David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. Rainn Wilson: Becoming Dwight Schrute
Rainn Wilson, who stars as Dwight on NBC’s Emmy winner “The Office” (and appears in “The Last Mimzy,” in theaters now) on his, let’s say, distinctive look on the sitcom:
“I invented Dwight’s hair, proudly. We were getting into production, and Mackenzie Crook had that very severe haircut for Gareth (on the original British “Office”). And I pretty much stole that idea from him – Dwight needs a signature haircut that kind of shows off how ridiculous I look, and I can’t be afraid of that. So it’s parted in the middle and feathered and curly-cued around in the front and it became my style.”
Wilson sort of downplays his own work on the show: “Anyone could play Dwight if they just dressed up like him.” Perhaps, but not just anyone would dare to dress up like him.
And Wilson’s assessment of the series’ quality: “The pilot’s only OK, but the other episodes immediately start to get really quite good. The amazing thing about ‘The Office’ is we’ve done 50 episodes and, of those 50, maybe five of them aren’t great. And all the rest of them are all good to great. That’s a very high standard.”
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I love me some Dwight Schrute!
Posted by: Suzy Q | March 24, 2007 3:57 PM