The Workplace debuted on NBC 20 years in the past on March twenty fourth, 2005, and American tv hasn’t been the identical ever since. Whereas it might have been impressed by the British model from creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Service provider, The Workplace has definitely made its mark because it continues to entertain viewers a long time after it premiered.
However what was the expertise like behind the scenes? Former star Craig Robinson bought candid about his audition story with TV Insider in-studio as he mirrored on his course of.
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“I bought the audition by means of my agent supervisor and… there have been like 12 individuals within the room and Greg Daniels, who tailored The Workplace for American tv,” Robinson remembers, portray an image of the day. “He was on the head, of the group,” Robinson provides, “And on the time I had a video out with Jerry Minor and this video was known as ‘Someone’s F***ing my Woman‘… It was making rounds.”
“So anyway, I walked in and Greg Daniels was like, ‘Yeah, I noticed your video. It doesn’t get any funnier than that.’” However Daniels liking Robinson’s humorous video wasn’t a assured gig, as he additionally needed to check out traces throughout the audition second. “That they had me learn one of many confessionals to the digital camera and, , do a deadpan… and I believe we did that a few instances, possibly a few completely different ones, after which I left.”
As followers will recall, Robinson makes his debut within the present’s fourth episode of the primary season, “The Alliance,” which aired on April 12, 2005. “I bought the half as Darryl and my first episode was [when] Dwight popped out of a field within the warehouse and I simply form of checked out him,” Robinson remembers. “And consider it or not, that took like 15 takes,” the actor says of the dialogue-less scene.
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