Adrianne Palicki and Scott Grimes met when they both signed on to star on the sci-fi show "The Orville" in 2017. The pair moved quickly, and were engaged less than a year after they became an official couple.
Both Palicki and Grimes were friends with their co-star Seth MacFarlane, who also came up with the idea for the show, for a long time before coming on to the show. Palicki explained to Collider that it made sense for her to work with MacFarlane for "The Orville."
"I've known Seth [MacFarlane] for almost a decade. We've been really, really dear friends. I read the script and I was immediately in love with it," the star explained. "Seth was like, 'How would you feel about doing this? Are you interested in the role of Kelly?' I was like, 'Yes!' I went through the process, but there was so much support and love from him, wanting me to have this part."
Grimes is also a friend of MacFarlane's, and sang his praises to Vulture Hound when asked why he joined the show. "He writes lines the way you would think them, and want to say them... 'Oh god, I would love to say this, but I can't, I don't know how to. Is it appropriate?'" he explained. "That's what he does; he speaks the words that most people would want to be able to say, and he does it with such great comic timing."
