Rich Sommer is going from a work environment rife with sexual harassment, gender bias, racial discrimination and lewd conduct, to a work environment rife with, well, sexual harassment, gender bias, racial discrimination and lewd conduct. The only difference now? It’s 2008, not 1962.
Sources confirm to me exclusively that Sommer, who plays Mad Men‘s bespectacled and bow-tied ad exec Harry Crane, has put in for a (temporary) transfer to the Scranton branch of Dunder-Mifflin. In other words, he’s guest starring in an episode of The Office.
Details about Sommer’s role are being closely guarded—an Office insider would only reveal that his character “ties in with a surprise twist”—but this much I can tell you: He’ll turn up in the comedy’s Sept. 25 season premiere.
Reaction to this clever interoffice crossover? Theories as to who Sommer might be playing? Share with the class below!
So it’s news now when a minor supporting character on one show with a cult following cashes a check as a character actor in a walk-on on another show with a cult following? Let’s discuss his seminal work as that dude in that one Cingular commercial too.
I’m sorry, but it must be a REALLY slow news day if your big stories are some guy with a minor role on a show no one watches guest-starring on The Office and a couple of actors from a show that no one watched 10 years ago reuniting on SVU.
And let not any one forget the earth shattering intensity that Sommer brought to his role as Anne Hathaway’s gay-but-straight friend in ‘The Devil Wears Prada.’
That performance alone shows that Ausiello is DEFINITELY earning his, what I hope is miniscule, paycheck.
I think he may end up playing a new love interest for Jan or for Amy Ryan’s new character, but either way I think he will be in conflict with Michael Scott.
He looks a little like Steve Carrell. I’m guessing he’s unveiled as Jan’s sperm donor and he’ll be so similar to Michael that she’ll realize she may as well have just had a baby with Michael.
How much do you want to bet he ends up being Jan’s sperm donor?
Christ, why is everyone here so bitter all the time? There’s not going to be ground-breaking, earth-shattering news every single day of the week. Not every story will appeal to everyone, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth posting. For Office fans and maybe Mad Men fans, this is definitely news worthy of posting. I know it’s fun to complain about things, but it’s a little ridiculous sometimes.
LOL, you people are a-holes. FYI, both The Office and Mad Men are not cult shows, they are very popular and critically acclaimed. The Office has won many emmy’s, and Mad Men was recently nominated for several Emmy’s, and will probably win one when the award show airs.
If you all don’t like Ausiello or his news, WTF are you doing here reading it & commenting on it? PATHETIC = you mofos. Get a life.
WE LOVE YOU MICHAEL, KEEP IT COMING!!
How is Mad Men A Cult show, it got 16 Emmy Nominations. It Also won the Golden Globe For best Drama and Best Actor.
People need to stop complaining. You’ll get your news on “Two and a Half Men” and “Boston Legal” later.
I think he looks vaguely like John Krasinski and/or Ed Helms. Jim or Andy’s brother? I could see him involved in Pam’s story at New York or involved in Jan’s life somehow.
Ucch, love him. Can’t wait for the premiere!
He looks like he could play Kevin’s younger brother!
Yeah–thanks for the news! He’s great in Mad Men. Can’t wait to see him on The Office
I suspect he’s going to be Jim’s roommate Mark, who I don’t think we’ve seen before, right?
As someone who watches both of these shows, thanks for the scoop!