Michael Schur, the producer of Parks & Recreation, confirmed on July 31st that two of the main characters on the show will be leaving their respective roles.
Rashida Jones, who played Ann Perkins since the shows beginning
in 2009 as well as Rob Lowe who was cast as state auditor Chris Traeger during
season 2, will both be exiting from the show shortly after the start of season
6.
In a recently released statement Mr Shcur said “The news
about Rob and Rashida is true — they will be leaving the show after the 13th
episode of the upcoming season six. We’ve been working on their storyline (on
and off) for four seasons now, and heading into this year, with the two of them
contemplating parenthood,
it felt like a natural time to move them into the next phase.”
He went on to say “We absolutely love both Rashida and Rob,
and will be sad to see them go. Rashida was one of the very first people we
knew we wanted in the cast, and as important as Ann is to Leslie (and
vice-versa), she’ll certainly never be far from Pawnee. Rob we initially
thought we could only have for six or eight episodes, and we couldn’t be
happier that he will have stuck around for 75. They are wonderful, funny,
committed actors, they’ve been a huge part of the Parks and Rec family, and we
think we have a great Pawnee send-off in the works for them.”
Season six will air on September 25 with an hour long show.
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