Along with his upcoming debut within the Peacock spin-off collection The Paper, Domhnall Gleeson had some assist from just a few OG The Workplace stars.
On the premiere of their new film Fountain of Youth, now in theaters, Gleeson mentioned co-star John Krasinski “was great” when it got here to giving him recommendation on becoming a member of the present, which involves Peacock in September.
“I imply, his large recommendation that he gave me was to do it,” Gleeson informed Individuals. “And the identical with Steve Carell, one other simply great actor who I’d labored with earlier than. And their recommendation was, if it’s Greg Daniels, you need to do it as a result of attending to work with him is a deal with that not many individuals get to have.”
Daniels created the NBC mockumentary collection The Workplace, which ran for 9 seasons from 2005 to 2013, that includes Carell and Krasinski amongst its ensemble portraying the workers of Dunder Mifflin Paper Firm in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
In The Paper, the identical documentary crew follows Gleeson because the keen writer of The Reality Teller, a struggling Toledo, Ohio newspaper, which he tries to revive with the assistance of volunteer reporters.
Natalie Portman, John Krasinski, Domhnall Gleeson, Carmen Ejogo and Laz Alonso in ‘Fountain of Youth’ (2025) (Christopher Raphael/Apple TV+ /Courtesy Everett Assortment)
Gleeson mentioned of the present, “I’m so completely satisfied I did it as a result of I believe we’ve one thing actually beautiful. So I’m thrilled with it.”
“I imply, I wish to suppose I’d’ve obtained there alone anyway, however definitely if [John] and Steve had been like, ‘Don’t do it, it’s a nightmare,’ I’d’ve hightailed it, however they might not have been extra optimistic about it, and I’m delighted I listened to them,” he added.
After starring collectively within the 2022 Hulu restricted collection The Affected person, Carell praised Gleeson as “a superb actor.”