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The Officefans never quite managed to warm up to Karen Filippelli since her character was the only thing getting in the way of Jim and Pam’s epic love story at that time. But it looks like fans weren’t alone as Rashida Jones didn’t feel truly welcomed by the cast members either.
Jones’ character was first portrayed in the famous sitcom in season 3 when Jim Halpert was transferred to Dunder Mifflin’s Stamford branch. While Karen was seen for almost the entirety of the third season, her character slowly faded away into obscurity with Jones having only a few sporadic appearances season 4 onwards. Years afterThe Officeended, the actress herself admitted that she never felt like she truly belonged with the show’s star cast, to begin with.
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Rashida Jones Felt Out of Place inThe Office
The Officesaw a horde of new characters being introduced every now and then, but only a few handful of them managed to stick towards the very end, and Karen Filippelii was unfortunately not one of them.
In an old interview withThe Off Camera Show‘s Sam Jones, Rashida Jones opened up about her experience working on the Primetime Emmy Award-winning comedy series. She explained how while the rest of the show’s cast members were“nice”to her, she always felt like a mere“guest star”as compared to the others.
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“I always felt like a guest around The Office. Everybody was so nice to me, but I always felt like a guest star, you know? I never felt like, comfortable. I felt like, you know….I knew because I was like the small point of a love triangle that I would…eventually I’d just have to be sacrificed.”
It’s interesting to note that Karen disappeared from the show completely after her appearance in season 5 as the manager of the Utica Branch. Meanwhile, Ed Helms, who was introduced as Andy Bernard in the show during the same time as Jones, ended up being a part ofThe Officetill the very last season.
Rashida Jones Knew Her Time onThe OfficeWas Limited
Helms and Jones were both a part of the Stamford branch of Dunder Mifflin when they first made an appearance on the series. When that branch was shut down though, both Andy and Karen along withJohn Krasinski‘s Jim and a few other Stamford staff members had been transferred back to the Stanford branch. But while theParks and Recreationactress only got limited screen time till the third season, Helms was bumped to having a permanent place on the show.
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“I remember when he got offered, like a regular spot, I was like…I was pretty crushed. I mean, I knew it was going to happen, because there was kind of emotionally nowhere else to go with my character, but I was pretty crushed.”
Jones andThe Hangoverstar had both spent quite a lot of“time together”when they first joined the show. Perhaps that’s why it hurt her more when her co-star was promoted while her character gradually got scrapped out of the script.
The Officecan be streamed on Netflix.
Source:The Off Camera Show
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With a prolific knowledge of everything pop culture and a strong penchant for writing, Khushi has penned over 700 articles during her time as an author at FandomWire.An abnormal psychology student and an fervent reader of dark fiction, her most trusted soldiers are coffee and a good book.
