Lisa Kudrow joins Steve Carell on Netflix's Space Force as his character's wife

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Last year, The Office and Friends were Netflix's No. 1 and No. 2 shows, respectively. So it makes sense that the stars of the two iconic NBC comedies would team up on Netflix. Kudrow is joining Space Force -- which Netflix announced today is premiering May 29 -- in a recurring role as Maggie Naird, the wife of Carell's Gen. Mark R. Naird. "She's a Washington Air Force wife who has sublimated parts of herself to her husband's career for two decades. But as he takes on his biggest challenge, she is growing in a different direction," per The Hollywood Reporter, which notes that Kudrow received multiple offers to star in broadcast pilots. Netflix also released some first-look Space Force images. Carell, who is reportedly earning more than $1 million per episode, co-created Space Force with The Office's Greg Daniels.

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

“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.”