Overview

• Sabrina Impacciatore said the pair knocked on the makeup-trailer door at Universal Studios Lot to wish the cast luck as they prepared to start shooting.
• Carell and Krasinski were on the neighboring stage filming a Lavazza coffee commercial, according to Impacciatore’s Entertainment Weekly interview.
• Impacciatore previously flew to New York to see Carell in Uncle Vanya and asked for his encouragement, which she says he warmly gave.
• Oscar Nuñez reprises Oscar Martinez as head accountant at the Toledo Truth Teller, joining a new ensemble led by Domhnall Gleeson and including Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young, and Tim Key.
• Promotion is in full swing with an Entertainment Weekly cover and party as creators Greg Daniels and Michael Koman position the mockumentary as distinct in tone from The Office, and Steve Carell has said he will not appear.