'Party Down' Cast on Lizzy Caplan's Absence in the Season 3 Premiere (Exclusive)
etonline.comAdam Scott, Ken Marino and others, is officially back with new episodes after being revived for season 3 on Starz. The newest installment, which comes 13 years after the series first ended, reunites most of the original cast, with one notable exception: Lizzy Caplan as struggling comedian and Henry Pollard's (Scott) on-and-off love interest, Casey Klein. «Lizzy wanted to do it badly.
We'd, of course, planned on having Lizzy be a part of the season. It just wasn't possible schedule-wise,» Scott tells ET about his co-star's absence in the new episodes, referring to the fact that Caplan has been busy with a number of TV projects, including on FX and filming the upcoming Paramount+ series adaptation of . «She was so heartbroken, as was I,» Martin Starr, who returns as Roman DeBeers, adds. «We've known each other since third grade, so it was terrible news to find out that she couldn't make it out of all the cast.»But just because Caplan wasn't able to reprise her role as Casey doesn't mean the series ignored her completely.
Instead, co-creator and showrunner John Enbom «came up with a great solution, which is what you see,» Scott says of the season 3 premiere. (: spoilers for «Kyle Bradway Is Nitromancer,» which debuted on Starz Friday night.)In the first episode back, current and former members of the titular catering company reunite 10 years later for a party, celebrating one of their own.
Kyle (Ryan Hansen) has hired the team, run by manager Ron Donald (Marino), to service an event after landing the lead role in an upcoming superhero film franchise.
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