Things had been by no means rather the same at Dunder Mifflin after their fearless chief make his grand go out. But why did Michael Scott leave 'The Office'?
When the general public think of The Office, one of the vital first characters that comes to mind is Michael Scott. Steve Carell's portrayal of the Dunder Mifflin regional manager was once simply that epic. Years after the final episode aired, fans are still rewatching the series, and memes involving Michael's character are still some of the maximum prevalent.
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But why did Michael Scott leave The Office anyway? Let's examine the cases surrounding his broadly lamented departure from the popular NBC series.
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Here's the article: Steve Carell wanted to continue playing Michael Scott.
Contrary to well-liked belief, it wasn't Steve Carell's choice to leave The Office; he in reality would have most popular to stay on. So what came about?
A ebook launched in March — titled The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s by means of Andy Greene — published Steve was principally forced off the series. Steve used to be speaking with a BBC reporter in April 2010 when he commented that the approaching year would more than likely be his ultimate.
"He was kind of thinking out loud, but he did it in an interview in public and it created news," the display’s growth operator/sound mixer Brian Wittle said in the book. "Then what he said was the people connected to the show had no reaction to it. They didn’t call and say, 'What? You wanna leave?' He said he didn’t get any kind of response from them."
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Kim Ferry, a hairstylist for The Office, subsidized up this account of Steve's go out from the show. Kim explained to Andy that Steve did now not need to leave the show — and even informed NBC he was open to signing any other contract.
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"He was willing to and his agent was willing to. But for some reason, they didn’t contact him," Kim stated within the book. "I don’t know if it was a game of chicken or what ... He planned on staying on the show. He told his manager and his manager contacted them and said he’s willing to sign another contract for a couple years."
Kim endured, "So all of that was willing and ready and, on their side, honest. And the deadline came for when they were supposed to give him an offer and it passed and they didn’t make him an offer. So his agent was like, 'Well, I guess they don’t want to renew you for some reason.' Which was insane to me. And to him, I think."
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So why did Michael Scott leave 'The Office'?
Michael left the display in an emotional Season 7 finale titled, "Goodbye Michael." The explanation why for his departure? He was transferring with Holly to Colorado (after proposing) so she may just lend a hand take care of her parents. Which makes overall sense. But additionally: Noooooooooo!
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Steve ended up reprising his role as Michael for the series finale of The Office so he may well be the best man at Dwight and Angela's wedding. Although Michael didn't have many actual traces in the episode — with the exception of a short lived, "That's what she said" — via Pam, audience discovered Michael had kids. (Oh, and he it seems that needed two telephones in order to dangle all the footage he took of them.)
Although nothing used to be ever quite the same after Michael Scott left The Office, the time that he did spend because the self-proclaimed "World's Best Boss" will never be forgotten.
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