Nina Bloomgarden Gushed Over Nick Offerman; 'He Taught Me Some Chopsticks Lessons'

Nina Bloomgarden was shocked to learn Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) would play her on-screen father in Peacock's "The Resort."

The "Fatherhood" actress said, before gushing about her time filming with the actor, "My friends in high school, we were like obsessed with 'Parks and Recreation so when he was cast, my friends were like, 'Oh my god! Ron Swanson.'"

The actress says, "He's the most incredible guy. He's humble, he's kind, he's lived a billion lives, he's a master at a million things, he's written so many books," adding that it was a great experience getting to improvise with him.

The duo plays a father and daughter on a holiday vacation in 2007 when Nina Bloomgarden's character and another hotel guest go missing from a resort in Mexico.

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Bloomgarden said she even picked up some chopsticks lessons from Offerman while they were on set together.

She added, "There's a scene where Nick is actually teaching me how to use chopsticks because he spent a year in Japan where he was doing Kabuki theater and that, I think, made it into the show, where he's teaching me how to use chopsticks, so that was fun."

Despite the show in Mexico, the cast filmed in Puerto Rico, which Bloomgarden says wasn't always a picnic.

She explains, "There were so many ups and downs," adding, "Their dish there is called mofongo, so every time something would go wrong for us, which would happen a lot over there, we would all say, 'Oh, we just got mofongo'ed,' and that just became an inside joke for all of us."

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However, as per Bloomgarden, the weekends were "incredible," as the cast would go to the beach, camp, and hike together.

She shares, "It felt like summer camp mixed with college," adding, "We were all a family."

"The Resort," which follows a couple who stumble into solving a mystery during a Mexican vacation, premieres July 28 on Peacock.