Not the bad guy! John KrasinskiRecently, I learned about the popular theory that Jim Halpert is his character. The Office’s secret villain — and he was less than thrilled.
“Wait, what? Did you make that up?” Krasinski, 42, asked on the Tuesday, July 26, episode of The Tonight Show after host Jimmy Fallon broached the topic, stating that fans believe Jim “manipulated” his wife Pam (Jenna Fischer).
“When you ask it like that, it makes me uncomfortable,” the Something BorrowedStar said. “Can you imagine if that’s what it was? … Well, they’re on to me, because I played it as a supervillain. That’s why I did Fantastic Four, to balance it out, I had already done the villain.”
Krasinski was the Reed Richards of The First. Fantastic FourAn unexpected cameo in an earlier year Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. Fallon, 47 year old, expressed his gratitude earlier in the interview for the role.
“It was a big moment for me,” he explained. When asked if it was possible to return for the Fantastic Four movie with his wife of real-life, he said yes. Emily Blunt costarring as Susan Storm Reid, the actor quickly replied that “they don’t tell you anything,” before pretending to get shot in the neck with a “Marvel dart.”
Krasinski has long since been vocal about his appreciation for the opportunities he’s been given in the industry. In May, he appeared on an episode of “The Office Ladies” podcast with former costars Fischer, 48, and Angela KinseyHe praised the NBC sitcom for transforming his life. “This show was my film school,” he said. “I mean, I was a waiter before I got the show. I had zero experience in this business in anything — acting, writing, directing, producing, any of that stuff. And there it was, right in front of me.”
He continued, “I was somehow lucky enough to drop right into the most immense pool of talent that I could ever ask for. So I guess what I’m trying to say is: I owe absolutely everything to this show. This episode was my first directorial assignment. [‘Sabre’] was so very special, and I will truly never forget it.”
In February 2020, Jake Ryan The alum talked about his willingness to take part in a reboot of the comedy, if it was ever offered to him.
“The Office was absolutely everything to me. I mean it is my beginning and my end,” the Quiet PlaceStar gushed during an interview EsquireFebruary 2020. “I’m pretty sure at the end of my career I’ll still be known for [playing] Jim. It was my first encounter with Hollywood. It was the first creative family I’ve ever had. They will always be my most important friends and the most important person in my most important career experience. So yeah, if they did a reunion, I would absolutely love to do it.”
The Office Premiered March 2005, it chronicles Michael Scott (Steve Carrell) and his fellow Dunder Mifflin Paper Co. employees’ day-to-day work experiences. The series — which aired its finale in May 2013 — also starred Rainn Wilson, Mindy Ealing, B.J. Novak, Brian Baumaartner, Ed Helms Kate Flannery.
