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How a Hotel Pulled the Ultimate Prank on 'The Office' Star Rainn Wilson

Wilson played Dwight Schrute on the American version of the hit series.

Over the weekend, the 58-year-old actor took to Instagram to show his followers how workers at the Plaza Hotel Lucchesi had ensconced his silverware in Jell-O, a reference to a repeated gag on the sitcom between Wilson's own character, Dwight Schrute, and Jim Halpert, played by John Krasinski. ET reached out to the Plaza Hotel Lucchesi and spoke with Sara Morucci, the director of sales, who shared how the prank came to fruition due to one dedicated fan of the series who -- thanks to some quick thinking -- was able to pull one over on the actor. "Hi @rainnwilson - my boyfriend, who is a chef at Lucchesi, is partially responsible for this since I made him binge The Office when we first started dating since it's my favorite tv show 😂 glad you got a laugh out of it and hope you enjoyed Florence," she wrote.

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