Surprisingly, the most difficult thing about talking to John Krasinski, who plays the charming, practical-joking paper salesman Jim Halpert on The Office, isn’t resisting the urge to make a “That’s what she said” joke at every opportunity. No, the largest challenge in talking to the 29-year-old actor is to not call him “Big Tuna.” Next week, he can be seen in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (which he also directed)—an adaptation of the beloved story collection by the late David Foster Wallace. We caught up with Big Tu…Krasinski, rather, in the midst of a fantasy football draft.
My mom is a big fan of The Office. She says Jim reminds her of me.
Oh my God.
I don’t really see it.
No, you do see it. You’re a charming guy. We all love you, Drew, come home!
Better than if she told me that I reminded her of Dwight, I suppose.
Yeah, that would be really scary. Don’t ever come home if that’s the case.
See the rest of this hard-hitting interview after the break.
