John Krasinski reveals if he will reprise Jim Halpert role in the Office spinoff series

He’s getting the stapler and Jello-O ready.“The Office” star John Krasinski “would be down” to do a cameo on the show’s spinoff series, “The Paper.”“Done! If they ask me, I’m in,” Krasinski, 45, said when asked about the comedy during a recent interview with Extra.“I’m excited to see what they do with it.It’s such an amazing idea, and listen, if Greg [Daniels] is behind it, we’re all in.

And you can’t get a better actor than [Domhnall Gleeson] to take on the mantle,” Krasinski went on.“He’s so, so great.

He’s going to be so perfect for it, and we’ll probably start doing watch parties again just to watch them,” Krasinski added.“The Office,” which ran for nine seasons from 2005 to 2013 on NBC, was a mockumentary of a group of office workers at a paper company going through their mundane days, consisting of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior and romance.Krasinski, who played Jim Halpert, co-starred alongside Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer, Rainn Wilson, Mindy Kaling, B.J.Novak, Kate Flannery, Phyllis Smith, Brian Baumgartner, Leslie David Baker and more.In the book “Welcome to Dunder Mifflin: The Ultimate Oral History of The Office,” authors Daniels, Baumgarter and Ben Silverman give readers and longtime fans the inside story behind the hit show.One of the most notable parts of the book revealed that there was going to be a rift between lovebirds Jim Halpert (Krasinski) and Pam Beesly (Fischer).Originally, Jim was going to make out with Pam’s replacement, Cathy Simms (played by Lindsay Broad), in Season 8 of the show.However, there was pushback on that — especially from Krasinski — saying that it would have altered the show’s legacy.“That’s the only time I remember putting my foot down … I remember saying things that I never thought I’d say before, like, ‘I’m not going to shoot it,’” Krasinski said.

“My feeling is there is a threshold with which you can push our audience.They are so dedicat...