Amy Ryan Logging in More OFFICE Hours
June 30, 2008 by Kath Skerry
File this one in the ‘good news’ folder.
Academy Award nominee, Amy Ryan, is going to be hanging around the Dunder Mifflin offices for a little while longer when THE OFFICE returns in the Fall. Ryan guested in last season’s finale as Holly Flax, the new HR rep who took over for Toby Flenderson when he decided to spend more time on the beautiful beaches of Costa Rica (also know as the writer’s room of THE OFFICE). And now according to Variety, Amy Ryan has signed on for at least 5 more episodes when the show returns to NBC in the Fall.
A shoe-in for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Star in a Comedy Series, Amy Ryan fit in so perfectly with the show and the craziness that is Dunder Mifflin that it was almost scary. Fans, who haven’t always taken kindly to new people joining the show (remember the brouhaha when it was announced that Ed Helms and Rashida Jones were coming on board?), immediately took to Ryan’s character who was set up as a possible love interest for Michael Scott.
Let’s hope that the peeps over in Van Nuys can woo Ms. Ryan to staying a bit longer than five episodes. It could happen. If you remember, Helms and Jones were only slated for a handful of episodes initially too, and look what happened with that.
If I didn’t say it before, please let me say it know…welcome to THE OFFICE community, Ms. Ryan.
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Awesome news! Hopefully Holly can keep Michael from running back to Jan… even if she can’t, it’ll still be hilarious to watch Michael fight his feelings for both women. Viva la Office!
Loving this news! I am crazy for her role and how she played it. Thanks for posting, GMMR, especially given the computer situation.
I’m really excited about this news. She was FANTASTIC in Gone Baby Gone…almost too good for The Office, as much as I love the show! No, I don’t mean that. They’re perfect for each other.
Over on another site, I found the press release which says “The Office” season five premieres Thursday, September 25 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on NBC and picks-up from last season’s finale, in which Holly Flax (Amy Ryan) joined the Dunder-Mifflin office the day of Toby’s big going away party and seemed to strike a special friendship with Michael Scott ”
Key words here, “picks up from last season’s finale”. Do we think this means that the show won’t go real time? Hope this is true so we don’t miss a thing including say a proposal?
Don’t worry people! Amy is not to big for The Office. She stayed on The Wire didn’t she?