Will Ferrell Shares Some 'Superfan Trivia' About His Arc On The Office, And Tells Us Why It Was 'One Of My Favorite Things I Ever Got To Do'

Having starred together in five feature films, most notably 2004’s Anchorman, it’s fair to call Will Ferrell and Steve Carell an iconic comedic duo. Now they’re back together in Despicable Me 4, but if you’ve been paying attention, it’s technically not their first collaboration to be released this year. Peacock’s The Office : Superfan Episodes, an extended cut of NBC’s groundbreaking sitcom, includes the four-episode arc that sees Will Ferrell’s Deangelo Vickers take over for Steve Carell’s Michael Scott.

When I spoke with the two friends at the Despicable Me 4 press junket, I brought this up, and Ferrell volunteered some “superfan trivia” of his own, revealing that this major run on national television was originally supposed to be a simple cameo: But you know what's interesting about that? A little superfan trivia here. I knew it was Steve's last season, and I just reached out to my agents going, 'I’d love to just do a cameo on The Office, because I know Steve.' And they were like, 'Okay, they're excited.

They love it. What about a four-show arc?' [Laughs] I was like, 'Of course, this will be so much fun.' And it was.

It's one of my favorite things I've ever gotten to do. That’s a very sweet sentiment from Will Ferrell, and if you watch the video clip at the top of this article, you’ll see that the two comedians are very close friends with a massive amount of mutual respect. Personally, I think that The Office fell victim to a curse of some shows.