se-alum;404857 wrote:Krasinski and Helms will do well also.
So will BJ Novak.
Other than that, most of the people on the show have been relatively minor TV actors their whole careers, or they aren't even actors. Most of the minor characters are played by writers or producers. Phyllis was actually the casting director and had never appeared on screen before The Office, so most will go back to doing their off-screen jobs and will all do just fine, I'm sure.
Honestly I'd rather just see them end the show when Carrell leaves instead of trying to keep a sinking ship afloat like nothing's wrong.
If they did replace him though, Hugh Laurie would be great, if you've ever seen any of his comedic roles he's a great comedic actor, but there's no way he leaves
House to do this.
Steven Colbert makes sense since he is also part of the
Daily Show family, the only problem is that it would be hard for him to play the role differently enough from the character he plays on his show.
There's no way that Tom Cruise would do this, although he would be very funny. I'm excited for his announced spin-off Les Grossman movie though.
To me Ricky Gervais is the obvious choice because he's hilarious and because he originated the role. You could even have him come on as David Brent, who just moved here from the UK where he used to be the manager at a similar company.
I would like to see Samberg on the show, but not as the boss. I think they could promote Jim to manager and bring Samberg on as a salesman or something to fill that void. Honestly, I see Jim being promoted as the most likely outcome, with someone else new being added to the sales staff.
