Jim Parsons minted his fame as Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory, but had previously auditioned to be on the NBC program The Office.The Houston native, 47, made the revelation in a media call to promote his Fox show Call Me Kat on Tuesday, but didn't specify which character he tried out for.Parsons said he underrated how successful the show would be before it hit the air in 2005, four years after the English version it was adapted from.
The latest: Jim Parsons, 47, said he had auditioned to be on the NBC program The Office'I was like, "How stupid, it's about an office - if America wanted their own office show, they would have already made it by now,"' said The Boys in the Band star actor, according to Deadline.The Office went on to run.
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