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'Community' milks the chemistry between 'Lost's' Josh Holloway and Alison Brie
Sometimes it takes a "Community" to bring back Josh Holloway from the land of the "Lost." And it doesn't hurt if a pretty lady is waiting for him. The actor appears in Thursday's (May 5) Part 1 of the finale, a redux of its popular paintball episode from Season 1.
"He's just a hot guy. He's just hot," Alison Brie, who plays Annie, says on a recent press call. "Everybody just kind of would blush when he came into the room. It was very exciting. You could feel the collective excitement about Josh Holloway when he was there, and I was lucky enough to get to do some great scenes with him."
Holloway plays "The Black Rider," whose presence on the Greendale Community College campus brings a whole new intensity to the school's paintball games.
"He's badass," creator Dan Harmon tells EW. "He's from somewhere else so he's not your typical Greendale screwball. He's definitely got his stuff together, and he knows how to shoot a gun and he's got the right equipment. He's a formidable, shadowy threat. He seems to out-Winger Winger a little bit.... Having another fellow with such looks in the story certainly brings out the worst in Jeff."
But, while he brings out the worst in Jeff, it seems as if he brings something else out of Annie.
"I know they've teased some of our - you know, a bit of a flirtatious scene that we had together," Brie says. "And that was really fun to shoot because, you know, we kind of started doing the scene and as we were doing it, our writer was there and our director was there and they were sort of like, 'We've got to milk this chemistry.'"
"I guess it was going really well," she continues. "And they ended up adding some lines and adding some moments for Josh and I later in the episode or later in that scene, and that was exciting for me. I was like, 'Yes, chemistry with Josh Holloway; nailed it.'"
Watch Brie and Holloway's chemistry below:
"Community" airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
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this was a brilliant episode. Can't wait for next week's conclusion!
Fun episode! I assumed he was playing a differnt character until Pierce punked him; then he became Sawyer. Good to see James Ford is gainfully employeed "4 years" after returning from the island. Maybe that was Miles on the phone, calling about the concert.
Allison Brie looked so cute in her costume she somehow managed to steal the whole episode.
Very clever and funny. I absolutely loved the opening credits, fantastic. I wish it wasn't a two parter.
Next year, lets see a paintball game and spoof the Road Warrior/Mad Max. Can you imagine the dean dressed up for that. The dean cracks me up everytime. God bless the actor for wearing some of those outfits.
The Wanted Poster- Gay or Alive was classic
allison running in slow-mo = ratings.
Just watched it on Hulu -- loved that "Sawyer" called her by a nickname ("bean allergy") at the end.
Also, did I hear one of the masked "cones" say "red five standing by" (Star Wars)?
Of course, the best part of all was at the very end: "resistance is as pointless as your degree"!
Cornelius - completely agree about him being Sawyer, including his famous "son of a..." line. I was just waiting for him to make a comment about this not being the kind of thing he expected to be doing after getting off "that" island. Hope he's in the 2nd half of the episode as well.