Jason Segel thinks his “Freaks and Geeks ”character died at war

Jason Segel believes that his Freaks and Geeks character has seen God — and no, he's not talking about legendary Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham.

In a recent interview with GQ, the Shrinking star looked back on his breakthrough role of Nick Andopolis in NBC's 1999 Freaks and Geeks. When asked where he thinks the pot-loving, Zeppelin-worshipping kid from Chippewa, Mich., is today, the actor had a thought-out — but very sad — answer.

"In my mind, he gets sent off to war and doesn't make it," Segel said. "That was always like the threat looming for Nick, and that's what happens to a lot of men of that generation and socioeconomic status. That's always how I was thinking of playing him. For Nick, the desperation in his character is that the alternative is not making it. That's how he felt, like, 'I'm gonna drum my way out of this.' How sad, because you're not going to drum your way out of it." Watch the full interview below.

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The series — which lasted only one season but later became a cult classic — actually ended with Nick revealing his love of disco and disco dancing. In the interview, Segel revealed that Freaks and Geeks creator Paul Feig and executive producer Judd Apatow decided to shoot that episode, "Dungeons and Disco," halfway through the season because they believed the show could be canceled at any time.

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"We started to notice that the craft services table was really dwindling. At first, it was like beautiful cold cuts and all the stuff you would want. And then all of a sudden it was like mini Corn Pops and dairy creamer. People started looking at each other, like, 'Oh, we're going to get canceled,'" Segel recalled. "We shot the finale of the show and just held it in anticipation of getting canceled."

Freaks and Geeks is streaming on Hulu.

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