The fact that he was still doing 28 episodes of TV some years really put a crimp in the number of movies that he did, and it’s, I think, testament to his integrity that he went ahead and completed the whole series according to his original contract of seven years.”Ĭarell’s integrity was cited multiple times by his co-stars and the creatives on the podcast. Because he became a huge star in season two.
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“ was so graceful and full of integrity that you could never be mad. “You couldn’t be mad,” he told Baumgartner.
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The show’s pilot is famed for being one of lowest-rated ever tested at NBC, early viewing figures weren’t strong, and it wasn’t until 2005 movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin made Carell a comedy star that NBC really sat up and took notice.) As the seven-season deadline approached in 2009-10, everybody but Carell renegotiated for a further two seasons.
When The Office started, its cast signed the customary contracts holding them until the end of a potential seven seasons.
Speaking on the ‘ An Oral History of The Office’ podcast presented by Brian Baumgartner (who played Kevin Malone on the show) producer Ben Silverman and editor Claire Scanlon explained that Carell was prepared to stay on for more, but the network frustratingly fluffed it. However well-played Carell’s farewell was, it didn’t have to be the end of his time on the show. Michael Scott had grown up and it was time to go. After a long, hard (that’s what she said) journey, his future with Amy Ryan’s adorably dorky character Holly Flax was set. Once a thin-skinned, desperate-for-approval man-child, Michael had been redeemed into somebody who didn’t take himself too seriously and no longer needed the spotlight. They showed branch manager Michael Scott finally getting the love he’d always craved, and crucially, deserving it too. His farewell episode ‘Goodbye, Michael’ and those running up to it, were emotional and satisfying. On screen, Steve Carell’s departure from The Office was pretty perfect. Now shut up and get on set.’” In any case, it's a good thing it all worked out - fake hair and all.Warning: contains spoilers for The Office: An American Workplace.
Krasinski added, “I remember a crew member was like, ‘Man, that schedule has to be brutal.’ I was like, ‘It’s all a part of the job,’ and you’re like, ‘Yeah, it is part of the job. “It’s very hard to be impressed with a schedule of seven days a week when your director had already done it.” “I was working five days a week on the show and then two days with you,” Krasinski told Clooney. In an interview with Clooney to promote the film in 2007, Krasinski spoke about filming Leatherheads and Office at the same time. Set in the 1920s, the film follows the captain of a football team (Clooney) who recruits a war veteran (Krasinski) to play for his team and bring attention to the sport. And, of course, he went on to star in Leatherheads. And I was like, 'Well, that's interesting.'"Īs such, Krasinski wore a wig during the final episodes of Season 3. He doesn't know John's wearing it right now, so it made me feel better. Ferry revealed that when she arrived at Daniels’ office, she bumped into Novak, who told her, “I just saw John and I feel like we're gonna know if it's a wig or not." Ferry recalled, "I'm thinking like, uh huh. The wig didn’t just fool Daniels it fooled Krasinski’s Office co-star B.J. It was nerve-wracking, but it turned out OK.” Daniels, according to Ferry, kept saying, “No! I would know if you’re wearing a wig.” She said, “So John leaned over the desk and said, 'No I don't think you would.' That's when he ripped it off and shut it down, and we got to do the wig."įerry added, “It was worth it cause he really wanted to do that movie and I didn't want to disappoint him. After he finished filming, he drove straight to Daniels’ office to pitch the wig once again. "She came in to do a secret little fitting for him, she made the wig, we got it, and it looked amazing.” Later, Krasinski wore the wig to film an episode. “He paid for the wig - a human hair wig made by a friend of mine, Natascha Ladek, who's the best wig maker in town," Ferry said. When Office creator Greg Daniels shut down the actor's request, however, Krasinski enlisted the help of Ferry to pull off the ultimate hair heist: create a wig. At the time, Krasinski had to cut his hair in order to star in the 2008 comedy sport film Leatherheads opposite George Clooney. In an interview with Mashable on July 3, Ferry dished on hair secrets from the set of the workplace comedy - and revealed that at one point, Jim Halpert’s signature shaggy hair was not Krasinski’s own hair at all. This Office anecdote deserves its own Dundie: Kim Ferry, a hair stylist who worked on set of NBC’s The Office, revealed that John Krasinski wore a wig in Season 3.