Josh Radnor remembers auditioning for the a part of Jim in “The Workplace”

Actor Josh Radnor, who's greatest identified for starring on CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, may have been a part of one other hit sitcom of that period.

Radnor, who performed the a part of important character Ted Mosby for 9 seasons on the CBS sitcom, famous that he'd "auditioned for every part," together with Arrested Growth, earlier than touchdown his large position. His checklist additionally included the a part of Jim within the American model of The Workplace, which premiered in 2005.

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However there was an issue, which he may solely see in hindsight.

"I didn't fairly perceive if he was sensible or not sensible," Radnor instructed Jenna Fischer, who performed Jim's love Pam on The Workplace throughout a current episode of the behind-the-scenes How We Made Your Mom podcast. "I used to be somewhat confused about whether or not he was a part of the sensible gang or not sensible gang, and I keep in mind I had audition, however my improvs have been somewhat bit… I believe made him too dim was type of what I noticed."

It wasn't a "horrible audition," but it surely wasn't fairly proper both, he realized later.

"I simply assume I didn't fairly perceive the tone precisely," Radnor stated. "However I believe all of us landed in the appropriate place anyway."

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The a part of Jim, after all, went to actor-director John Krasinski, who performed the character as humorous and even snarky, but additionally candy the place Fischer's character of Pam, whom he finally married, was concerned. Krasinski was a part of the present for all 9 seasons till the finale in 2013.

Radnor, in the meantime, starred alongside Alyson Hannigan, Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Segel, and Cobie Smulders on the CBS sitcom a few dad telling his children the story of him and his buddies residing and loving in New York Metropolis earlier than they settled down.

How I Met Your Mom additionally aired for 9 episodes, from 2005 to 2014.

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