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‘The Office’ Almost Had an Oscar Winner Playing Michael Scott but Settled for Steve Carell Because “Comedy was the bottom of the barrel”
Not Steve Carell, NBC initially wanted this seasoned character actor to play the lead role in the hit sitcom The Office.
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The Office at 20 – 10 things we learned from Ricky Gervais
Though there were just 14 episodes of The Office (by comparison, the American remake had 201) this mockumentary about a paper supply company in Slough established itself as a British comedy ...