'Parks And Recreation': Tom Almost Dated Aunt May & 2 Other Wild Casting Near-Misses

3Ben Schwartz was almost Dave The Cop

Offerman wasn’t the only Parks and Rec actor to find himself switching roles before the series hit the small screen. Prior to his portrayal of Jean-Ralphio, Ben Schwartz originally had his eyes on a different role – and love interest besides well, himself – Dave the Cop, a.k.a. Leslie Knope’s former boyfriend. 

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Although as Screen Rant also noted, the show’s team – to use their words, and, well, that of every non-committal casting director known to man – allegedly “loved his energy” during the audition processes, they found him to be a bit too young to plausibly play Knope’s paramour. Let’s face it, Leslie may be many things, but a cougar is apparently not one of them. 

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'Parks And Recreation': Tom Almost Dated Aunt May & 2 Other Wild Casting Near-Misses
Source: Pinoy Daily News