Tina Fey and Steve Carell have reunited on screen in Netflix’s The Four Seasons, a remake of Alan Alda’s 1981 romantic comedy. Both actors spoke about how working on the series deepened their friendship after years of polite distance.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Fey reflected on their earlier collaboration on the 2010 film Date Night. “Steve Carell and I made a whole movie together without ever breaking through to the other side because we’re both very shy,” Fey said. “Without anyone to make us talk, he and I would both sit in polite silence. After working with this big group, I feel like Steve and I are actually all-the-way friends now.”

At the Los Angeles premiere, Carell echoed the sentiment, joking that it “only took 15 years” for them to become close. He added, “We are super shy. This is about as gregarious as you will ever see me,...