The Office - Jenna Fischer on her pregnancy and Pam being pregnant again, Michael's replacement, James Spader, and more

James Spader is joining the show full-time as Robert California, the CEO of Dunder Mifflin’s parent company, Sabre. What do you think he’ll bring to the series?

I’m really excited because I didn’t get to have any scenes with him when he was on the finale. They told me I’m not allowed to say, but there’s a great story line with Pam and Robert California. And then the new role of the manager, they told me who that’s going to be — and also said I wasn’t allowed to say. I’m really happy about the choice that they made, and I think that fans are going to be really happy, too.

Without revealing who the new manager is, was there a part of you that hoped a female actor would get the role?

Yeah, I really wanted Christina Applegate to play the role. That’s who I was rooting for. I had just worked with Christina on Hall Pass, so maybe part of me was just selfishly trying to find a way I could work with her every day.

Had they actually considered her?

As soon as I said her name, their ears perked up. I think they looked into it, then they said NBC already realized that she should be starring on a TV show and gave her a different one.

Here’s one from JMJE: "What kind of emotions did you have when filming the last scenes at the airport with Steve Carell in his last episode?"

That was really emotional. They said, “You know what, Jenna? Just say whatever you would want to say to Steve. Just say good-bye and we’ll tape it and when you’re finished, just give each other a hug and go your separate ways.” And it was actually a challenge because every time I got down there I would start to cry right away, and I had to try to hold that in a little bit. We did so many takes of that good-bye and I cried every single time. I even got choked up just telling the story right now.


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