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Ferrell will be playing a branch manager who comes from the home office to help with the transition, who happens to be every bit as inappropriate as Carell's Michael Scott . So how did this happen? Well, Ferrell, a big fan of The Office and his Anchorman co-star, apparently called up the producers and offered up his services in order to "commemorate Carell's swan song.""We found Steve Carell when he was nothing but a movie star and we turned him into a television star," joked executive producer Paul Lieberstein (who also plays the hapless HR rep "Toby"). "We are proud to continue The Office's tradition of discovering famous talent, and we hope that once America gets a good look at Will, they'll see what we see, tremendous raw sexuality."