Rainn Wilson recalls terrifying moment Bryan Cranston nearly ‘poisoned’ The Office cast during filming

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Metro.co.uk and other press in New York. ‘It was 110 degrees in the San Fernando Valley and they hooked an air conditioner to the back of the bus to give us extra cooling.‘But they didn’t think about the fact that the exhaust would recycle and potentially poison us…’‘It knocked Phyllis [Smith] out, Jenna Fischer threw up on my shoes.

Ellie Kemper fell into a coma…,’ he jokingly continued.‘I don’t remember what actual injuries were sustained. But we completely, 100% blame Bryan Cranston.’Fair enough…Bryan spilled the beans on the episode during an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert earlier this week, and revealing that Jenna – aka Pam Beesley – actually ‘saved everyone’s life’ during the incident.In the instalment, the Dunder Mifflin gang famously transferred their office onto a work bus while Dwight fumigated the office, following a prank from Jim Halpert (John Krasinski).Bryan, who guest directed the scenes, explained that the actors actually filmed in a trailer, which was attached to an AC system.‘They didn’t think that where the intake for the refrigeration system was was exactly lined up to where the tailpipe of the bus was,’ he casually told the host.‘So, the exhaust of the bus was going right to the intake, cooling it…’Jenna was the one who alerted the cast and crew to the issue, telling everyone that she could ‘smell exhaust’ from inside the bus.‘I got a chair and I stood up on the thing and I stuck my nose up in there and sure enough it was billowing down,’ Bryan continued. ‘It was carbon monoxide.‘I wasn’t quite sure so I got a second wind.

I got some more, I got nice and dizzy and then realized “Oh my God, we could’ve all been dead”.’Thankfully, there were no death-defying moments while filming.