Brian Baumgartner talks about The Office and his new book, Welcome to Dunder Mifflin

A: One of the fascinating conversations, which additionally got here from Stephen Service provider and Ricky Gervais, actually needed to do with the truth that they did one thing that had by no means been accomplished earlier than, which was they inverted the love story between Jim and Pam [Tim and Dawn in the U.K. version]. Versus it being central — which it’s on each different tv present — they inverted that into the background. But, that’s an iconic love story that individuals are nonetheless speaking about right this moment. Nevertheless it existed within the nook, they usually introduced the buffoon [Carell’s Michael Scott] ahead. For me, that exploration is important, versus simply, “Oh, once we had been taking pictures this scene, that is one thing that occurred behind the scenes.”