Craig Robinson: ‘Killing It’ After ‘The Office’

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🗓️ 12 April 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Craig Robinson spent years stealing scenes in movies like ‘Knocked Up,’ ‘Pineapple Express,’ and ‘This Is the End’ and on TV—most memorably as Darryl on ‘The Office’—before scoring his first major lead role in ‘Killing It,’ a new streaming series that lands on Peacock this week. In this episode, Robinson talks about the challenges of working with live snakes in the new show and looks back on highlights from his career, including trying not to laugh opposite Steve Carell’s Michael Scott, why he’s glad he didn’t know Leslie Mann was Judd Apatow’s wife while filming ‘Knocked Up,’ singing a duet with Rihanna in ‘This Is the End’ and a lot more.

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0:00.0	There was no one who could get inside Michael Scott's head quite like Daryl from the office.
0:06.0	Daryl, have you ever been in a gang?
0:10.0	Why?
0:11.0	It's an advice question, and if you don't want to talk about it, I completely understand.
0:17.0	It's, um...
0:18.0	No, no, no.
0:19.0	I know, it's very, very personal, so no, no. I know it's very, very personal. No, um...
0:21.6	I have.
0:23.8	I knew it.
0:24.9	Okay.
0:26.2	What are we talking about here?
0:28.5	Crips, bloods?
0:29.5	Both.
0:30.2	God.
0:31.1	Yeah, them and Alat kings.
0:33.7	The warriors.
0:34.8	Okay.
0:35.4	Newsies.
0:36.6	Okay.
0:37.4	So dig this.
0:38.3	You're on the street, and one of your gang disses you.
0:42.3	Oh my goodness.
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