We can’t have nice things in 2018…
If you’re still waiting for The Office reboot, well, keep waiting. It’s likely not happening, and if it did, it wouldn’t be the same. Michael Scott wouldn’t fly today. Steve Carell is well aware of that.
The star of Beautiful Boy told Esquire why a revival or reboot of the beloved series wouldn’t work, and it comes down to the current climate.
“Because The Office is on Netflix and replaying, a lot more people have seen it recently,” he said. “And I think because of that there’s been a resurgence in interest in the show, and talk about bringing it back. But apart from the fact that I just don’t think that’s a good idea, it might be impossible to do that show today and have people accept it the way it was accepted 10 years ago. The climate’s different,” Carell said.
“I mean, the whole idea of that character, Michael Scott, so much of it was predicated on inappropriate behavior. I mean, he’s certainly not a model boss. A lot of what is depicted on that show is completely wrong-minded. That’s the point, you know? But I just don’t know how that would fly now. There’s a very high awareness of offensive things today—which is good, for sure. But at the same time, when you take a character like that too literally, it doesn’t really work,” he continued.