Parks and Recreation
Parks & Recreationhad various memorable celebrity cameo , and Arnold Schwarzenegger was almost one of them , but ultimately , he could n’t pay a visit to Pawnee . After a difficult first season that feels very different from the rest of the serial , Parks & Recreationended up becoming one of the best telecasting show of the decade , and its popularity was such during its run that Pawnee welcome various celebrity guests , from player and athletes to political leader , with some of them remain for a couple of episodes and others only appearing in one , sometimes with little to no dialogue at all .
Parks & Recreationtook the audience to the fictional town of Pawnee , Indiana , whereLeslie Knope ( Amy Poehler)and her friends and coworkers from the Parks Department did their best to make their townspeople better every day , but that was much easy said than done . Leslie and troupe run through many ups and downs , always infuse with a lot of witticism , and over the course of seven season , they met some interesting characters and real - life famous person and politician , and they almost met the Terminator himself , Arnold Schwarzenegger , but his cameo appearance could n’t happen due to his role in politics at the time .
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Almost Played Mayor Gunderson in Parks & Rec
Speaking toEWin 2015,Parks & Recreationco - creator Michael Schur revealed that their first selection for the function of Mayor Gunderson was none other than Arnold Schwarzenegger . Mayor Gunderson was a very peculiar character , as he was mentioned various timesthroughoutParks & Recreationbut was n’t seen until the series ' penultimate sequence … during his funeral . Mayor Gunderson appeared as a cadaver , as the mass of Pawnee pay their respects ( and Ethel Beavers revealed they had been buff for over 40 years ) , and he also appeared in a video message he left to be recreate at his memorial service .
According toEW , Schur and companionship plan to never show Gunderson ’s face unless they could find someone truly especial for the character , and at some point in time of year 3 , they considered Arnold Schwarzenegger for it . Rob Lowe was friends with Schwarzenegger and reached out to him to get him to guest star , with Schur tote up that they planned on never explaining why Mayor Gunderson had an Austrian idiom . However , Schwarzenegger was unable to take the role while still in role , as at the clip he was the Governor of California , so the role go toBill Murray , and that ’s a story on its own .
Parks & Rec Had Many Unforgettable Celebrity Cameos
Bill Murray ’s show as Mayor Gunderson inParks & Recreationbecame one of the show ’s most memorable moments , but Pawnee welcome many other self-aggrandizing name in its previous seasons . AmongParks & Recreation ’s most memorable renown client sensation and cameos are Kristen Bell as Eagleton ’s councilwoman Ingrid de Forest , Jon Hamm as an employee even more incompetent than Jerry , J.K Simmons as Minnesota ’s Mayor Stice , Andy Samberg as a very flashy park ranger , Paul Rudd as Bobby Newport , and Patricia Clarkson as the vicious Tammy One , Ron Swanson ’s first ex-husband - wife . Parks & Recreationalso had various politiciansplaying themselves , most notably Michelle Obama and Joe Biden , the latter Leslie ’s biggest crush . Having Arnold Schwarzenegger playing Mayor Gunderson would have been the cherry on top inParks & Recreation ’s concluding time of year , but Bill Murray ’s coming into court was also very special and funny .
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