On its expertly polished and waxed floor, Shifting Gears might not look like greater than your common good-vibes community TV sitcom, however there’s a extra emotional undercurrent for each the characters’ storylines and for a few of the characters themselves. Tim Allen has spoken about portraying a widower for the primary time whereas additionally tapping into sure character components he hadn’t earlier than. However I’m wondering if he anticipated to have a fatherly impression on co-star Seann William Scott.
The comedic actor, whose work spans from American Pie to the Ice Age universe, portrays Gabriel, certainly one of Matt’s loyal workers serving to restore all of the classic vehicles within the store (all of that are from Tim Allen’s private assortment). It’s been practically 20 years since Scott misplaced his father William “Scotty” Scout, who handed away in January 2007 after having been identified with bone most cancers in a single leg that finally unfold to the remainder of his physique. Nevertheless it appears like his on-set reference to Allen is a reminder of occasions previous.
Speaking with Individuals about persevering with to broaden his TV profession alongside probably the most well-liked sitcom stars of all time, Seann William Scott addressed the fatherly vibes he will get from the Santa Clause star, saying:
He sort of jogs my memory of my dad, truly. My dad handed away some time in the past, you recognize, however even certainly one of my brothers who loves the present despatched me a textual content. He is like, ‘Tim actually jogs my memory of pop,’ and I used to be like, ‘Yeah, you recognize, it is true. He does.’
I can completely perceive the place he is coming from, since Tim Allen has been each a TV dad and an actual dad for thus a few years that it’d most likely be arduous for the actor to NOT give off a parental aura.
Scott addressed the truth that he wasn’t 100% certain what to anticipate when he first crossed paths with Tim Allen, and was happy to search out that the TV vet wasn’t as stuffy and self-consumed as is the case at occasions with different veteran actors. Based on the Deadly Weapon vet:
I believe whenever you’ve had that a lot success, there is a good likelihood any individual may are available in and never be as enjoyable to work with and possibly simply be sort of a jerk. . . . He is positively a man’s man, you recognize?
Not that he is solely a man’s man. Let’s not overlook that Kat Dennings has spoken lovingly about working with Tim Allen for the primary time on this present, and the way effectively they obtained alongside whereas filming. So he appears to simply get alongside fairly effectively with youthful generations.
Whereas selling the primary season, Allen mirrored on his relationship with former Dwelling Enchancment co-star Jonathan Taylor Thomas (whom he reunited with on Final Man Standing), and the way he nonetheless feels as if the youthful actor is a son to him. Will he find yourself saying the identical factor about Seann William Scott someday?
There’s most likely a joke to make right here about Tim Allen getting with Stiffler’s mother, however I am going to save that for later.
Having already concluded its run after first hitting the 2025 TV schedule in January, the half-hour comedy remains to be awaiting phrase a few potential Season 2 from ABC. However within the meantime, it may well solely assist if followers proceed to stream the primary season with a Hulu subscription.