Angela Kinsey Brian Baumgartner Interview About The Office
The Office's Brian Baumgartner and Angela Kinsey on Michael Scott, Chili, and That Rumoured Reboot
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Kevin Malone may not have been that skilled at accurately crunching numbers as an accountant, but y'know what he was skilled at? Making chili.
One of the character's most unforgettable moments — and the one I personally rewatch when I'm having a bad day — involves him bringing a heaping pot of "Kevin's famous chili" into the Dunder Mifflin office, only to drop said pot and send the content hurling onto the carpet. Because the spillage made such a huge mess on set, Baumgartner was only given three takes to get the shot, but he wound up nailing it on the first try.
"After the first one, I don't think that I could've been cleaned up enough," he said. Oh, and the part where Kevin uses the folder to scoop the brown concoction back into its comically large silver pot? That was totally unplanned — and quite the genius improvisation, if I do say so myself. Spoons are overrated anyway, right?