Lisa Kudrow had no idea the Space Force was real when she filmed Netflix's Space Force

Entertainment Weekly

“I really did not know that the president said, ‘Let's have a Space Force,'" Kudrow tells EW. "I mean, I just can't keep up, so I missed that one. It was just, ‘We're doing the show, why don't you do it?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah! Of course! Why wouldn't I?’ It's Greg (Daniels) and Steve (Carell). And then he said, ‘Yeah, John Malkovich is in it,’ and I was like, ‘Oh wow!’ But sorry, dumba** here didn’t know there was actually a Space Force. And it's so embarrassing because when I saw the last State of the Union and he mentioned Space Force, I went, ‘Oh! It's a real thing!’ The whole time we're shooting, it didn't come up. Because I think everybody assumed I knew it was a real thing. I usually keep up with what's going on, but to me there's so much — and sometimes I don't know what's a joke and what isn't. I don't mean with this show, I mean in life — that I missed it.”