Amy Poehler reflects on acting with Ex Will Arnett in blades of glory

Amy Poehler Had a fun time working with her husband at the time, Will Arnetton the movie Blades of glory – Although they played a brother and sister.

“That was really fun, ‘” Poehler, 53, shared on the episodes of Wednesday, April 23, of the “The Bodybuilders” podcast. “And here’s a fun story about that.

Blades of glorywhich struck theaters in 2007, following the chazz of Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy Macelroy (Jon pipes) As they try to restore their reputation by making a figure skating back as a pair. Poehler and Arnett, split in 2012 after nine years of wedding, played the competitive figure skating duo of the main duo, Stranz and Fairchild van Waldenberg, in the sports comedy.

News that test audiences were not fans of the characters surprisingly to podcast guests Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers. “What do you mean?” Yang asked, 34. “They are the villains.”

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Poehler agreed with the Saturday night live Star in remembrance of how she and Arnett, 54, responded to the hatred of their characters. “We were like, ‘Well, we’re the villains!’” He said, “but to the directors’ (Josh Gordon and Will speck) Credit, I think they have kept a lot of it in. But yes, we made tons of photo shoots and DVD extras. “

As well as Blades of gloryPoehler and Arnett also shared the screen on their hitting comedy, Parks and leisure and Arrested development. The Exes are also parents of two children, welcoming Archie’s son in 2008 and the son of Abel in 2010.

In September 2012, Poehler and Arnett announced a representative that the pair had called it quit. Arnett filed for a divorce nearly two years later and the Exes completed their division in August 2016.

Both have remained friendly over the years. Arnett even He showed his support For Poehler’s new podcast, “Good Hang,” earlier this year. “So you make a podcast, huh? That’s amazing,” he said in February Instagram Clip From Poehler’s famous friends advising her for her new project before joking, “Would you happen to know my blood type? I’m going to put down in this form.”

Poach make an unexpected appearance On the episode Monday, April 21, from Arnett’s “Smartless” podcasthe is in combination with him Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes. “Our youngest saw my schedule aboard the kitchen and said, ‘You’re doing’ smartless? ‘Does Dad know?’ And I said, ‘No, don’t say anything,'” he quoted during the episode, and answered Arnett, “And also, Amy and I were texting last night for something else (clue).”

During the podcast, Bateman asked, 56, jokingly to the former marriage when their marriage began to “break a bone.” Although they did not dive into details of their breakdown, Arnett used the episode to Gush for his choparenting relationship with Poehler.

“Of course, things take a minute because everyone is kind of adaptation to what it is. I’m also very proud of it, certainly as parents, what we’ve been able to do. That has been very important to both of us. I’m really lucky to have her as a partner like this,” he shared. “There are not a lot of people I talk to is more than I talk to, which is strange, you know what I mean. But it’s great. I feel very lucky.”

She added, “She’s someone I’m still running a lot of things. Whether it’s life or work and I really try to her counsel because it’s important to me because I trust him.