{"id":416638,"date":"2022-03-16T01:49:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T22:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/seann-william-scotts-irreverent-reverend-in-new-fox-sitcom\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T01:49:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T22:49:46","slug":"seann-william-scotts-irreverent-reverend-in-new-fox-sitcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seann-william-scotts-irreverent-reverend-in-new-fox-sitcom\/","title":{"rendered":"#Seann William Scott&#8217;s irreverent reverend in new Fox sitcom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23c9d57bce5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23c9d57bce5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seann-william-scotts-irreverent-reverend-in-new-fox-sitcom\/#%E2%80%9CSeann_William_Scotts_irreverent_reverend_in_new_Fox_sitcom%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Seann William Scott&#8217;s irreverent reverend in new Fox sitcom&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSeann_William_Scotts_irreverent_reverend_in_new_Fox_sitcom%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Seann William Scott&#8217;s irreverent reverend in new Fox sitcom&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Seann William Scott said his role in the new Fox sitcom \u201cWelcome to Flatch\u201d reminds him of some of his favorite shows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only other experience I had doing a half- hour TV show was when I [guest-starred on] an episode of \u2018It\u2019s Always Sunny,\u2019\u201d Scott, 45, told The Post. \u201cI thought when these shows really work, it looks like it would be a lot of fun to do. And two of my favorite sitcoms are \u2018Parks and Recreation\u2019 and \u2018The Office.\u2019 I just really love that kind of fake documentary format. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, when I heard about \u2018Welcome to Flatch\u2019 being that kind of vibe, it was exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Premiering Thursday (March 17) at 9:30 p.m., \u201cWelcome to Flatch,\u201d is based on the British <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> \u201cThis Country\u201d and revolves around a documentary crew following the mundane daily lives of people in the fictional town of Flatch, Ohio (population 1,526).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TC-S1_07-Seann_0104_R-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Seann William Scott in a priest collar. \" class=\"wp-image-21533510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TC-S1_07-Seann_0104_R-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TC-S1_07-Seann_0104_R-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TC-S1_07-Seann_0104_R-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TC-S1_07-Seann_0104_R-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Seann William Scott as Father Joe, a small town reverend with a musical past. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Among the town\u2019s citizens are \u201cFather Joe\u201d (Scott), a reverend who has recently relocated from the big city; ne\u2019er-do-well prankster cousins Kelly (Chelsea Holmes) and Shrub (Sam Straley); Cheryl (Aya Cash), who moved to Flatch with Father Joe before he dumped her and stuck around to run the local <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper; Kelly\u2019s overachieving nemesis Nadine (Taylor Ortega); and oddball Big Mandy (Krystal Smith).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a rare small-screen role for Scott, who is best known for movies such as \u201cAmerican Pie\u201d and the \u201cIce Age\u201d franchise \u2013 although, he said \u201cAmerican Pie\u201d remains the project that fans <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach him about the most frequently. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still can\u2019t believe I\u2019m a working actor. When I got that movie, I was just so excited for the opportunity, I tried to make the most of it. I feel blessed and lucky that people still remember that character. It blows me away.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TC-S1_101-sc20-BH_01137.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Kelly (Chelsea Holmes), left, Father Joe (Seann William Scott) and Shrub (Sam Straley), right, stand in a field. \" class=\"wp-image-21533525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TC-S1_101-sc20-BH_01137.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TC-S1_101-sc20-BH_01137.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TC-S1_101-sc20-BH_01137.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TC-S1_101-sc20-BH_01137.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kelly (Chelsea Holmes), left, Father Joe (Seann William Scott) and Shrub (Sam Straley), right. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He\u2019s also appeared on the action series \u201cLethal Weapon,\u201d and, as he mentioned, \u201cIt\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia\u201d in 2013. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really have a preference [between TV and movies]. I think it just depends on the project,\u201d he said. \u201cOne of the things with \u2018Welcome to Flatch\u2019\u00a0was that I wasn\u2019t really looking to play a lead character \u2013 I wasn\u2019t looking to be on set 16 hours a day. I wanted to spend more time with my family. And when I heard [Father Joe]\u00a0was a former lead singer of a spiritual boy band, I was like, \u2018I\u2019m in. Oh, that\u2019s the guy.\u2019 Once he decided to go solo and that fell apart, and his whole life fell apart, and he\u2019s never really gotten past his old glory days\u2026that\u2019s a character that could be fun to play.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TC-S1_101-scA68-BH_01457.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Father Joe (Seann William Scott) holds a mic and stands in front of a hay bale. \" class=\"wp-image-21533554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TC-S1_101-scA68-BH_01457.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TC-S1_101-scA68-BH_01457.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TC-S1_101-scA68-BH_01457.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TC-S1_101-scA68-BH_01457.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Father Joe (Sean William Scott) at the town\u2019s local scarecrow contest. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It also helped that Scott has a similar background to the characters on the show, since he grew up in a small Midwestern town of Cottage Grove, Minn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a bit bigger than our fictional town of Flatch, Ohio, but I could definitely relate to the closeness in community and everybody knowing each other, and having a bunch of eccentric personalities,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd good people who are doing the best they can and supporting each other and trying to get by.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To prepare to play a spiritual leader, however, Scott did not dive into scripture.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I met with [showrunner Jenny Bicks and exec producer Paul Feig], I was in pretty good shape. And they were like \u2018We don\u2019t really think Father Joe should be a guy who\u2019s exercising every day,&#8217;\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I was like, \u2018Okay, I\u2019m a method actor,\u2019 which I\u2019m not. \u2018I\u2019m going to gain a little weight for Father Joe.\u2019 So, I did, and when I showed up on set, it\u2019s not like they were shocked, it\u2019s not like I was Marlon Brando showing up on \u2018Apocalypse Now,\u2019 but I definitely was a little husky. That\u2019s the main prep I did for the character, that\u2019s the kind of actor I am \u2013 \u2018I\u2019m going to eat some pizza, let\u2019s shoot!\u2019\u201d\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLG0nwswvr63Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more News articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/15\/seann-william-scotts-irreverent-reverend-in-new-fox-sitcom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Seann William Scott&#8217;s irreverent reverend in new Fox sitcom&#8221; Seann William Scott said his role in the new Fox sitcom \u201cWelcome to Flatch\u201d reminds him of some of his favorite shows. \u201cThe only other experience I had doing a half- hour TV show was when I [guest-starred on] an episode of \u2018It\u2019s Always Sunny,\u2019\u201d Scott,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":416639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TC-S1_102-sc37-BH_00605.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[126801,86,5080,126844,5081,1373],"class_list":["post-416638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-3-15-22","tag-comedy","tag-fox","tag-seann-william-scott","tag-tv-shows","tag-what-to-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}