Before production on the Dan Erickson-created show began, Scottannounced that he had lost his mother, Anne, in March 2020 due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Since he had to cope with his own grief offscreen, alongside his character’s struggles onscreen, Scott felt the role required “a lot more” from him than he had ever experienced on past projects.
“I felt like the role isn’t something that I could have done, you know, 10 years ago, or maybe even five years ago,” he continued. “But it’s something that I felt like I could do now — not only earned career-wise but also emotionally.”
TheParks and Recreationalum announced that his mother had died inan emotional tributeon Instagram in May 2020.
“It’s difficult to put into words the enormity of this loss, as I’m sure those who have lost a parent can attest. But I’ll try,” he wrote alongside an old photo of the pair. “My mom and I were very much the same. We were connected, shared a brain — we knew the exact joke or silent internal reaction the other was thinking or feeling — which as a son drove me crazy and caused me to pull away from her at certain times in my life.”
“This kills me now that she’s gone,” he continued. “I want to jump back to all those moments and apologize and pull her back in. But that’s not the way it works.”
In asecond tribute post, Scott said Anne was “forever the ultimate Cool Mom.”
Adam Scott and his mother.Adam Scott/Instagram
“Of course as a teenager I needed to pull away and forge an identity where my mom wasn’t the lens through which I saw the whole world. But she was, and is. Everything I see and hear and feel is through that lens,” he wrote. “That is how I carry her with me now that she’s gone. She gave me the world, and now I look at it with her eyes, and feel her in my heart. It’s cold comfort but I’m glad she went before we all had to hide away in our houses and apartments.”
Added Scott, “Not being able to visit her, to hold her hand would have been unbearable. Not being able to tell her about her grandkids' latest adventures, to kiss her on the forehead before I leave as if to say thank you, I love you, I’m not full of s—.”
source: people.com
