jenna fischer played robert california's wife on the office.
jenna fischer played robert california's wife on the office.
who plays robert california's wife on the office?
jenna fischer
while andy bernard (ed helms) is having a meeting with jim halpert (john krasinski) in his office, robert california (james spader) appears at the window and frantically says that his wife susan (maura tierney) is looking for a job in the office, and that andy must not give her one. when susan arrives, andy compliantly tells her that they have no openings, but robert insists that they have a look around before coming to any conclusions. susan looks at the different departments, and decides on accounting. andy again claims the office is already fully staffed, but robert insists that he give her a job, even pressuring andy by reminding him of his power as ceo. confused by robert's mixed messages, andy relents and gives her a job, but robert later calls andy on the phone to berate him for hiring susan. andy asks everyone in the office to treat her poorly to drive her out, which makes everyone uncomfortable as they like her, but end up doing so nevertheless. when susan notices their behavior, she complains to robert, who asks andy to discuss the issues with susan in the conference room and leaves. susan eventually realizes it was robert's idea to drive her away. when they call robert out, he vehemently denies it. andy tells them jim also heard him say he did not want her working at the office, which jim overhears, prompting him to flee the office. robert orders security to close the gate, preventing him from leaving. jim then runs all over the building, but andy and robert find him and take him back to the office. after trying unsuccessfully to deflect their questions about what robert told andy, jim blurts out that he is baffled at robert's attitude, since jim enjoys working in the same place as his wife pam halpert (jenna fischer) and misses her while she is on maternity leave. andy and jim leave the conference room and after a short while, robert and susan leave. in the parking lot, andy apologizes to susan and after brief small talk, susan asks andy out on a date, leaving him surprised.
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spader's acting had been particularly lauded by his fellow "office" cast members. in an interview with "huffington post", brian baumgartner stated that "the energy [spader] has is so totally different. the writers have done really a great job. he has these demented arguments that on the surface make no sense, but he's talking, and suddenly and you're like, 'oh yeah, that's right! that's right!'". in the same interview, kate flannery commented that spader "has this grounded intensity that we've never seen on our show before that makes these kind of little scranton peons stand at attention". in an interview with "nbc chicago.com", angela kinsey praised spader's portrayal of california, stating "he is amazing. our first table read with him was a week before we went back and at that moment i was like, 'oh, we're going to be just fine'. he crushed the table read. he brings such a cool, amazing, intensity as robert california that's so different from michael scott. michael wanted everyone to love him. robert california wants to run the best company in the world, and to see him turn that kind of intensity onto kevin malone was cracking me up. i just love him as this character. and it's been really fun to watch dwight and robert california act". paul lieberstein was pleased that spader would be joining the cast in the eighth season, stating that "james has an energy that is completely his own, and 'the office' has no tools for dealing with this guy. we're thrilled he's joining our cast". on july 28, 2011, rainn wilson favorably tweeted, when referring to spader's acting on the series, "[he's] killing it!!!!". former leading actor steve carell was also impressed by the decision to hire spader, stating in an interview with "access hollywood", "i think it's an excellent choice. i think it's great and he will infuse all this new energy into the show".
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