“Office” co-star Mindy Kaling talks to THR about who would best replace Steve Carell and her reaction to critic complaints alleging Indian stereotyping on NBC’s upcoming Thursday comedy “Outsourced”.
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“I’d love to see Rainn Wilson in that position,” says coexecutive producer/costar Mindy Kaling, who snagged a much-deserved Emmy nomination for co-writing last season’s four-star Jim/Pam wedding episode. “Dwight has become so nuanced — you actually care about him now. I think if [we did a good job laying the groundwork] this coming season, he would be a fantastic boss.
“But that’s my dream,” she adds. “It certainly hasn’t been approved by people that are more powerful than me and who make those kinds of decisions.”
“We’re still infatuated with Steve and love him so much that we’re hoping for some 11th hour like, ‘I really do like this schedule and I like craft services here, so I don’t want to go.’ But I’m going to take him at face value and [assume] he’s not being coy and that he really wants to [leave].”
The Office’s Mindy Kaling appeared on ‘The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson’ last night. Check it out:
Mindy Kaling visited “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” last night. Watch it here:
Check out Mindy Kaling on ‘Late Night with Craig Ferguson’ from last night.
Unbelievable Holiday Tales
Scripting a Fantasy of a Family
By Mindy Kaling
LAST year, toward the end of December, I was meeting my writing partner at the hotel lobby in Santa Monica where we always work. On the way out, there was a short wait while the valet got my car.
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Jason Logan“Big plans for the holidays?” the parking attendant asked me.
“Not too much,” I replied. “Just spending time with the family.”
“Husband and kids will keep you busy,” he said.
“Yep,” I smiled, getting into my Mini Cooper.
Driving off, I felt nervous and giddy, as if I had gotten away with something. I don’t have a family where I have a husband and children. I had meant my family of my parents and older brother. It made me feel a tinge of excitement that someone would actually think of me as a grown-up like that. Even though I was the right age for it, I still felt like what I imagine the protagonist does in one of those “Big” or “13 Going on 30” body-swapping movies.
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Watch Mindy Kaling on “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” from last night: