Will Ferrell to Guest Star on "The Office"
NEW YORK (CBS) Will Ferrell is heading for "The Office," just as Steve Carell prepares to bid farwell to the NBC comedy series.
Ferrell will reunite with Carell (the two co-starred together in 2004's "Anchroman") for a four-episode guest stint later this season. He will play a branch manager from the home office that turns out to be "just as inappropriate" as Michael Scott, according to Entertainment Weekly.
"We found Steve Carell when he was nothing but a movie star and we turned him into a television star," executive producer Paul Lieberstein said to EW. "We are proud to continue 'The Office's' tradition of discovering famous talent, and we hope that once America gets a good look at Will, they'll see what we see: tremendous raw sexuality."
Last summer, Carell announcedthat he would be leaving the show, and the network said recently that the actor will be gonebefore the season-ending episodes in May.
According to EW, the duo will be featured in three episodes together, then Ferrell will be on his own for one episode with the rest of the cast when Carell leaves.