Difficulties between the actor and network NBC reportedly led to his departure after Season 7 A new book about the US edition of The Office indicates that star Steve Carell never actually wanted to leave the show.
Carell stepped down from his role playing Michael Scott in the hit sitcom after the show’s seventh season aired in 2011. Andy Greene’s new book The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s features interviews with many crew members from the show, and, as Collider point out, it didn’t seem like Carell always planned on leaving the show when he did.
Sound mixer Brian Wittle and hairstylist Kim Ferry were both interviewed, saying that Carell accidentally let slip that he might leave after Season 7 in an interview,
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