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‘The Office’ Star Jenna Fischer Lost Role In Matt LeBlanc’s ‘Man With A Plan’ Pilot Because Focus Group Said, “Pam Wouldn’t Marry Joey” Deadline 6 hrs ago
The Office was apparently a blessing and a curse.
In the latest episode of her
Office Ladies podcast, Fischer finally split the tea on why she was recast after shooting a pilot for
Friends star Matt LeBlanc, who played Joey Tribbiani on that long-running sitcom.
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According to Fischer, she lost the role as LeBlanc’s wife when test audiences couldn’t get past that they were watching Pam and Joey. They didn’t “believe Pam would marry Joey.”
The Office‘s Pam Beesly, and couldn’t see how Pam could marry Joey,
Matt‘s
Friends character.
Matt‘s onscreen wife, but then changed their minds.
“They said this is a literal quote, they said, ‘I don’t believe Pam would marry Joey. The chemistry doesn’t work between these two,’” she shared. “That was the feedback they got.”
Jenna adds, “So it wasn’t working for them that we got married and had a family.”
She actually didn’t find out that she was fired until the day before upfronts in New York
“The first thing I said was, ‘Is [
The Office was the single most expensive scene in the entire series.
Jenna Fischer opened up about what went into the surprise engagement sequence that took place in the season five premiere during the latest episode of her podcast with
“So first of all, I just want you guys to know that [showrunner] Greg [Daniels] spoke with us about this. He said that he really wanted Jim’s proposal to Pam to be in the season premiere,”
Jenna started off about the scene that fans were surprised by. “He thought, No. 1, that would be unexpected. You usually end seasons with proposals. So he thought this would be a real shock.”
It’s no secret that big roles with thousands of fans can come back to haunt you. Across the history of pop culture fame are the ghosts of those typecast for their work.
Actress Jenna Fischer, most famous for her role as Pam Beesly in ‘The Office’, has suffered a similar fate.
In the latest episode of her ‘Office Ladies’ podcast, the 47-year-old actress said that she was fired after shooting a pilot for ‘Man with a Plan’ because test audiences closely associated herself and Matt LeBlanc with their respective characters on ‘The Office’ and ‘Friends’ and didn’t “believe Pam would marry Joey.”