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If Steve Steve Carell was not Michael Scott, who would you like to see in that role? (lemm.ee)

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Even though Will Ferrell's character was a little 'left field' I think he would have made a decent Michael.

Who else could have done it?

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[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bob Odenkirk was able to play the exact same character and hit the same beats in a season 9 episode but if there was ever a reboot that recast the characters I’d prefer that they not “remake” Michael Scott but create a new character out of the terrible boss archetype.

I appreciate the difference between David Brent and Michael Scott while Odenkirk’s character just feels like out of place fan service (especially the “it’s Michael Scott” line from Pam)

[–] LakeRock@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Bob was definitely playing Michael and David- the joke landed very well.

I thought Parks and Rec was going to be a "reboot" kind of thing, and it missed that mark (thankfully, it turned into it's own art piece). I would love to see a reboot, maybe an Ed Truck ("before the office" kind of thing) or a young David Wallace as the straight character in a different company?