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The Office casting director reveals which two A-listers nearly played Steve Carell's Michael Scott

Steve Carell's starring role on The Office was almost played by two other A-list actors. Allison Jones said that NBC initially wanted a well-known star to play the character Michael Scott.

Casting director Allison Jones, 69, revealed on the Office Ladies podcast — hosted by the sitcom's Jenna Fischer, 50, and Angela Kinsey, 53 — that NBC initially wanted a well-known star to play lead character Michael Scott. Casting director Allison Jones, 69, revealed on the Office Ladies podcast that NBC initially wanted a well-known star to play lead character Michael Scott with Phillip Seymour Hoffman (L) and Paul Giamatti (R) suggested She was called back to read for the part of Angela, but was apprehensive because she was then-married to Warren Lieberstein, whose sister was married to Daniels.

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