What brings the show to London in the premiere?
Mike Schur: The real answer of what brings us to London is Chris Pratt shooting a movie in London. [Laughs] That's how we got the idea. The Guardians of the Galaxy movie is being shot there. We were talking about how Pratt is going to be away and going to miss a couple episodes and then we were like, "What if we use that almost as an excuse for the premiere and shoot in London?" That was the genesis of it. It's very exciting. It's happening fairly soon. We're heading there in like two weeks to shoot the premiere. It's going to be really fun. We have an insanely aggressive schedule because if you go to London, you don't want to just shoot a couple scenes, you want it to be a huge part of the episode.
What's the storyline that brings them to London?
Schur: There are a couple different things going on. The main thing that's happening is that Leslie is obviously being recalled from office. She is in the middle of this fight for her life. She's broken her recall defense into 40 different phases. One of the phases is called "Think Outside the Box." During this phase, April (Aubrey Plaza) nominated her for an award for the International Woman in Leadership group. She's won the award and there's a number of women from all over the world who have won this award. The ceremony is in London, so for that reason, Leslie heads to London. Other people tag along for various reasons. Andy and Ben (Adam Scott) are working on putting together an international version of one of their charity projects. April is there because Andy is going. There's a couple different things that happen when they're actually there.
How will Leslie be handling the recall?
Schur: Obviously, it's a huge bummer. That's part of what this story is in the first chunk of episodes. She works so hard and she's such a dedicated person to her job. The fact that they're trying to boot her out of office is really vexing to her. It's going to be a slog. She's attacking it with her usual brand of enthusiasm and nose to the grindstone kind of attitude, but it does begin to bum her out a little bit that people have this "get out of here" attitude towards her.
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Mike Schur: The real answer of what brings us to London is Chris Pratt shooting a movie in London. [Laughs] That's how we got the idea. The Guardians of the Galaxy movie is being shot there. We were talking about how Pratt is going to be away and going to miss a couple episodes and then we were like, "What if we use that almost as an excuse for the premiere and shoot in London?" That was the genesis of it. It's very exciting. It's happening fairly soon. We're heading there in like two weeks to shoot the premiere. It's going to be really fun. We have an insanely aggressive schedule because if you go to London, you don't want to just shoot a couple scenes, you want it to be a huge part of the episode.
What's the storyline that brings them to London?
Schur: There are a couple different things going on. The main thing that's happening is that Leslie is obviously being recalled from office. She is in the middle of this fight for her life. She's broken her recall defense into 40 different phases. One of the phases is called "Think Outside the Box." During this phase, April (Aubrey Plaza) nominated her for an award for the International Woman in Leadership group. She's won the award and there's a number of women from all over the world who have won this award. The ceremony is in London, so for that reason, Leslie heads to London. Other people tag along for various reasons. Andy and Ben (Adam Scott) are working on putting together an international version of one of their charity projects. April is there because Andy is going. There's a couple different things that happen when they're actually there.
How will Leslie be handling the recall?
Schur: Obviously, it's a huge bummer. That's part of what this story is in the first chunk of episodes. She works so hard and she's such a dedicated person to her job. The fact that they're trying to boot her out of office is really vexing to her. It's going to be a slog. She's attacking it with her usual brand of enthusiasm and nose to the grindstone kind of attitude, but it does begin to bum her out a little bit that people have this "get out of here" attitude towards her.
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