Rob Lowe Reveals How Parks and Recreation Cast Stays in Touch

Originally appeared on E! Online

Rob Lowe literally couldn't love the Parks and Recreation cast any more.

That's why, nearly 10 years after the hit sitcom ended, he continues to stay in touch with castmates like Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Chris Pratt, and more.

"Everybody on that show was always just consistently amazing," Rob explained to E! News in an exclusive interview. "Ensembles can be tricky and that ensemble was heaven on Earth and remains."

As for what their reunions look like these days?

"I'm playing golf with Pratt next week," he gushed. "I saw Amy at my 60th and she looks better than ever and is always great. I just saw Nick two weeks ago."

And while the Parks and Recreation cast became great friends through the series, Rob—who played fitness guru Chris Traeger in the mockumentary sitcom for five seasons—initially entered the show without any intention of staying on for long.

"I originally came on to do six episodes," The 60-year-old, who joined the show in season two with Adam Scott and ended up staying on until season six, explained. "Mike Schur, Amy, and me were going, ‘How do we feel about this? Do we do more or was this good?'"

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The moment West Wing alum realized he was in it for the long haul can be traced back to the fan-favorite season three episode in which his character, Leslie (Amy) and April Ludgate (Aubrey Plaza) are all hospitalized with the flu.

"It's probably my favorite Parks and Rec episode," Rob shared. "We were approaching the sixth episode and I had a scene where I was looking in the mirror and I ad libbed ‘Stop pooping.' And I kind of knew at that moment that this was a good thing. There's more to be done here. I will always remember that episode. I think that's the moment where the character really came to life for me."

And he still remembers the magical day on set fondly.

"I could hear them laughing and there's nothing in life more satisfying than making someone you respect as a comedian laugh," he noted. "To get Amy to laugh, to get Nick to laugh was the ultimate joy. That's why doing that show never felt like work, ever. It felt like we got together, hung out, made each other laugh and went home and then got to watch it on TV."

Naturally, Rob has taken that mentality to his latest venture, as he stars alongside his son John Owen Lowe in Netflix's Unstable—where the duo, who also co-created the series, play father and son.

However, as Rob recently learned through an Ancestry DNA test that proved his "off-the-charts" competitiveness, he isn't so unlike his biotech genius character Ellis. In fact, he revealed that he and John Owen will get to show off their competitive spirit in a tennis match episode that John Owen wrote for the show's second season.

"I would say almost everything in it is either a literal recreation," Rob teased. "Or takes a little germ of something that he thinks happened and then he's blown it sky high."

The second season of Unstable hits Netflix August 1.

In the meantime, keep reading to see where Rob's character—and everyone else—ended up at the end of Parks and Recreation.

Leslie Knope

Ben Wyatt

Ron Swanson

April Ludgate

Andy Dwyer

Donna Meagle

Garry/Jerry Gergich

Tom Haverford

Ann Perkins

Chris Traeger

Jean-Ralphio and Mona Lisa Saperstein

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