Watch EW’s Chuck cast reunion, including a table read of fan-favorite episode
Press pause on your Jeffster mixtape, order a Subway sandwich from Postmates, and get ready to see your favorite Nerd Herd together again at a virtual Buy More.
Entertainment Weekly is kicking off its EW Reunions: #UnitedAtHome series by bringing together the cast and creators of NBC’s beloved spy comedy Chuck.
The show’s stars Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Adam Baldwin (Colonel John Casey), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Grimes), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Captain Awesome), Vik Sahay (Lester Patel), Scott Krinsky (Jeff Barnes), and Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), gathered on Zoom, along with co-creators Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak to reminisce about their time on the series.
They also performed a table read of the script for “Chuck Versus the Beard,” episode 9 from the show’s third season. The episode was hand-picked by fans on social media after a call-out by EW and Levi himself to help us decide which script to revisit.
Also joining in the fun were three special guests: Brandon Routh, Cedric Yarbrough, and Diedrich Bader, who all appeared on the fan-favorite episode, which originally aired March 8, 2010. And lucky Chuck superfan Kyle Fox also got the chance to read some lines with the cast.
For those who don’t have an intercept trapped in your brain to help recall the details of the episode, “Chuck Versus the Beard” was the first one that Levi got to direct, and more importantly the episode where Chuck finally comes clean to his best friend Morgan about being a spy.
During the virtual reunion, Fedak notes that Chuck’s confession to Morgan “was one of those things where we built so much of the season to this moment, and it was such a huge thing, that it still was amazing.” Levi adds that “in a Zach/Josh relationship I was so f—ing happy that all of the sudden we could now collaborate in the spy world and get to do more fun stuff together, and as a character, as Chuck, I didn’t have to keep lying to my friend all the time.”
With everyone in good spirits running back the episode, the cast also opens the door on the possibility of reuniting for a Chuck Versus the Movie, with Levi joking “I’m just trying to get 90 minutes worth of content from [co-creators Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak].”
The EW Reunions: #UnitedAtHome series benefits organizations helping our community in the fight against COVID-19. Each cast works with EW to choose a charity to support. The Chuck reunion is supporting Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund where the show’s fans have already raised more than $31,000 to help local food banks during the coronavirus pandemic.
Source: ew.com