Summary
- Nick Offerman's role in "Civil War" pays off a dark quote from his "Parks & Rec" character, Ron Swanson.
- Offerman's portrayal of the President in "Civil War" aligns with Ron Swanson's disdain for the government.
- Playing the President feels fitting for Offerman, given Ron Swanson's well-known hatred for the government.
Nick Offerman will star in Alex Garland’s movie Parks & Recreation character, 15 years after the episode aired. Nick Offerman is best known for his comedy work, with his most notable role to date being Ron Swanson in the sitcom Parks & Recreation. Offerman’s performance stood out for his deadpan style and sarcastic lines, as well as for his hatred for the government (while he worked for it), love for meat, whiskey, and woodworking, and for hardly ever showing emotion aside from annoyance.
Since Parks & Rec came to an end, Offerman has shown his acting skills in other genres aside from comedy, most notably in the TV series Fargo, Devs, The Resort, and The Last Of Us, as well as the movie Dumb Money. Offerman’s next big screen project is Alex Garland’s Civil War, an epic action war film starring Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, and Wagner Moura. The first trailer for Civil War revealed Nick Offerman’s role in the story, and it’s paying off one of Ron Swanson’s most memorable but also darkest quotes in Parks & Recreation.
Nick Offerman's Civil War Role Pays Off A Dark Parks & Rec Joke
Nick Offerman will play the President of the United States in Civil War. The film is set in a near future where the United States is on the brink of civil war, and a team of journalists travels across the country as the war rapidly escalates. According to the Civil War trailer, Offerman’s President has been serving for three and is shown addressing US citizens explaining what’s going on across the country. However, the President’s decisions and tactics are questioned by the characters, with Stephen McKinley Henderson's character asking if the President regrets “the use of air strikes against American citizens”. The role of Offerman’s President in Civil War seems to be ordering attacks in an attempt to stop the war, and this is reminiscent of Ron Swanson’s idea of the perfect government.
In Parks & Rec’s season 1 episode 4, “Boy’s Club”, Ron shared what the ideal government would look like for him: “one guy who sits in a small room at a desk, and the only thing he’s allowed to decide is who to nuke”. The quote is very fitting with Ron’s character and his well-known hatred for the government, but it takes a truly dark turn now that Offerman is playing the President in Civil War. Although there’s a lot more to learn about the President in Civil War, the trailer shows him exactly as Ron described: a man sitting at a desk deciding who he’s going to attack next, such as ordering air strikes against American citizens.
Why Nick Offerman's New Movie Character Is Fitting After Parks & Rec
Despite having played a variety of roles since Parks & Rec came to an end, playing the President of the United States feels especially fitting for Nick Offerman. As mentioned above, Ron Swanson is well-known for how much he hated the government and never hid these intense feelings, and he seized every chance he had to share his thoughts on the flaws of the government. Now, Offerman is on the other side playing the President while also following Ron’s idea of the perfect government, as scary as that actually is. It’s to be seen if the President in Civil War has other reasons to order air strikes and more against American citizens or if he’s just taking advantage of the power he has, but either way, he’s still paying off Ron Swanson’s idea of the perfect government.
