Rainn also talked about a couple of other projects he's involved in causes he's been able to support and promote because of his celebrity status. Before he got the role he had seen the original British version, calling it "a revelation" because of, among other things, the awkward pause and the way they used the camera as another character.
#GALAXY QUEST RAINN WILSON SERIES#
He was cast as apprentice mortician Arthur in HBO's brilliant series Six Feet Under (starring native Minnesotan Peter Krause), which changed his life and eventually led to his role as Dwight on The Office. He had a great time, and upon returning to L.A. He did Taming of the Shrew at the Old Globe in San Diego, and did "what he does best" - crazy, hammy comedy using every trick in the book to get laughs. But then he didn't work much for a year and half, so he returned to what he loved. Turns out he had some early success in L.A., including bit parts in the movies Galaxy Quest and Almost Famous.
#GALAXY QUEST RAINN WILSON TV#
He thought he'd do a few TV roles so that he could return to theater and have an easier time getting roles. when he saw that actors with a TV credit on their resume were more likely to get cast at some theaters. He had other odd jobs during that time, including owning a moving company called "The Transcendent Moving Company" with the slogan, "A man, a van, and a sense of higher purpose." He moved from New York to L.A.
Rainn worked as a struggling actor in NYC and around the country for about ten years.
Rainn was charming, funny, and spontaneous as he interacted with the audience, and the two men obviously have a lot of respect for each other. Pinafore on the thrust stage, followed by a question and answer session. Guthrie Artistic Director Joe Dowling conducted an informal interview of Rainn on the deck of the H.M.S. His busy TV and movie schedule prevents him from coming back to the Guthrie to do a play (for now, anyway), but he was kind enough to spend the weekend in Minneapolis and share some of his experiences acting in theater, TV, and movies. Before becoming famous as Dunder-Miflin's assistant (to the) regional manager Dwight Schrute on The Office (one of my favorite TV comedies ever), Rainn Wilson was a theater actor in New York and around the country, including right here at the Guthrie.
But I also watch way too much TV, and I love it when those two obsessions intersect, as they did at the Guthrie today. It's fairly obvious that I'm a huge theater fan.
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