Tim Allen Reveals He Got Emotional Reprising His ‘Home Improvement’ Role On ‘Last Man Standing’ (Exclusive)

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Tim Allen‘s return to a past character was not what he expected. ET’s Lauren Zima spoke with Allen and his “Last Man Standing” co-star, Nancy Travis, ahead of the ninth and final season premiere of their Fox sitcom.

During the chat, Allen opened up about playing both his current role and a past role — Tim Taylor of “Home Improvement” — on an upcoming episode of “Last Man Standing”, an experience the 67-year-old actor called “weird, creepy… [and] unusual.” “It was very peculiar to do both parts, I’ll tell you that.

It was challenging for me to do both parts and kind of emotional,” Allen admitted, revealing that his emotions came, in large part, because of Earl Hindman’s 2003 death.