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Andy Samberg on working with Kate Winslet: ‘When she calls, you say yes’

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Andy Samberg voices the title character of washed-up archaeologist Rip Digman.But the “Saturday Night Live” vet can also be seen in the feature-film flesh in the new comedy “Self Reliance,” which premiered at South by Southwest earlier this month, and the upcoming biopic “Lee,” in which flexes his acting chops opposite no less than Oscar winner Kate Winslet.“It’s very dramatic … very different from anything I’ve done before,” Samberg, 44, told The Post about his real-life role as Life magazine WWII photojournalist David Scherman. “But when Winslet calls you, you say yes.”For now, though, Samberg is getting in touch with his inner Indiana Jones on “Digman!” In addition to co-creating the series with fellow “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” alum Neil Campbell, the comedian serves as writer and producer for the first time.“I’ve written on everything I’ve ever worked on pretty much in some way, shape or form,” he said. “I have not always been credited, but that’s fine — that’s how it works.”In addition to reuniting Samberg with his “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” love interest Melissa Fumero as the voice of Bella — Digman’s wife, who he’s still mourning a decade after her death — the show features a star-studded array of guest voices including “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe, Jane Lynch of “Glee” and “The “Marvelous Mrs.

Maisel” fame, and Samberg’s former “SNL” cohort Maya Rudolph.“We got everyone to do it by just backing up the money truck,” said Samberg with a laugh. “Part of it was just luck that they wanted to do it or had time.

We started creating this during lockdown, when a lot of people were free.”But even with his new series, Samberg still hasn’t quite gotten over the “tough” ending of his police sitcom “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” after.

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