>>> FOR TEN SEASONS DAVID
SCHWIMMER WAS THERE FOR US AS
ROSS ON "FRIENDS."
BUT SINCE IT WRAPPED UP BACK IN
2004, YOU COULD SAY DAVID'S BEEN
ON A BREAK FROM SITCOMS.
NOW HE'S MADE HIS RETURN TO
COMEDY IN THE NEW PEACOCK SHOW.
IT'S CALLED "INTELLIGENCE."
HE PLAYS A POMPOUS NSA AGENT
WHO'S SENT ACROSS THE POND
ALONGSIDE AN INEPT COMPUTER
ANALYST PLAYED BY THE SHOW'S
>> YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF ACTION
THEN.
>> HAVE I SEEN ACTION?
LOOK AT THIS.
YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS.
COME HERE.
YEAH.
LOOK AT THAT.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> TOUCH IT.
>> NO.
>> TOUCH IT.
TOUCH IT.
0.44 CALIBER WENT CLEAN THROUGH.
>> WOW.
IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE WHEN I HAD
A THING REMOVED.
THE SAME SHAPE AND EVERYTHING.
>> WELL, IT'S NOT.
>> IT'S THE SAME SHAPE,
ACTUALLY.
>> IT'S NOT.
IT'S A BULLET.
>> OKAY.
WENT CLEAN THROUGH.
DAVID AND NICK ARE WITH US.
HI, GUYS.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> OKAY.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, A
LITTLE SECRET.
I WAS WATCHING THIS UP IN MY
DRESSING ROOM BEFORE I CAME DOWN
AND I LITERALLY DID NOT COME
DOWN UNTIL IT WAS THE VERY END
OF THE FIRST EPISODE.
IT'S LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY.
DAVID, THIS SEEMS LIKE YOUR
PERFECT ENTREE BACK INTO COMEDY.
WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT THIS
PROJECT?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I
APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT.
THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS TO OUR
EARS.
YEAH.
I MEAN, MOSTLY I REALLY -- I'M A
HUGE FAN OF NICK'S.
I MEAN, HE'S A GENIUS ACTOR AND
HE CREATED THE SHOW.
HE WROTE EVERY EPISODE.
AND WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO WORK
TOGETHER FOR AWHILE NOW.
BUT I LOVE THE IDEA OF A
TRADITIONAL KIND OF WORKPLACE
ENSEMBLE COMEDY SET IN THE HIGH
STAKES WORLD OF NATIONAL
SECURITY AND CYBERTERRORISM.
ALSO I THOUGHT THIS GUY WAS A
REAL HOOT TO PLAY.
>> WELL, HE IS SO MUCH FUN TO
WATCH.
HE'S SO NARCISSISTIC.
YOU WANT TO STRANGLE HIM HALF
THE TIME.
NICK, WHEN YOU WERE THINKING OF
CASTING THIS ROLE, WHAT WAS IT
ABOUT DAVID SCHWIMMER THAT MADE
YOU SAY, YEP, HE'S THE GUY?
>> DAVID AND I HAVE WORKED ON A
PREVIOUS SHOW TOGETHER THAT
NEVER MADE IT TO SERIES.
DAVID HAD COME OVER AND DONE
SOME KIND OF IMPROV WORKSHOPS
WITH US.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE
PARTICULARLY ENJOYED WAS THE
CHANGE IN STATUS WITH HIM
PLAYING THIS ALPHA BULLISH
AMERICAN CHARACTER AND ME
PLAYING A DEMINTIVE SHY BRITISH
GUY.
I GUESS I REALLY WANTED TO
CAPITALIZE ON THAT DYNAMIC AND
THAT SORT OF ODD COUPLE FEELING.
AND SO YEAH, WHEN I CAME UP WITH
THE IDEA TO DO A WORKPLACE
SITCOM WITH NATIONAL SECURITY AS
A BACKDROP, DAVID WAS THE
ABSOLUTE GUY TO DO THAT ROLE.
>> NICK, WHEN YOU WERE -- LET'S
BE HONEST.
YOU WERE A HUGE ROSS FAN WHEN
YOU WATCHED "FRIENDS."
>> YEAH.
EPISODE?
>> OH, MAN.
REALLY PUT HIM ON THE SPOT.
>> MY FAVORITE EPISODE I CAN'T
REMEMBER WHICH ONE IT IS BUT THE
ONE WHERE WE FIRST LEARN THAT
MONICA AND CHANDLER HAVE COME
TOGETHER WHEN ROSS IS SAYING I'M
GETTING MARRIED AND MONICA
APPEARS.
>> I NEED NICK'S TAKE ON THIS.
I WANT TO KNOW, WERE THEY ON A
BREAK OR NOT?
NICK, YOU TELL ME.
>> NICK, YOU BETTER --
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT ROSS HERE.
HE CAN ANSWER.
>> ALL RIGHT, ROSS.
WERE YOU ON A BREAK?
>> IF YOU'RE ASKING ME, DAVID,
THERE'S NO QUESTION.
WE WERE ON A BREAK.
I MEAN, THAT'S NOT EVEN
DEBATABLE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE SOMEONE ELSE WHO WANTED
TO WEIGH IN ON THIS CONTROVERSY.
>> UH-OH.
>> YEAH.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER CHLOE THE
COPY GIRL?
SHE WAS THE ONE WHO PLAYED YOUR
LOVE INTEREST WHEN YOU WERE ON A
BREAK?
SHE'D LIKE TO WEIGH IN.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> OKAY.
>> ALL I KNOW IS HE WAS
DEFINITELY ON A BREAK WHEN HE
WAS WITH ME.
BUT YOU TELL ROSS I OWN MY OWN
COFFEE SHOP NOW IF HE EVER WANTS
ANYTHING DONE FREE.
>> OH, THAT WAS WEIRD AT THE
BUT SHE HAS HER OWN COFFEE SHOP
IF YOU WANT ANYTHING.
>> THAT'S TEMPTING.
I COULD USE ANOTHER CUP.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WAIT.
WE HAVE TO GET TO THIS.
THIS IS IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING OFF AND
ON FOR WEEKS THERE'S GOING TO BE
A "FRIENDS" REUNION.
CARSON BELIEVES THIS IS NOT
HAPPENING.
DAVID, WILL YOU PLEASE TELL US,
IS THERE GOING TO BE A "FRIENDS"
REUNION?
>> I MEAN, THERE'S DEFINITELY
GOING TO BE A "FRIENDS" REUNION.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THE CREATIVE
ASPECTS OF THE SHOW KIND OF
WORKED OUT.
IT'S UNSCRIPTED, BUT THERE ARE
GOING TO BE SOME SURPRISE FUNNY
BITS.
I MEAN, THE REAL QUESTION IS
WHEN.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE
THAT OUT.
BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO IT WHEN
IT'S SAFE TO DO SO FOR EVERYONE.
>> SURE.
SO EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD?
>> OH, YEAH.
YEAH.
THAT'S NOT A QUESTION, YEAH.
>> WE APPRECIATE IT.
BY THE WAY, THIS IS SUPER FUNNY.
WE HOPE YOU GUYS CHECK OUT
"INTELLIGENCE."
IT'S STREAMING ON PEACOCK, PART
OF OUR PARENT COMPANY.
I WOULD LIKE IT EVEN IF IT
WASN'T PART OF OUR