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One Quick Meeting With Steve Levitan Sold Keegan Michael Key On Hulu's Reboot
By SHANIA RUSSELL
With a resume containing “Key and Peele,” “Friends From College,” and “Schmigadoon!” it’s clear that Keegan Michael Key has a pretty high bar when it comes to comedy projects. Thus, it’s not surprising that after a short meeting with Steve Levitan —the writer of “Modern Family” — Key enthusiastically agreed to join his new project, “Reboot.”
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According to Key, it didn’t take much to convince him to join the “Reboot” project. He recalls, “I sat down with Steve, years ago, pre-pandemic, to talk about this project. When he asked to meet with me and explain this concept to me, I was ready to absorb any information he had to give me. And then, when he finished, I was like “I’m in! That sounds fantastic!”
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Key revealed what he looks for when joining a new project, saying “There has to be something special […] The meta nature of [Reboot] is what really drew me to this project.” However, Key didn’t scoff at Levitan’s resume either, saying “The fact that [Levitan] has got 746 Emmys for doing comedy, and he asked me to do this show, definitely has something to do with it.”
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