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Off The Beat with Brian Baumgartner

Rainn Wilson - Pt. 2

Off The Beat with Brian Baumgartner

iHeartPodcasts

Tv & Film, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica. Though Dwight never actually said the iconic phrase, the one and only Rainn Wilson returns to the podcast to share the story behind the line, as well as his favorite parts of working on the show -- including his classic comedy duo with Steve Carell and finding a “framily” in the cast.

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1:26.4

My name is Rain Wilson and I played Dwight Kurt Shrute.

1:47.6

Hello everybody. Welcome back to The Office Deep Dive.

1:53.6

We're back baby. That's right. We are back. I am your host, Brian Baumgartner. Today,

2:00.9

you are going to be listening to the second part of my conversation with Rain Wilson.

2:07.2

So just like with Angela, I wanted to save this part of Rain's interview for our camera as

2:14.8

character series because Dwight had one of the most interesting relationships with the camera

2:21.6

on the show. Sometimes it was like he was hiding from it. He hated it.

2:26.7

But at other times, the camera was his friend, like in the scene from stress relief where he's

2:33.4

lighting the fire. He thinks the camera gets what I'm doing, right? And we also talked about many

2:40.7

other important topics like Rain's dynamic with Steve Carell. Whether the office could indeed

2:49.6

be made today and who in the cast was the most likely to get fired. As always, Rain had so many

3:00.0

insightful things to say. I just love talking to him about our show. Though I hate that I'm being

3:06.8

so nice to him. But you know what? I can't help it. I love him. You love him. America loves him.

3:12.4

Dwight is everyone's favorite. I'm not bitter about that at all. I'm a little bitter about that.

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