Whether you are a fan of The Office or not, there is no denying the show is a trendsetter and one of the best sitcoms . Following its success, many workplace mockumentaries were created, including Parks and Recreation , Superstore , and Abbott Elementary . However, the timeless nature and longevity of the U.
S. version of The Office is much in part due to its hilarious cast of actors, and specifically Steve Carell ’s performance as the very quotable Michael Scott , according to Rashida Jones. Before she was a main cast member of Parks and Rec , Jones was an Office regular for Season 3 and appeared in a handful of episodes after that.
She was recently on The Jess Cagle Show and was asked if she had a favorite memory from her time on The Office . The I Love You, Man actress immediately responded with a Steve Carell moment from her first day of filming, and it reveals just how comedically talented the 40-Year-Old Virgin actor is: Oh, I think probably the first day I was in Scranton. Because I felt like I was, I think my first scene was everybody.
It was one of those like conference room scenes with Steve in front, just being absolutely absurd. And I felt like I had won like a radio contest or something 'cause I had watched and loved that show for two seasons, and all of a sudden I'm like in the room with the people, and Steve is virtuosic, like the thing he did on The Office was like 10% of what he was doing on set. Every single take was like just the most outlandish, like brav.
