Amy Poehler interrupted Adam Scott during ‘Parks and Rec’ to compliment him

It’s been 16 years since Parks and Recreation premiered, but one thing hasn’t changed: series star Amy Poehler is still amazed by her on-screen husband, Adam Scott.

On the latest episode of her Good Hang podcast, Poehler reminisced with guest Paul Rudd on the trio’s time working on Parks, which Rudd guest-starred on for three seasons, Scott joined in season 2, and Poehler anchored as the series star throughout its seven-season run.

Rudd said he still “can’t believe I get to work with my favorite people in the world — you, and Adam, and [Kathryn Hahn], and [Rashida Jones],” but singled Scott out for praise.

“He’s such a good actor. Clearly, everyone’s obviously recognizing this,” Rudd said, referring back to a previous conversation about Severance, the Apple TV+ show starring Scott that’s earned the actor Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG nominations.

“I used to say that to him in real time when he was acting,” Poehler revealed. “I’d be like, ‘You’re acting so good!’ And he’d be like, ‘Shut up.’ We’re in the middle of the scene, but I’d be like, ‘You’re acting so good!'”

Scott and Poehler worked closely alongside one another on Parks for seven years. As Leslie Knope (Poehler), the deputy director for the Parks and Recreation Department of the fictional town of Pawnee, Ind., and Ben Wyatt, a pencil-pushing auditor brought in from the state to externally regulate the office, Scott and Poehler gradually became two halves of a couple now considered one of television’s greatest.

The trio did share a sizable smattering of screen time when Rudd joined the cast in the fourth season as the recurring character Bobby Newport, the slick and slightly air-headed son of a local millionaire who uses his father’s money to challenge Leslie for a city council seat. But Rudd lamented that he and Scott haven’t had more costarring opportunities, as he considers the California-born actor “kind of like my closest, oldest friend.”

The actors have appeared together in several projects, from the Adult Swim mockumentary series The Greatest Event in Television History to Party Down, the 2009 Starz sitcom that starred Scott, was co-created by Rudd, and featured Rudd in its pilot episode.

But Rudd wants more, citing his admiration for Scott’s talent and their shared sense of humor..

“He really can play very complex emotional scenes. And you really kind of know what that character is thinking, but then he also has way of being able to have this kind of emotionless removal of whatever he’s doing that’s really interesting, which plays into Severance very well,” Rudd said.

“He has got the driest, most irreverent sense of humor,” he continued. “That’s how we became friends, because we liked a lot of the same kind of jokes.”

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Poehler also appeared on The Greatest Event in Television History, along with fellow Parks alums Hahn, Megan Mullally, Nick Kroll, Jon Glaser, Jason Mantzoukas, and Mo Collins. If she wills it, Poehler now has the opportunity to reunite the trio again in Dig, her newly announced comedy series from Parks showrunner Michael Schur.

You can watch the rest of Rudd’s interview on Good Hang above.