The Office spinoff star Domhnall Gleeson slams comparison to the original show as a massive mistake

He’s no Michael Scott. Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson, 42, who is starring in the upcoming spinoff of “The Office” called “The Paper,” slammed comparisons between the two shows. Gleeson told People on Thursday, “I don’t think my character’s like Michael Scott at alI.”The “Harry Potter” actor added, “I think if you’re trying to compete with what Steve [Carell] did or with what Ricky Gervais did, I think it would be a massive mistake.”“The Office” originally began as a British show that aired from 2001 to 2003, created by Gervais and Stephen Merchant.Gervais also starred.

The American version of the show, helmed by Greg Daniels, starred Steve Carell and aired on NBC from 2005 to 2013.“The Paper” is co-created by Daniels and Michael Korman and will be set in Ohio rather than Scranton, Pennsylvania.It will premiere in the fall.Gleeson, whose father is “The Banshees of Inisherin” star Brendan Gleeson, 70, said about Carell and Gervais, “They are geniuses who are incredible in loads of different ways.” He added, “We made a whole new character.

And it’s a whole new sort of setup, but I hope people will find a reason to love him as well, just in a different way than they did the guys before.”“The Paper” will be a mockumentary series set in the same world as “The Office” at a different company with a different cast of characters. Gleeson stars along with “The White Lotus” star Sabrina Impacciatore, while “The Office” star Oscar Nuñez will reprise his role. The show’s official logline is, “The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it.”In May, Gleeson also told People that he got some advice from “The Office” star John Krasinski.  “He was wonderful.I mean, his big advice that he gave me was to do it,” he said. “And the same with Steve Carell...