As Carell cleans off his desk and prepares to exit “The Office”, Ferrell plans to stop by NBC’s cubicle cringe-comedy and help him out the door.
Ferrell will show up in a 4-episode arc as the season winds down, playing a branch manager from the home office who turns out to be as clueless as Carell’s Michael Scott. Seems logical.
“The Office” exec producer Paul Lieberstein had this to say: “We found Steve Carell when he was nothing but a movie star and we turned him into a television star. We are proud to continue The Office‘s tradition of discovering famous talent, and we hope that once America gets a good look at Will, they’ll see what we see: tremendous raw sexuality.”