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There were only two series of the UK version made, and a lot of it was unscripted or loosely scripted and a lot of improv on Ricky Gervais's part. The first tw
by dotBen 4y ago
There were only two series of the UK version made, and a lot of it was unscripted or loosely scripted and a lot of improv on Ricky Gervais's part.
The first two series of the US edition of The Office was kind of uncomfortable because it was essentially the scripting and acting of what was previously improvised. I hear the 3rd series onwards was better received in part because it was originally written for the US audience, it was never made for the UK audience, and it wasn't improv'd.
- vlunkr 4y agoThat’s not really accurate. The pilot episodes have nearly identical scripts, but none of the other episodes do. They borrow some episode concepts and character arcs, but the scripts are original. That said, there is definitely a tonal shift away from the UK series in the beginning, most notably starting with season 2.
- autoexec 4y agoYeah, the US office turned into it's own thing pretty quickly considering it started with the same premises and characters. The pilot is painful to watch, but it took the general concept and ran with it until it doesn't seem fair to compare the two anymore. They're two very different shows.