It's safe to say The Office viewers lost a piece of their heart when Michael Scott moved from Scranton to Colorado with Holly Flax, leaving his days as the "world's best boss" behind. But no one took it harder than the cast members who worked with the man who brought his antics to life: Steve Carell. "It was like a death," Baumgartner said of Carell's departure from the show. "For him to leave it was like a member of the family was leaving." Kinsey agreed, adding that Carell was "a mentor" to her, providing advice throughout different career milestones.
"One of the first big talk shows I did was David Letterman, and I was so nervous. I went up to Steve like, 'What is David Letterman like?'" Kinsey said. "He was always there for us — always. [He's] such a great person outside of playing Michael Scott, and he was so talented, and really was the centre of our show that there was this element of 'what now?' when he left."
Will Ferrell was the one who stepped in to answer those "what now?" questions, playing the role of Michael's replacement, DeAngelo Vickers. Ferrell was greeted by a pretty downtrodden cast that was still reeling from Carell's departure. "He turned to me and said, 'I feel like I'm trying to tell jokes at a funeral,'" Kinsey said of Ferrell. "We were so sad but still trying to have fun at the same time."
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