Joel McHale Reveals How He Landed 'Yellowjackets' Season 3 Role & Gives Update on 'Community' Movie
Joel McHale reveals the unconventional way that he landed his pivotal Yellowjackets role, and gives an exciting new update on the Community movie.
The 53-year-old actor says that he was offered the role of wilderness guide Kodiak in the third season of the hit Showtime series after running into co-creator Ashley Lyle at a rock concert in Los Angeles.
“I probably had three IPAs in me. I guess I didn’t really take her seriously? We’re here watching Built to Spill and she’s like, ‘Would you be interested?’ F–ing yeah, of course. I’d love to do it,” he told The Hollywood Reporter in a recent interview.
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“We’re were at a rock show. I had met her before and we started talking about Yellowjackets. She said, ‘Would you ever want to play a mountain man…’ I said yes, of course. I was like, eh, we’ll see if anyone remembers. And she did, and [co-creator] Bart Nickerson did,” he recalled.
He continued, “I didn’t think I was going to have time because of Animal Control, but it worked out. Ashley is super kind and cool. She and Bart were there on set. I felt like I had won some raffle at an auction, where they were like, ‘You get to be on Yellowjackets!’”
Joel also gave details surrounding the timeline of the much-anticipated Community movie.
“We are funded and so we’ve got the money to make it. It’s about finding the time to make it, and I’m hoping it’ll be at the end of the summer. That’s what I’m hoping,” he said.
Earlier this month, Joel reunited with another beloved Community star for the FX series Animal Control.