Will Ferrell has committed to a guest spot on The Office. The NBC made the announcement on Wednesday and it’s generally believed that the move is to help smooth the departure of Carrell, who had announced a few months back that this would be his last season. Steve Carrell has starred in ‘The Office’ for seven seasons, but now Carrell wants to focus on his movie career. Don’t hold your breath though, unfortunately Will Ferrell won’t be Carrels replacement.
Not too much has been revealed about Ferrell’s character although it has been widely reported that he will be playing a branch manager who comes from the home office and who is just as inept and inappropriate as Michael Scott (Carrell).
“We found Steve Carell when he was nothing but a movie star, and we turned him into a television star,” said the show’s executive producer Paul Lieberstein. “We are proud to continue The Office’s tradition of discovering famous talent, and we hope that once America gets a good look at Will, they’ll see what we see: tremendous raw sexuality.”
It is also being said that Ferrell contacted NBC producers himself to offer his skills to help with Carrells farewell from ‘The Office’. Carrell and Farrell have worked together before on the movie ‘Anchorman’. It should be lots of fun to see them work together again. Now the next question is how will they actually write Carrell’s character from the show and how will Ferrell’s character play into his likely demise.
