Seann William Scott’s irreverent reverend in new Fox sitcom
nypost.comaction series “Lethal Weapon,” and, as he mentioned, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” in 2013. “I don’t really have a preference [between TV and movies].
I think it just depends on the project,” he said. “One of the things with ‘Welcome to Flatch’ was that I wasn’t really looking to play a lead character – I wasn’t looking to be on set 16 hours a day.
I wanted to spend more time with my family. And when I heard [Father Joe] was a former lead singer of a spiritual boy band, I was like, ‘I’m in.
Oh, that’s the guy.’ Once he decided to go solo and that fell apart, and his whole life fell apart, and he’s never really gotten past his old glory days…that’s a character that could be fun to play.”It also helped that Scott has a similar background to the characters on the show, since he grew up in a small Midwestern town of Cottage Grove, Minn. “It was a bit bigger than our fictional town of Flatch, Ohio, but I could definitely relate to the closeness in community and everybody knowing each other, and having a bunch of eccentric personalities,” he said. “And good people who are doing the best they can and supporting each other and trying to get by.”To prepare to play a spiritual leader, however, Scott did not dive into scripture. “When I met with [showrunner Jenny Bicks and exec producer Paul Feig], I was in pretty good shape.
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