![]() ![]() The actor was brought on for a four-episode arc as Michael's replacement, Deangelo Vickers, but he demonstrated his unfitness for the position right away - chowing down on his predecessor's goodbye cake while everyone looks on, shocked. "The hardest part was just saying to the actors, 'This is a comedy show, you can't cry in every scene with Steve! Try to care a little bit less.'"Īt least Carell's Anchorman co-star Will Ferrell was on hand to try and provide some laughs. "It was very emotional." Eventually, Daniels had to step in and tell the cast to keep a stiff upper lip. "People were crying all over the place," Nunez remembers. "That seems like a weird exit for a guy who had given so much wonderful stuff to the audience and the show," he says, laughing.Īpparently, tears were flowing throughout that episode. One rumored storyline was that he'd permanently depart after being fired, but Daniels - who wrote the episode - doesn't remember that option being on the table. Rather than wait until the end of Season 7 for his farewell, it was decided that Michael would leave Dunder Mifflin's Scranton office with four episodes left to go. The actor eventually returned one last time for a cameo appearance in the actual series finale, which aired on May 16, 2013.Ĭarell's early decision did give the writers plenty of time to plot an appropriate exit. Interestingly, a recent behind-the-scenes book about The Office reveals that NBC didn't make much of an effort to convince Carell to stay, which angered his colleagues. "He had told us for a long time that he was going to leave," Daniels notes. Office showrunner Greg Daniels says that the actor made it clear he'd be moving on when his contract expired at the end of Season 7. ![]() It's not like Carell left the series without providing a two-week notice. It was fun, meeting those people was great, but when Steve left, it was very sad" (Watch our video interview above.) The Office was over: Steve left, and now it's another show. "Someone's going to come in and be the boss. "It was like, 'Wow, the show's over, and now we're going to do another show without Steve,'" fan favorite Oscar Nunez tells Yahoo Entertainment. And The Office cast and crew were all too aware that the episode marked an ending for the series, even though it continued on for two additional years with different actors - including James Spader and Catherine Tate - taking over his job. The Office officially closed its doors in 2013, but the unofficial series finale of the hit NBC comedy aired 10 years ago, on April 28, 2011, with the two-part episode "Goodbye Michael." As the title implies, that's when the show bid farewell to Michael Scott - the bumbling, awkward Dunder Mifflin manager played to perfection by Steve Carell. ![]()
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