The Office’s Brian Baumgartner and Angela Kinsey on Michael Scott, Chili, and That Rumoured Reboot
The Office is one of the most iconic TV shows of all time, and I’m willing to provide a painstakingly detailed list of proof for anyone who disagrees. Despite the fact that the NBC series aired its finale episode nearly six years ago, The Office maintains its standing as the most-streamed show on Netflix, still attracting new viewers who fall in love with the documentary-style filming (sans a corny laugh track), deadpan humour, and oh-so-relatable characters. Many of the cast members are still close to this day, frequently reuniting and filling fans with the sudden urge to cue up that catchy theme song.
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The Office’s Brian Baumgartner and Angela Kinsey on Michael Scott, Chili, and That Rumoured Reboot
Angela Kinsey Brian Baumgartner Interview About The Office
The Office is one of the most iconic TV shows of all time, and I’m willing to provide a painstakingly detailed list of proof for anyone who disagrees. Despite the fact that the NBC series aired its finale episode nearly six years ago, The Office maintains its standing as the most-streamed show on Netflix, still attracting new viewers who fall in love with the documentary-style filming (sans a corny laugh track), deadpan humour, and oh-so-relatable characters. Many of the cast members are still close to this day, frequently reuniting and filling fans with the sudden urge to cue up that catchy theme song.
I witnessed one such reunion firsthand while interviewing Angela Kinsey and Brian Baumgartner, aka your favourite polar-opposite accountants Angela Martin and Kevin Malone. The former Dunder Mifflin employees recently teamed up to celebrate the launch of Heineken 0.0, the brand’s new alcohol-free beer, which is quite the natural fit, seeing as Angela Martin would definitely prefer to have boozeless drinks at a get-together organised by her beloved Party Planning Committee. I reminisced with the desk mates turned lifelong friends about some of The Office’s most iconic moments (yes, including that chili scene) and walked away with tons of behind-the-scenes secrets to fuel my Scranton obsession.
Do you remember the very first time you witnessed Michael Scott tossing on a purple bandana to “transform” into Prison Mike? I, for one, promptly burst into a fit of laughter, but Kinsey, on the other hand, had to “bite the inside of [her] mouth” to stay in character as the stone-faced Angela Martin — a tactic she commonly relied on to refrain from laughing while filming.
Many of her costars weren’t as successful with keeping their cool on set. “We broke all the time . . . every day,” Kinsey said, revealing that Mindy Kaling was the most prone to breaking character. Kaling, who played the office chatterbox Kelly Kapoor, attempted to hide her laughter by futilely covering her mouth with her hand.
Meanwhile, Baumgartner would pull a move Kinsey dubbed “the tea kettle.” “He would be trying to hide his laughter by blowing the air out of the side of his mouth. That almost would make me laugh as much as what was happening in the scene,” she said.
