{alltv} Community Showdown: Joel McHale Faces Off With Josh Holloway

Thursday, May 5, 2011

{alltv} Community Showdown: Joel McHale Faces Off With Josh Holloway

Tonight's the night!

Community's highly anticipated two-part spaghetti Western tribute begins tonight, and we cannot wait to see what Josh Holloway brings to the show. We chatted with Community stars Joel McHale and Gillian Jacobs about how the big high-noon standoff goes down.

Plus, will Lost star Holloway be back to stalk Greendale students again another day?

First, the best news: Gorgeous Josh and gorgeous Joel will come face-to-face! As Joel tells us, "We share numerous scenes, we are in a number of scenes together. He plays a guy named the Black Rider. He's really funny in it," And he's allegedly a student at Greendale? "Allegedly."

But of course, he won't ever be seen again after this episode, right? Don't just assume that, says Joel. He told us the Lost star is welcome back on the Community set anytime: "[He'll come back] if he wants to come back. Josh Holloway was really great, really cool, just a good guy and way too nice and grounded for the way he looks and his success."

Outside of the Black Rider, however, Chevy Chase's Pierce remains the show's great villain. Joel says, "Chevy's performance in the D&D episode and the episode in the hospital episode that was shot documentary style, he was spectacular." Gillian pipes up, "How many people can sit on a throne constructed out of paper boxes, swirling a glass of red wine?" Adds Joel: "And throwing candy bars at large students to get them out of the room!"

As Gillian notes, "It takes a certain kind of mad genius to do that. We have it in the form of Cornelius Crane Chase." (You heard that, right? Cornelius Crane Chase! Hint: Call him that to his face if you really want to annoy the SNL legend!)

Community airs Thursday at 8 p.m. on NBC.