Jenna Fischer
is in New York with her husband, writer/director Lee Kirk, to promote
the premiere of their indie comedy The Giant Mechanical Man, but it was
impossible to avoid talking about her family in Scranton — and whether
they’ll be staying at the city’s Dunder Mifflin branch much longer.
With
rumors swirling over the status of the show’s stars going forward —
Mindy Kaling and Rainn Wilson have new TV pilots, and many of the rest
are unsigned — Fischer looked to quell any talk of a possible exodus.
Or, at least not one led by the cast members.
“I
don’t know; it’s not up to me, because I’m just the actor, but the
actors are all prepared and wanting to come back,” Fischer told The
Hollywood Reporter. “The whole cast, I’m talking about everybody — Ed
[Helms], John [Krasinski], me, everyone wants to come back. So it’s
really just a matter of NBC pulling the trigger. They have to announce
it by May 15 when the upfronts happen, right? So we’re all just waiting.
We’re really excited to come back, everybody wants to come back. I know
Rainn does have his show, but he’s going to come back to The Office as
well, so yeah, we’re just waiting.”
Even Kaling, who is heading up her pilot over at Fox, could return, Fischer said.
“I
don’t know how all that works out. That doesn’t mean she’s gone
forever,” she said. “Listen, Mindy writes on our show, so we actually
only get her for a couple of shooting days every week anyway, so I don’t
know if that’s something can be worked out. Like I said, I don’t make
all those schedules or anything, but yeah, I mean a lot of things are
mis-reported and exaggerated and it’s hard to read.”
