Luke Macfarlane used his love for woodworking to create special — and sentimental — gifts for his Platonic costars Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne.
“When we wrapped [season 2 of] Platonic, I actually made a gift for both Rose and Seth,” Macfarlane, 45, exclusively told Us Weekly about the hit Apple TV+ show. “I was going through this phase where I was making really beautiful little boxes.”
Macfarlane personalized the gift with lines from the show. “When you open up the lid to the box, engraved on the underside are the last lines of Platonic,” he teased about the last shot of season 2.
Platonic, which premiered in May 2023, explores a rekindled friendship between former childhood best friends — Will (Rogen) and Sylvia (Byrne) — as adults. Macfarlane plays Sylvia’s husband, Charlie.
Before booking the role, Macfarlane was a consistent romantic lead in many Hallmark movies — and he got the chance to show off his woodworking skills when Home Is Where the Heart Is premiered on Hallmark+ earlier this year.
“This is not a show that’s just about, like, ‘We bought you a couch,’” he told Us in March. “It’s about [how] I am adding something that I built with my own hands to our family’s homes.”
Macfarlane opened up about how he picked up his love for carpentry was passed down to him, saying, “I have a very vivid memory of going to the hardware store with my father, and he bought me a little red toolbox,” Macfarlane previously recalled to Us. “I remember coming home and he took out things and he put it in that toolbox and he said, ‘This is your toolbox.’ I still have that toolbox.”
After getting his start as a child, Macfarlane still has his first creation. “One of the first major projects I remember completing and making and using was a paddle for a canoe,” he told Us. “And I still have that paddle hanging on my wall. Could not be more Canadian.”
Macfarlane revealed he even fixed up his mom’s “dream house.”
“I think that there was something just innately in me that loves fixing something old up,” Macfarlane explained. “I fixed up a home for myself. And now the projects that I do [are personal]. I built my daughter’s crib. I built everything in my daughter’s room from the bookshelves to the stool. I just finished building her a little chair.”
While Platonic viewers won’t get a chance to see Macfarlane’s woodworking skills this season, they will get to follow Charlie as he goes through a midlife crisis. Macfarlane spoke to Us about the upcoming season, which is when he revealed which of his former costars from past projects he still hoped to bring onto the show.
“I can say this now. I actually really tried to get Matthew Rhys to do a part in Bros. Ultimately he wasn’t able to do it and ultimately the scene was cut anyway — so it was the wrong thing to do. But I would love to do that [on Platonic],” he told Us. “I’ve also said I would love to see Sally Field — who’s one of the funniest people ever — show up in the Platonic universe somehow.”
New episodes of Platonic air Wednesdays on Apple TV+.
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