He may not be the worlds best boss, butSteve Carellbrought an undeniable quality to hisThe Officecharacter Michael Scott.
Meanwhile, he said Carells performance in the debut season strayed too close to Gervais unlikable boss character.
British humor is very different.
Steve Carell as Michael Scott in ‘The Office’.Mitchell Haaseth/NBCU/Getty
The Brits love tearing down a boor.
American audiences dont like that.
They go, like, This my this is my hero?
John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson and Steve Carell inThe Office. (Trae Patton/NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection)
Because I dont like this person, and it drives them crazy, and so theyll tune it out.
And so that not get in trouble with Michael, theyre gonna give him a gold medal.
Were shooting it, and Steve gets emotional Steve as the character because hes had this terrible day.
And so, he starts, like, kinda crying.
Like, a tear goes down his eye.
And were like, Oh my God.
And Im going, like, Oh, do that again.'
He explained, I think that was this moment of, like, Thats him.
Hes got a humanity about him.
And everybody figured out, no, he not an ahole.
Hes a misguided idiot who is an ahole because hes trying to be funny.
So, you go, like, Okay, he means well.
And the whole show turned around and obviously became the giant hit that it is.
Adapted from the 2001-03 UK series,The Officeran for nine seasons on NBC from 2005 to 2013.
Meanwhile, afollowup seriesis set atPeacock, andPrime Videois preparing to release anAustralian Original adaptationofThe Officeon Oct. 18.
