Tim Allen revealed whether or not there are plans for former Home Improvement costar Jonathan Taylor Thomas to look on his new sitcom Shifting Gears.
“Every little thing is a chance,” Allen, 71, completely shared within the newest issue of Us Weekly. “He simply got here again [to the last episode we filmed]. He confirmed up on the set.”
Allen mentioned he would love nothing greater than to share the screen with Thomas, 43, once more, including, “He’s actually my child. I raised that child for eight years on House Enchancment. All of those are my youngsters and I’m sort of sick about this.”
Earlier than main the solid of ABC’s Shifting Gears, Allen starred on House Enchancment from 1991 to 1999 alongside Thomas, Patricia Richardson, Taran Noah Smith, Zachery Ty Bryan, Richard Karn and Debbe Dunning. Thomas exited the collection early to deal with college and in the end made the choice to step back from acting entirely.
Allen and Thomas ended up reuniting on display screen for 4 episodes of Final Man Standing. Thomas additionally directed three episodes of the sitcom. Whereas Thomas has remained out of the general public eye, Allen continued to search out success as America’s favourite sitcom dad together with his roles as Mike Baxter in Final Man Standing, which ran from 2011 to 2021, and now Matt Parker in Shifting Gears.
“[My former onscreen wife] Nancy Travis as soon as advised me [something] after I referred to as her throughout Final Man Standing. I mentioned, ‘Have you ever talked to the women [who play our daughters] over the summer time?’ Then there’s this lengthy pause and he or she goes, ‘Tim, these aren’t our daughters and I’m not really your spouse,’” he quipped. “She was so great about it as a result of generally once they have been having bother on the present, I’d go, ‘How do you suppose they really feel?’ And she or he would reply, ‘Tim, they’re actors. We simply learn [what is on the page but] she’s probably not that unhappy.’”
On Shifting Gears, Allen performs a widowed father reverse an estranged daughter performed by Kat Dennings. The duo gushed about how they “instantly” formed a connection as soon as being solid on the present.
“The director needed to see how we obtained alongside. It by no means stopped. The kismet was loopy. We’re each born on the identical day — a few years aside,” he advised Us. “We’re completely different in so some ways. However our perspective about comedy could be very comparable. She cracks me up and I’m not simple that method. Kat can [deliver these lines] with a straight face. Her anger — that she performed on 2 Broke Ladies — is similar to the sharpness that Mike Baxter may get into now.”
Allen continued: “After we argue on display screen, it’s humorous that we interrupt one another and it comes fairly naturally. I don’t know the place it’s coming from. I am keen on this individual already. She and her husband [Andrew W.K.] are nice folks. It’s like I’ve recognized her for freaking years, similar as most of this solid.”
Dennings, 38, felt the identical method about her bond with Allen.
“It clicked fairly quick. We had lunch after I accepted the position and I felt instantly like I may belief him for some purpose,” she shared in an unique interview with Us. “And he opened up actually quick to me. So I [was] like, ‘OK, this man is like letting me in.’”
The belief on set allowed Dennings and Allen to elevate their comedy skills. “It felt very natural,” Dennings recalled. “And as [filming has] progressed, our scenes are so humorous, if I do say so myself. The arguments are my favourite scenes to play as a result of I’ve no worry. There’s no worry for both of us. We simply completely go for it and it’s a lot enjoyable.”
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Whereas Allen has loved engaged on Shifting Gears, he wasn’t initially sure he would come again to sitcoms, telling Us, “It was a sophisticated determination. I used to be doing Disney+’s Santa Claus collection on the time and I mentioned, ‘I actually can’t take into consideration this now.’ Do I wish to do linear TV? I used to be so depressed at how streaming has harm tv. So if I did it, I wish to elevate it.”
Shifting Gears airs on ABC Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET earlier than streaming the subsequent day on Hulu.
