the present and he would flip that change and everybody could be like, ‘Oh my God, what’s Andre doing right here? He’s so good.’”
A honored actor, the two-time Emmy-winning Braugher died in December 2023 on the age of 61 from lung most cancers. Outdoors of his fan-favorite position because the stoic but playful chief Captain Ray Holt, he starred in collection Murder: Life On The Road, The Good Struggle, Males of a Sure Age and Thief, in addition to movies Salt, Passengers, Glory and Primal Concern. The Juilliard-trained actor was additionally a prolific stage performer.
