{"id":2535,"date":"2025-09-06T04:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T04:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/2535\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T04:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T04:09:12","slug":"domhnall-gleeson-tells-fans-not-to-expect-comeback-of-the-office-in-new-spin-off-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/2535\/","title":{"rendered":"Domhnall Gleeson tells fans not to expect comeback of The Office in new spin-off series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gleeson, 42, best known for About Time, Ex Machina, and Star Wars, now stars in the new Sky Max mockumentary series The Paper \u2013 a spin-off from the American sitcom The Office.<\/p>\n

The series follows the everyday lives of staff working for the Toledo Truth Teller, a struggling midwestern newspaper as the optimistic yet under-qualified new editor-in chief, Ned Sampson, played by Gleeson, arrives in an attempt to bring the paper back to life.<\/p>\n

\"Domhnall<\/p>\n

Domhnall Gleeson attending the premiere of Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (Isabel Infantes\/PA)<\/p>\n

Speaking about the new series and whether it pays tribute to the original sitcom, Gleeson told the PA news agency: \u201cThe Office is always going to exist. We don\u2019t need to honour The Office because The Office is amazing and is there for anybody who needs it, and a lot of people need it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing, but we\u2019re doing something new and so it\u2019s sort of a separate sort of a thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess the important thing is that we\u2019re not bringing it back. I think if people are expecting us to bring it back, then they will be disappointed because we\u2019re not making The Office again. But that\u2019s okay, because it\u2019s already been made.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just doing something separate and new and I hope it means something to people.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you realise pretty quickly that it\u2019s a different vibe in this show and a very different ensemble. I think the ensemble is super strong so I\u2019m hoping people go for the ensemble. That\u2019ll really help if they do because I\u2019m very fond of the team that we have, and I think they all did an amazing job.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Domhnall<\/p>\n

Domhnall Gleeson (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n

Gleeson stars alongside White Lotus\u2019 Sabrina Impacciatore and The Office actor Oscar Nunez, who reprises his role as accountant Oscar Martinez.<\/p>\n

The Paper was co-written and created by Greg Daniels, who adapted the UK version of The Office for American audiences, and Michael Koman, best known for Nathan For You \u2013 with Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais, who created the original Office series, serving as executive producers.<\/p>\n

Focusing in on some of the daily challenges a local paper might face, Gleeson said it remains \u201chopeful\u201d and aims to say something \u201cpositive\u201d about journalism.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI think in a smaller town it can be easier for people to get away with things. And if nobody\u2019s keeping an eye, people understand that people are keeping an eye on the big picture, but the small picture matters a lot as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think having somewhere to go where you can believe what you read about the actions of the people in charge where you live, that matters in every way.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in a comedy show that\u2019s very silly but I like that Greg (Daniels) and Michael (Komen), the creators of the show, care about that. I think that\u2019s super cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

Describing what drew him to the series, Gleeson added: \u201cIt was hopeful about journalism and trying to say something positive about journalism without getting caught up in a holier than thou sort of, this is why this matters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought they just handled it really delicately with a sort of a light hand and kept it funny.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Paper premieres on Sky Max and the streaming service NOW on September 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gleeson, 42, best known for About Time, Ex Machina, and Star Wars, now stars in the new Sky…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,898],"class_list":{"0":"post-2535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-latest-news-ticker"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}