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Just weeks after Hulu surprisingly canceled their hit sitcom Reboot, after plenty of critical acclaim, series star Johnny Knoxville is speaking out.
The 51-year-old actor (born Philip John Clapp) played Clay Barber, an actor and comedian with a history of substance abuse, who starred in the hit sitcom Step Right Up that was being rebooted in the Hulu series.
The show was his first scripted series where he served as a series regular, though he revealed to Vulture he’s still processing the cancelation.
The cancelation was first announced in late January, though creator Steve Levitan had tried to find a new home for the show.
He announced earlier this month that the show was fully dead, after efforts to find a new home had failed.
Speaking out: Just weeks after Hulu surprisingly canceled their hit sitcom Reboot, after plenty of critical acclaim, series star Johnny Knoxville is speaking out
Johnny’s character: The 51-year-old actor (born Philip John Clapp) played Clay Barber, an actor and comedian with a history of substance abuse, who starred in the hit sitcom Step Right Up that was being rebooted in the Hulu series
Knoxville revealed, ‘Of course I would’ve liked it to end differently, but I realize I’m a very lucky human being.’
‘We made a great show, and it’ll be there for people to watch forever. That’s a pretty great thing,’ he added.
‘Hopefully I’m not coming off as angry or sad. I’m so appreciative of all that has happened, but of course I’m a little pissed at the way it ended,’ Knoxville admitted.
He admitted he has, ‘a lot of feelings about it’ and while he’s, ‘grateful and thankful’ he got to make the show, he’s still, ‘stunned and shocked it’s over.’
‘I’m still trying to process it. I mean, come on, it was a Steve Levitan show. We delivered a very strong first season. This is my first series, so I was spoiled,’ he said.
‘Everyone kept telling me it’s rare to work on a show of this caliber with people you like. We all got along so well. We were like, “Oh this will be fun to do for five or six seasons,”‘ he admitted.
‘We took it for granted. Boy, were we surprised. Oscar Wilde said, “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life,” but he didn’t see what happened with Reboot,” Knoxville continued.
‘We’re disappointed that it was canceled, but I’m also not tone-deaf. People have real problems in this world. An actor’s show getting canceled isn’t the end of the world. That said, we did love it, and were hopeful it was going to go on,’ he said.
Disappointed: Knoxville revealed, ‘Of course I would’ve liked it to end differently, but I realize I’m a very lucky human being’
The series followed the cast of a hit early 2000s sitcom called Step Right Up that was being rebooted with the original cast coming to grips with a world changing must faster than they have realized.
The cast also included Keegan Michael Key, Rachel Bloom, Judy Greer, Calum Worthy, Krista Marie Yu and Paul Reiser.
The show earned rave reviews from critics and earned two Critics Choice Award nominations, one for Best Comedy Series and one for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Keegan Michael Key.
When asked if he had any insight into why the show was canceled, Knoxville admitted, ‘I have no insight as to why it was canceled.’
‘It’s all played very close to the vest. I know we made a lot of fun of Hulu in the show, but I give the executives more credit than to cancel it for such a silly reason,’ he said.
When the interviewer suggested the reason may be, ‘Hulu has a very arbitrary algorithm and Reboot didn’t meet its requirements,’ Knoxville thought that very well may be true.
He added that creator Steve Levitan had written two scripts for the second season at the time of the cancellation, but he has not read them.
‘I know there are two scripts, and I could ask Steve to read them, but I’m afraid it would hurt too much to read them, knowing they’re not going to be shot,’ Knoxville said.
Insight: When asked if he had any insight into why the show was canceled, Knoxville admitted, ‘I have no insight as to why it was canceled’
Silly: ‘It’s all played very close to the vest. I know we made a lot of fun of Hulu in the show, but I give the executives more credit than to cancel it for such a silly reason,’ he said
Arbitrary: When the interviewer suggested the reason may be, ‘Hulu has a very arbitrary algorithm and Reboot didn’t meet its requirements,’ Knoxville thought that very well may be true
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