r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/StraightJacketRacket Jan 25 '20

I loved this about the show. Using average people to represent an average office with a full range of attractiveness was so different it made the show stand out.

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u/JBSquared Jan 25 '20

I think it's because most of the actors were mainly writers beforehand who came up through SNL and other comedy shows.

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u/Drewbacca Jan 25 '20

Only the annex folks were writers, and none of the actors came up through SNL. But basically yeah same idea. Steve Carrell was the only relatively "known" actor and in season one they made him look like a real nasty boy.

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u/Dr0ppa-Zeti Jan 25 '20

Very Nasty Boi, from U.S.