{"id":29117,"date":"2024-05-14T09:06:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T13:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/john-krasinski-and-steve-carell-on-if-theyll-appear-in-the-office-spinoff-exclusive\/14\/05\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T09:06:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T13:06:03","slug":"john-krasinski-and-steve-carell-on-if-theyll-appear-in-the-office-spinoff-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/john-krasinski-and-steve-carell-on-if-theyll-appear-in-the-office-spinoff-exclusive\/14\/05\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"John Krasinski and Steve Carell on If They&#8217;ll Appear in &#8216;The Office&#8217; Spinoff (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/john-krasinski\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">John Krasinski<\/a><span> is not ruling out the potential to reprise his role as Jim Halpert from <\/span><em><span>The Office<\/span><\/em><span> in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/the-office-follow-up-series-to-focus-on-midwestern-newspaper-everything-we-know-223791\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">recently announced spin-off<\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Talking with ET&#8217;s Rachel Smith on Monday from the premiere of his new film, <\/span><em><span>IF <\/span><\/em><span>&#8212; which he wrote and directed &#8212; the 44-year-old actor shared that when it comes to cameoing in the new Peacock show, he would be open to doing a favor for Greg Daniels, the executive producer of both the original and new show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;As of now, I haven&#8217;t been asked,&#8221; Krasinski shared, quickly adding, &#8220;But the truth is I&#8217;d do anything for Greg Daniels, it sounds like they have a really fun idea.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That idea centers around the volunteer staff members of a dying newspaper in the midwest and the publisher who attempts to revitalize the business, Peacock and NBCUniversal reps have confirmed. Confirmed cast members include <\/span><i><span>About Time\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span>star\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/domhnall-gleeson\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Domhnall Gleeson<\/a><span>\u00a0and Italian actress Sabrina Impacciatore &#8212; best known for her role on season 2 of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/tv\/the-white-lotus\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The White Lotus<\/em><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"shortcode shortcode-image content-in\"><figcaption class=\"content-in\"><span>The cast of &#8216;The Office&#8217;<\/span> &#8211; <span class=\"shortcode-image__credit\">Paul Drinkwater\/NBCU Photo Bank<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>Krasinski &#8212; arguably one of the biggest stars to come out of the U.S. version of <\/span><em><span>The Office<\/span><\/em><span> alongside names like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/mindy-kaling\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Mindy Kaling<\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/ellie-kemper\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ellie Kemper<\/a><span> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/ed-helms\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ed Helms<\/a><span> &#8212; even added that he is resting easy knowing that the legacy is being carried in the hands of Gleeson, 41, who he knows from a completely separate project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I&#8217;m actually working with Domhnall Gleeson right now in Guy Ritchie&#8217;s movie,&#8221; Krasinski told ET. &#8220;He&#8217;s so good and he&#8217;s so sweet &#8212; he&#8217;s going to crush in the show.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Meanwhile, Krasinski&#8217;s friend and <\/span><em><span>IF <\/span><\/em><span>co-star, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N7xuk3LpG0I\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Carell<\/a><span> &#8212; who played the unforgettable and sometimes infuriating Michael Scott in the show &#8212; confirmed to ET that while he is excited to watch the &#8220;fantastic&#8221; Gleeson &#8212; his co-star from <\/span><em><span>The Patient &#8212;<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0take on the gig, he does not have any plans to make an appearance in the new series from Daniels, 60, and\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Nathan for You<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0co-creator Michael Koman.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Despicable Me<\/span><\/em><span> voice actor, 61, shared his support for the project but declared that he doesn&#8217;t anticipate Dunder Mifflin&#8217;s Scranton&#8217;s former manager appearing at a newspaper business any time soon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"shortcode shortcode-image content-in\"><figcaption class=\"content-in\"><span>Steve Carell and John Krasinski at the &#8216;IF&#8217; premiere on May 13<\/span> &#8211; <span class=\"shortcode-image__credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>The new series is set to begin production in July 2024, with details about a possible premiere date still to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>IF <\/span><\/em><span>premieres in theaters on May 17.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>RELATED CONTENT:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/john-krasinski-and-steve-carell-on-if-theyll-appear-in-the-office-spinoff-exclusive-225362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Krasinski is not ruling out the potential to reprise his role as Jim Halpert from The Office in the recently announced<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/john-krasinski-and-steve-carell-on-if-theyll-appear-in-the-office-spinoff-exclusive\/14\/05\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"fifu_video_url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N7xuk3LpG0I","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}