John Krasinski Reveals Major Prop He Stole From ‘The Office’ Set
John Krasinski opened up about the major prop he stole from The Office during a recent appearance on Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey’s rewatch podcast of the popular NBC sitcom, Office Ladies.
Krasinski recalled filming the last scene of the series on the set of its fictional dive bar, Poor Richard’s. After several takes, director Greg Daniels called “cut,” and Krasinski went about saying goodbye to his castmates for the very last time. “It was just the scariest, most beautiful, horrific moment of my life,” the Jack Ryan star explained.
The grief, apparently, drove Krasinski to theft. As a last thought, the actor snagged the massive Dunder Mifflin company sign from the set. It led to some consternation for the production staff, and Daniels and his cohorts scrambled to figure out what happened to one of their biggest, and most prized, props.
“I’ve always lied to Greg that I didn’t take it, but I did. I stole it,” Krasinksi admitted on the May 15 episode of the podcast.
Kinsey revealed that she actually witnessed Krasinski make off with the sign that evening, but promised she “never told anyone,” and instead, lived with the secret for over a decade. She called it “one of [her] favorite memories” of the show’s final day.
“I was like, ‘Don’t look over here!’” Krasinski laughed. “It wasn’t quite dark enough, so it just looked like I was putting a body in a car … I was dressed like a cat burglar.”
Krasinski is currently promoting his new live-action/animated fantasy comedy IF, which is in theaters now.
His interview comes just as NBC is mounting a much-hyped Office spin-off, though, you shouldn’t expect to see any of your favorite Dunder Mifflin employees. At the IF premiere on Monday night, Office lead Steve Carell (who has a voice role in Krasinksi’s film) confirmed that he wouldn’t be returning to the universe.
“It’s just a new thing, and there’s really no reason for my character to show up in something like that,” Carell explained. “But I'm excited about it, it sounds like a great conceit," he explained. "It’s set in a failing newspaper company, and I worked with Domhnall Gleeson, who is one of the leads. I did The Patient with him, and he’s an excellent actor and a super nice guy, so I think it’ll be great."
All nine seasons of The Office, which ran from 2005 through 2013, can currently be streamed on Peacock.