Oscar Nuñez is returning for the upcoming spinoff of The Office, titled The Paper, so what about a visit from Jim Halpert? The thought seems to have crossed John Krasinski’s mind.
“I’m excited to see what they do with it. It’s such an amazing idea,” Krasinski told Extra of the spinoff series, which is helmed by Sabrina Impacciatore and his Fountain of Youth costar Domhnall Gleeson, who he said is “so, so great.”
“Listen, if Greg [Daniels] is behind it, we’re all in. And you can’t get a better actor than [Gleeson] to take on the mantle,” Krasinski, 45, said. “He’s going to be so perfect for it.”
Given his excitement, Krasinski was also asked whether he’d be interested in making an appearance on the series to reprise his role as Jim Halpert, to which he gave an enthusiastic yes.
“Done!” he told the outlet. “If they ask me, I’m in.”
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John Krasinski attends the UK Premiere of “IF” at Cineworld Leicester Square on May 07, 2024 (left); Domhnall Gleeson attends Apple’s “Fountain of Youth” premiere (right)
Gleeson has similarly earned the stamp of approval from the previous lead of The Office, Steve Carell. In fact, the Irish actor called Carell before he took the role in The Paper.
“He’s an excellent actor,” Carell, 62, said of Gleeson on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last year after the spinoff was announced. “And he actually called me and asked, you know, ‘Should I do this? Is this something… Did you enjoy it?’ I said of course.”
The possibility of Carell, who played Dunder Mifflin manager Michael Scott for seven seasons of the series, making an appearance in the spinoff has also come up, though he seems less interested than Krasinski.
“I will be watching but I will not be showing up,” Carell told The Hollywood Reporter last year. “It’s just a new thing and there’s really no reason for my character to show up in something like that.”
“But I’m excited about it, it sounds like a great concept. I love the idea,” he added.
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Sabrina Impacciatore as Esmeralda, Oscar Nunez as Oscar, Domhnall Gleeson as Ned, Gbemisola Ikumelo as Adelola in ‘The Paper’
The Paper stars Gleeson as Ned, an “eager publisher that is trying to revive” a “historic Toledo newspaper, The Truth Teller,” per the logline. Along with Gleeson, Impacciatore and Nuñez, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Ramona Young, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman and Tim Key also star.
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The Paper premieres in September on Peacock.
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