Actors That Wore Wigs To Hide A Secret While Filming

Publish date: 2024-05-07

Jim Halpert's natural 'do in the popular television series The Office doesn't seem like it would warrant a wig. However, actor John Krasinski had other aspirations for his acting career.

To be able to star in the 2008 film Leatherheads, Krasinski was required to get a 1920s style haircut. Unfortunately, the actor was in the midst of filming season three of The Office, and for continuity and contractual purposes, needed pre-approval from showrunner Greg Daniels — who apparently wasn't happy that character Jim's hairdo would be more of a buzz than his signature messy mop. However, this TV star wasn't about to give up a spot on the big screen that easily: Krasinski secretly partnered with the popular sitcom's on-set hair stylist, Kim Ferry, for assistance, who helped him to have a wig made out of human hair resembling his character's look.

Krasinski put it on and headed to Daniels' office to make his case. However, the showrunner still wouldn't budge. "Greg kept saying, 'No! I would know if you're wearing a wig,'" Ferry recalled to Mashable, explaining that this was when Krasinski made the ultimate reveal. "So John leaned over the desk and said, 'No I don't think you would.' That's when he ripped it off and shut it down, and we got to do the wig."

As Jim Halpert famously says on the The Office, "Everything I have I owe to this job ... this stupid, wonderful, boring, amazing job."

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