Rainn Wilson Recalls One Outrageous Dwight Line From 'The Office' That Was Improvised
Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey (a.k.a. Pam and Angela from The Office) are ruling the podcast world at the moment. With their new show Office Ladies, the two actresses share behind-the-scenes info from the NBC fan-favorite series that stole America's heart.
Office Ladies goes in order of each episode, starting with the pilot. This week, Jenna and Angela recounted Episode 3, "Health Care," with none other than Rainn Wilson, also known as your local beet farmer, Dwight K. Schrute.
In "Health Care," Michael Scott is too afraid to cut benefits from his employees' health care plans, so he passes the duty off to Dwight. After the office retaliates against Dwight's initial changes, he makes everyone anonymously list their health concerns so they can get coverage for them.
According to Mashable, Wilson shared on the podcast that the list of illnesses he read were unknown to the rest of the cast. So when he listed "Hot Dog Fingers" out loud, everyone broke character and bursted out laughing.
Fischer recalled, "None of us knew you were going to say hot dog fingers. It was a complete and utter surprise. That was not in the script."
Wilson shared that he "broke" all the time while shooting The Office and at least every second or third episode, he would go on laughing fits he could hardly come back from.
For more "fast facts" and tidbits from The Office, tune into the Office Ladies podcast, with a new episode airing every Wednesday.