Jenna Fischer always had great hopes for John Krasinski while playing together Nbc sitcom The office.
The actress, 51, made an appearance in a recent episode of Fly on the wall with Dana Carvey.
During the interview, the conversation went to its old The office Costar, 45, with the host asking Fischer if she was surprised to see Krasinski Direct 2018 A quiet placeWith his wife, British actress Emily Blunt.
“It was a surprise for any of us,” said Fischer on the show. “I would always say to John:” I think you are going to be like our Tom Hanks. »»
Fischer referred to the way in which the popularity of Hanks replaced its sitcom 1980 Breast friends Although the two -season series is “a very famous successful television program”.
“But, as, when you think of Tom Hanks, you don’t think of the Breast friends,” she said about the winner of a 68-year-old Oscars. “You think of everything Tom Hanks has done.”
She then remembers saying to Krasinski: “I think The office will be your Breast friends. Like, you go to places.
Fischer also found Krasinski “very humble in this way”, because he would find the comparison of the Hanks “very embarrassing with him” when he wanted Hanks more to consider.
“He does not want to be, as, agitated like that. But I said to myself, no. It’s true, sir,” she added Krasinski, who was named People 2024 Sexhiel Homm Alive.
In May 2024, Nbc announced a spin-off of The officetitled Paper.