23 Things You Might Not Know About "The Office" — buzzfeed.com

Silverman immediately contacted the series’ creator, Ricky Gervais, to acquire the rights to the show. Carell said that if he had watched anymore, he would’ve ended up just doing a characterization of Ricky Gervais during his audition. Jim would’ve have been White and Pam would have been African-American. Actress Erica Vittina Phillips would have played Pam. After not getting the role, Kinsey thought she had missed her shot to be on the show. Instead the writers created the role of Angela for her.

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