Quinta Brunson Reveals Which ‘It’s Always Sunny’ Character They “Had To Keep Away” From ‘Abbott Elementary’ Kids

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Fans are wondering how an Abbott Elementary and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia crossover could possibly work when the characters probably shouldn’t be allowed within a hundred yards of a school.

Quinta Brunson and Rob McElhenney recently explained how the “authenticity still remains” with both of their shows in the upcoming crossover event, kicking off Wednesday, Jan.

8 on ABC with a new episode of Abbott Elementary, and which character they had to “keep away from the children.” “On our episode, I had the philosophy that we just treat our story the way we would treat any other story,” explained Abbott star and creator Brunson to Rolling Stone. “When we went to break it, I said, ‘We need to treat this as not the Sunny cast, but as this is the story we want to tell, which is some volunteers coming to the school who wind up being not so great.’ And we could tell those stories with any number of characters, but we have the Sunny characters, which is great.

They come fully locked and loaded with characteristics — you know, fears, loves, wants, whatever. But I thought the key was to treat it like a typical Abbott story.” McElhenney, who created and stars in It’s Always Sunny, added, “It was like we were modulating the specificity depending on which episode we were watching.