Steve Carell's Career Advice: 'Don't Audition for The Office'

On March 24th, Steve Carell recently shared a hilarious story on Amy Polar's Good Hang

podcast about getting some terrible career advice from Paul.

Red.

While filming Anchorman, Red pulled Carell aside and told him not to audition for the

role of Michael Scott in the American version of The Office.

Everyone thought remaking the British hit was a huge mistake.

Polar remembered thinking no one could match Ricky Gervais and Red agreed it was a bad

idea.

Carell was warned to stay far away from the project with a 10-foot pole.

Still, he went for it despite the doubts.

The pilot episode tested as the lowest in NBC history, with viewers actively hating it.

The show barely survived after the first season, but then exploded into a massive success.

It ran for nine seasons, earning Carell's six Emmy nominations along the way.

These days, its popularity keeps growing on streaming, and the spin-off, the paper is

back for a second season on Peacock this year.

Carell still calls himself a poor man's version of Gervais, emitting he only washed a minute

of the original to avoid copying it too closely.

What a wild path to one of TV's biggest legacies.

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