Why is steve carell leaving the office early

Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox! Greg Daniels took the news graciously. Because he became a huge star in season two. During that same period, incidentally, Greg Daniels paid crewmembers from his own chequebook, so the integrity clearly ran both ways. Cue the return of Amy Ryan. It was just fraught with emotion and joy and sadness and nostalgia, but it was also really beautiful. I treasure doing that episode, because it did allow me to have a finality with everybody.

Although the NBC comedy series carried on for two more seasons, The Office was simply never the same without Dunder Mifflin's quirky boss. The crazy thing is, apparently, Steve didn't walk away to pursue other acting or comedy gigs. According to sound mixer Brian Wittle and hairstylist Kim Ferry , Steve spilled during a BBC interview that he might leave after season 7 because the final year of his contract was looming. Even still, Brian explained that, behind the scenes, he hadn't made a definitive decision yet.

But when NBC executives didn't make a valiant effort to get Steve to stay after his comments surfaced and made headlines, he was pushed to exit. Ultimately, Kim noted that the network didn't pick up Steve for another season. He had told the network that he was going to sign for another couple of years. He was willing to and his agent was willing to.

So all of that was willing and ready and, on their side, honest. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info. The Office has now been made available to stream in full on UK Netflix. The show starred Steve Carell was much-loved as Dunder Mifflin manager Michael Scott who appeared in seven seasons of the hit series.

Viewers were devastated when he left back in with some left wondering why he exited the sitcom. In his final episodes, he decided to move to be with his future wife Holly Flax played by Amy Ryan in Colorado.