Yesterday, we gave you the he-said/she-said perspective on The Office's new ex-Wire hire, Idris Elba, and it started us thinking about Amy Ryan's turn as Michael Scott's HR girlfriend. Are the writers of The Office laying in wait to ambush cast members from The Wire with offers they can't refuse?
"Now there is an actual trend of Wire characters appearing in Scranton, as Idris Elba, a.k.a. Stringer, joins the cast as Steve Carell's rival. And I think I found the source of the cameo-love.
Two years ago, Office writer/actor B.J. Novak was getting hounded to watch The Wire. And piecing the puzzle together, that hounding was mainly coming from his coworkers and friends, and eventually Novak caved and thought the show was amazing and so now everyone who writes for The Office are giant star-fuckers when it comes to HBO's crime-drama. Mystery=Solved." (Jossip)
Whatever the reason, it seems as though The Office is the big network primetime in the sky for actors whose time is up on The Wire.
Previously:
Idris Elba Joins "The Office": The Girl Version
Idris Elba Joins "The Office": The Boy Version
All in the Game: "The Wire" Alumni Make New Moves