‘The Office’ Actor Creed Bratton Talks a Potential Spin-Off and the Truth About the Scranton Strangler (EXCLUSIVE)
"They are talking about things. I don't know how far along they've gotten. But we'll see!"
By Jamie LernerApr. 26 2024, Published 12:12 p.m. ET
One of the most-watched sitcoms of all time, the American model of The Office was once a groundbreaking tv collection. Nearly two decades later, persons are still bingeing episodes on repeat, most commonly as a result of of our favourite characters. From Michael Scott and Dwight Schrute to Meredith Palmer and Creed Bratton, we’re never short of quirky and laugh-inducing entertainment on The Office.
Now, AT&T is partnering with The Office cast to show off the energy of AT&T Business. They created a cartoon that brought together a number of unique forged members, together with the kooky Creed Bratton. He gave Distractify the within scoop on getting the cast again together once more, a doable Office derivative, and what he’s up to now.
The forged of ‘The Office’ reunited to film an AT&T commercial.
While AT&T introduced many participants of the forged together again, this is not the first time they have got been reunited. Creed could also be a musician, so he determined to do a receive advantages live performance in Australia right through the woodland fires in 2021. “Angela [Kinsey], Rainn, Brian [Baumgartner], and Ed [Helms] got here down they usually all joined, we bought the place out and it used to be loopy. When they noticed all of us in combination, [the other folks] went completely loopy."
“This thing with AT&T — thank you very much, AT&T for getting this all together — because that's the first time six of us got together in years and years and years. So that was wonderful to see everybody. And again, we just enjoy working together so much,” Creed shared. Despite his character’s lone-man persona in The Office, the real-life Creed loves his co-stars!
Creed says he slowly worked his way into the good graces of creator and showrunner Greg Daniels. “Greg said 'We'll see if we can work you in but I can't promise you anything,'” he explained of his original role in the show. “So I wrote the character. I wrote an hour's worth of stuff, ad-libbed a bunch of stuff, shot it, and gave it to Greg. And they said, ‘Oh well you're actually pretty funny,’ and then they gave me the shot with Halloween.”
Creed Bratton teased a potential spin-off of ‘The Office.’
Luckily, Creed stuck, because his contrast to the other straight-man characters became a mainstay of The Office. And if there were to be a spin-off, Creed would be the first to jump on board. “I certainly would because I like to work with everybody, that would be fun,” he shared. But he actually has some insider information about whether or not there will be a spinoff of The Office.
“But I talked to Greg Daniels a few months ago, we had lunch together at the Glen here in Los Angeles, and he said, ‘We did it. We're not going to be able to catch lightning in a bottle again like that. It's just ridiculous and not going to happen,’” referring to a direct spinoff. But there’s still hope!
“[John] Krasinski had a great idea a while back that we could do a Christmas special for TV of us getting together at some place, maybe Steve's house or something, we all ride there for like an hour Christmas Special. That would be fun,” he teased. But that’s not all. “[Greg] is doing, I believe, a younger version. Not us. But I think that's the case. I don't think I'm jumping the gun here. They are talking about things. I don't know how far along they've gotten. But we'll see!”
If there is a younger version of The Office with a new cast, we can only hope it’s half as good as the original American version. And maybe Creed will still be there since he did seem to move into the office by the end of the series. “I think actually I should just be there with these young kids. And they never mention me or [I'm] just the elephant in the room. No explanations. He's just the old man. That was still there. Sitting there. Not doing any work, just playing Sudoku.” It would be the most Creed thing possible!
These days, Creed is focusing on his music and comedy career as he tours around. As a member of the former Grass Roots band, Creed is an experienced musician and performer. Now, his The Office persona has elevated and expanded his career opportunities. But in reality, while he’s much warmer and way less creepy than The Office’s Creed, the real Creed still has some similarities to his character.
When we requested about who the actual Scranton Strangler is, all he could say used to be, “I don’t truly want to say … What’s your house address? They asked me that on the business too, and there are a few folks missing now,” he joked. Luckily for us, the actual Creed’s sense of humor created the character’s mysterious oddball persona, but we may by no means know the reality about the Scranton Strangler.
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