Two supporting roles in films helped get the attention of audiences: Bruce Almighty, in which Carell plays Evan Baxter (an arrogant rival to Jim Carrey's character), who gets a humorous comeuppance while co-anchoring the news. On the audio commentary of the pilot episode, director Ken Kwapis says that Carell's unfamiliarity with the British version of The Office and their experience working together on Watching Ellie influenced him being cast as Scott. He did not continue watching for fear that he would start copying Gervais' characterizations.
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Carell later stated he had only seen about half of the original pilot episode of the British series before he auditioned. However, Come to Papa was quickly canceled, allowing Carell to commit to The Office. Due to Carell being unavailable, Bob Odenkirk was selected as Michael Scott and was part of the cast presented to NBC executives. At the time, he was already committed to another NBC mid-season replacement comedy, Come to Papa. In January 2004, Variety reported Steve Carell of the popular Comedy Central program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, was in talks to play the role. Martin Short, Hank Azaria, and Bob Odenkirk were also reported to be interested. NBC programmer Tracy McLaughlin suggested Paul Giamatti to producer Ben Silverman for the role of Michael Scott, but the actor declined.
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