Steve Carell Recalls Paul Rudd's Warning Against 'The Office' Role and Pilot Struggles

Steve Carell revealed that Paul Rudd advised him against taking the role of Michael Scott in 'The Office,' and that the show's pilot was the lowest-testing in NBC's history, despite its eventual success.

25 Mar, 21:51 — 25 Mar, 21:51

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Steve Carell Says Paul Rudd Warned Him ‘Don’t Audition’ for ‘The Office’ and ‘Our Pilot Was the Lowest-Testing Pilot in the History of NBC’

Steve Carell appeared on the latest episode of Amy Poehler’s “Good Hang” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) and remembered how everyone warned him against starring as Michael Scott in NBC’s “The Office” given the acclaimed reputation of Ricky Gervais’ original version from the U.K. Even Poehler admitted that when she first heard NBC was remaking the […]

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Steve Carell zamalo je odustao od uloge u The Officeu zbog savjeta slavnog kolege

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Steve Carell Says Paul Rudd Warned Him ‘Don’t Audition’ for ‘The Office’ and ‘Our Pilot Was the Lowest-Testing Pilot in the History of NBC’

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Steve Carell Recalls Paul Rudd's Warning Against 'The Office' Role and Pilot Struggles

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Steve Carell Says Paul Rudd Warned Him ‘Don’t Audition’ for ‘The Office’ and ‘Our Pilot Was the Lowest-Testing Pilot in the History of NBC’

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Steve Carell zamalo je odustao od uloge u The Officeu zbog savjeta slavnog kolege

Steve Carell Says Paul Rudd Warned Him ‘Don’t Audition’ for ‘The Office’ and ‘Our Pilot Was the Lowest-Testing Pilot in the History of NBC’

‘Slavni glumac je pogledao pilot epizodu i rekao mi - nemoj to raditi, nemoj ni ići na audiciju‘

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