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Adam Scott is aware of a factor or two about scene-stealing facial hair.
In Huge Little Lies, his beard turned the star of the show, with followers on social media weighing in on his face mane habits years later. His newest grooming-focused function? Philips Norelco’s latest celeb ambassador.
The Severance actor stars in a brand new comedic campaign for the shaving firm together with his favourite travel-friendly electrical razor taking part in a supporting function.
“Electrical razors have all the time been one thing that I’ve needed. It simply all the time appeared prefer it’s such a helpful factor to have the ability to do,” Scott tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I keep in mind in films, individuals would all the time be shaving with an electrical razor within the automotive and stuff, and I simply had by no means actually tried it. I all the time figured I wouldn’t be as shut as an everyday razor. However now the know-how that Phillips Norelco has on the market with their S9000, it actually does shave as shut as a razor. It’s weird! So I’ve all the time form of needed to seek out that proper electrical razor and by no means fairly did till now.”
So far as his facial hair heroes, Scott has a couple of celeb appears to be like on his record.
“Keanu Reeves wears a extremely good beard. He all the time appears to be like tremendous good when he has a beard. Donald Glover appears to be like nice with a beard. That man can actually put on one. Boy, oh boy, I’m attempting to assume,” he says. “Robin Williams all the time appeared good with a beard when he was doing a severe function, he would have a beard and he simply appeared so good-looking and distinguished. I additionally love a mustache. I like the way in which a mustache appears to be like … like a Doobie Brothers mustache.”
The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Scott to seek out out what made him say sure to working with Philips Norelco, what he eats for breakfast, if there’s any hope for a Parks and Recreation reboot and if he made good on that promise to walk a stranger’s dog.
You don’t usually do model partnerships. In actual fact, professional golfer Adam Scott principally got here up once I was researching. What made you say sure to this one with Philips Norelco?
it’s humorous as a result of nearly a 12 months and a half earlier than this, I used to be working with a make-up artist who launched me to the Norelco OneBlade, and I’d seen it pop up in kits of make-up artists everywhere. I’ve been working with them and the benefit of use is simply excellent. I discover myself utilizing it on a regular basis, even to fully shave your face cleanly, however then additionally grooming and stuff, and it’s small and simple to journey with. So simply as a coincidence, I had already been utilizing this on a regular basis, so it was a giant kismet after they got here calling.
How hands-on had been you in creating the marketing campaign?
Philips Norelco had been simply beautiful to work with and extremely collaborative. I set to work with my mates Jesse Peretz, who directed; and Chris Kelly, who wrote the spots. They’re mates of mine that I simply love working with — they’re such humorous, inventive, sensible individuals. So that they form of gave us free rein. All the fabric within the adverts got here from these conversations that Jesse and Chris and I’d have, and Philips Norelco simply kind of recorded all of it and gave us the textual content of our conversations, and we simply fashioned them from there. Chris actually took all of it and went away and got here again with these nice concepts for the spots.
In order that story about shaving for the first time along with your mother’s razor once you had been 12 was true?
Yeah, that’s true! With the cap factor nonetheless on. And I had completely no hair on my face, so why not?
Final 12 months you donated a canine strolling session to assist increase cash for these affected by the writers strikes. Did you fulfill your doggy obligation?
I did, and I took footage and stuff and I don’t assume we ever completed that sentence on social media. I keep in mind it was when it was all introduced {that a} bunch of us could be doing issues for charity, the appear to tickle individuals. However I did find yourself going and strolling the canine with these actually cool ladies. One lady obtained it as a present for a buddy of hers, and I simply confirmed up at their condo to stroll the canine and freaked out the buddy [who] didn’t know. We walked round for a few hours with the canine and it was tremendous enjoyable. I’ve footage from it I took, I ought to put them on the market.
I like canine, so I’ll stroll any canine. I don’t have to be paid. It doesn’t have to be for charity. I similar to strolling canine. I’ve a few canine and I miss them. I’ve been in New York for months, so I can’t wait to see ’em once more.
I don’t know if Philips Norelco has something for canine, possibly that’s the subsequent spot.
They don’t have canine grooming merchandise. They need to! That’s sensible, it’s a good suggestion.
Seeing you within the return of Party Down made many people Parks and Recreation followers longing for a reboot. Clearly there are different gamers concerned in that, however what are your ideas on if that chance offered itself?
Social gathering Down was tremendous enjoyable, and I obtained to have a hand in kind of one of many 5 or 6 of us who form of obtained to push that boulder up the hill and it was simply such a blast. Parks and Rec is a totally [different thing] with Mike [Schur] and Amy and Greg and all of these fantastic individuals’s determination, and if they might ever be interested by doing one thing like that, it might be as much as them.
However I imply, I’d go get a sandwich with all of these individuals. I wouldn’t should be taking pictures the present. I simply love all of ’em a lot. I imply, the present itself kind of had a real ending.
It was such an excellent ending.
We did do one thing over the pandemic the place all of us obtained again collectively and made an episode [to raise money for Feeding America]. I don’t know if there would ever be any extra, however I imply, I actually don’t know. I like the present and love all of the individuals. It’s all the time enjoyable seeing any of them. I haven’t seen the present in a very long time simply because I miss it and I really feel like it might be unhappy to observe it, however it’s simply such a stunning present and wonderful group of individuals.
I learn that filming simply wrapped on Severance‘s extremely anticipated second season. What are you able to share about it, or how do you assume individuals will react?
I want I may let you know and everyone about what’s arising as a result of it’s going to be a lot enjoyable. I can’t look ahead to individuals to see it, however I can’t say a phrase, however it’ll lastly be popping out within the considerably close to future and I can’t wait for everybody to see it. That’s principally it. It was a lot enjoyable to make.
I and plenty of different Severance followers can be patiently ready.
Effectively, your endurance doesn’t have to carry on an excessive amount of longer.
What different tasks do you could have coming down the pipeline that you would be able to discuss?
I’m going to go residence and chill out and never work for a short while after which form of see the place that takes me.
We’ve obtained a minute or so left, possibly that is the place we fill it with some ice breaker questions. I ought to attempt to improv and simply ask some “sure, and” questions.
I imply, I may attempt to give you one thing that I feel you’ll have been formulating a query about. I can give you some simply kind of generic solutions and see if they may apply.
How about, what did you could have for breakfast at present? That’s all the time a enjoyable one.
I had a smoothie, I’ve a smoothie each morning, after which I don’t eat till lunch time. You already know Daily Harvest? They’re nice. I had the almond one. The greens [smoothie] is actually good.
Possibly that’s your subsequent model partnership?
That’s my subsequent model partnership, or possibly Philip Norelco will take in them after which we are able to simply all be one household.