Steve Carell Couldn’t Help But Cry on Camera After ‘The Office’ Co-stars Went Off Script to Pay Him an Emotional Tribute
Steve Carell’s The Office is one of the greatest comedy shows in the history of television. The beloved sitcom wouldn’t have been the same without the 61-year-old actor whose terrific comedic timing and great acting prowess went on to immortalize the character of one of the most loved and appreciated bosses in the world- Michael Scott.
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It is next to impossible to imagine someone else in Steve Carell’s shoes in The Office. His exit from the workplace comedy-drama not only left his fans teary-eyed but also his colleagues, crew members, and even the writers of the show.
Steve Carell Was In Tears After The Office Writers Went Off Script To Pay Him A Tribute
Michael Scott’s exit from The Office was not a great moment for his fans around the world. The actor’s colleagues and crew members had a tough time filming his last episode. During his virtual appearance on the podcast Office Ladies, Steve Carell confessed that he just could not stop his tears when the writers went off script to pay him a tribute on his final run with The Office franchise. He mentioned-
“It was time for other characters to step to the forefront and other storylines to be pursued. I think it was the right. The timing was right, I think for everybody but simultaneously there’s just a sense of joy for me that we had experienced all of this and we were getting.”
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He further explained-
“I was getting a chance to take a lap with everybody. And the way those last two episodes were structured, it felt very rich to me to simultaneously be saying goodbye as Michael and us as friends in this moment of work together. But, yeah, it was a lot, it was a very emotional thing.”
The final episodes were very tough to shoot and the exit of Steve Carell from the show made everyone emotional. No other actor could have portrayed the character of the goofy boss who added colors to the corporate world of Dunder Mifflin so well. Steve Carell’s portrayal of Michael Scott made him one of the most loved bosses in the history of entertainment.
Steve Carell On Understanding The Character Of Michael Scott
In the oral history of The Office Welcome To The Dunder Millfin, by Brian Baumgartner, and executive producer Ben Silverman the writers, cast, and crew members have reflected on the show, the characters, and how they felt when they took an exit from the series.
The Crazy, Stupid, Love actor Steve Carell spoke about his character Michael Scott, his understanding of the moody boss, and what helped him to essay it so effortlessly. He said-
“It’s why I bristle a little when people try to compartmentalize Michael as a racist. He’s a person with an enormously good, kind heart who lacked a great deal of information about the world around him. He was as asleep in a woke world as you could be,”
He even mentioned-
“[Michael’s] trying his best! There’s a difference between being intolerant and being ignorant. Sometimes intolerance and ignorance go hand in hand, for sure. But I think he was a very earnest and decent human being. He just didn’t… get it all the time, you know?”
While talking about what he always looks inside a character that he plays, the American actor said-
“I think you have to, because otherwise you’re just demonizing or judging them. And if you’re doing that, you’ll play it differently. You don’t want to editorialize about them.”
The Office revolves around a group of office workers who go through hilarious misadventures at the Pennsylvanian branch of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. The first episode was aired in 2005 and the rest is history. After completing nine years, the show came its final run in May 2013.
The Office is currently available on Netflix.
Source: Welcome To Dunder Mifflin/ Office Ladies
