The Office actress Angela Kinsey has revealed that she refused to say a joke in the series on personal grounds.
The star played the role of Angela Martin on the sitcom, though was asked on a recent podcast with co-star Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute) how she felt portraying an “uptight Christian” when she had “warm, meaningful relationship” with her faith in real life.
Speaking in response, Kinsey told Soul Boom: “There were one or two times where there would be a joke written for her that I thought was just really stereotypical, maybe one-note. I like to think of her as a full, well-rounded person.
“I do remember there was a particular storyline between Angela and Oscar, where Angela was being super judge-y,” she went on to reveal.
“I never went up to Sam Warner Greg [Daniels] about any joke, but there was a joke at Oscar’s expense, and I went up to Greg and I was like, ‘I can’t.’ I think Angela invoked Jesus in the moment. I just was like, ‘I don’t feel good about it. I don’t feel like that’s what Jesus represented to me.’”
Kinsey revealed that Daniels “took the joke out” of the episode, Gay Witch Hunt, which “had so many already”. The episode sees Michael Scott (Steve Carrell) learn that Oscar Martinez (Oscar Nunez) is gay, and while he tries to show his acceptance, Scott ends up insulting him.
“But that’s the one pivotal moment I remember being like, ‘OK, this is feeling like a stereotype and very one-note.’ I feel like she has more depth than that,” she added.
In other Office news, work is reportedly underway on a new reboot set in the same universe of the show, with The White Lotus‘ Sabrina Impacciatore and Star Wars‘ Domhnall Gleeson set to star (via The Hollywood Reporter).
Last year, Daniels addressed speculation over a reboot, telling Collider: “The thing I would say is, when there’s something to announce, I will definitely announce it.”
