

So it felt slightly anticlimactic in that sense.”Īnd Samberg still regrets that, aside from the opening credits, the series never actually filmed in Brooklyn. “We came back for one very thoroughly swab-tested season. “It was a strange way to end … in the middle of COVID,” he said. 20th Century Fox Licensing/Merchandising / Everett Collection Samberg is starring beside Kate Winslet in biopic “Lee.” PIXSELL / īut even with his new series, Samberg still hasn’t quite gotten over the “tough” ending of his police sitcom “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” after eight seasons in 2021. We started creating this during lockdown, when a lot of people were free.” Andy Samberg said the pandemic made it especially “tough” saying goodbye to “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and his co-stars Andrew Braugher (left) and Melissa Fumero. “Part of it was just luck that they wanted to do it or had time. “We got everyone to do it by just backing up the money truck,” said Samberg with a laugh. Maisel” fame, and Samberg’s former “SNL” cohort Maya Rudolph. In addition to reuniting Samberg with his “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” love interest Melissa Fumero as the voice of Bella - Digman’s wife, who he’s still mourning a decade after her death - the show features a star-studded array of guest voices including “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe, Jane Lynch of “Glee” and “The “Marvelous Mrs. “I have not always been credited, but that’s fine - that’s how it works.” “I’ve written on everything I’ve ever worked on pretty much in some way, shape or form,” he said. Adam Samberg stars as Rip Digman (center) in the new Comedy Central adult animated series “Digman!” “But when Winslet calls you, you say yes.”įor now, though, Samberg is getting in touch with his inner Indiana Jones on “Digman!” In addition to co-creating the series with fellow “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” alum Neil Campbell, the comedian serves as writer and producer for the first time. “It’s very dramatic … very different from anything I’ve done before,” Samberg, 44, told The Post about his real-life role as Life magazine WWII photojournalist David Scherman. In the new adult animated series “Digman!” - which premieres on Comedy Central Wednesday - comic actor Andy Samberg voices the title character of washed-up archaeologist Rip Digman.īut the “Saturday Night Live” vet can also be seen in the feature-film flesh in the new comedy “Self Reliance,” which premiered at South by Southwest earlier this month, and the upcoming biopic “Lee,” in which he flexes his acting chops opposite no less than Oscar winner Kate Winslet. Golden Globe Awards 2019: The complete list of winners ‘Palm Springs’ review: Andy Samberg isn’t stuck on repeat in Hulu comedy Is time travel real? Uncanny celebrity pics, paintings stir curious sleuthsġ0 of the best Emmys monologue jokes by hosts through the years
