That Time Jenna Fischer Got Fired From a Matt LeBlanc Sitcom

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6 жыл бұрын

Actress and author Jenna Fischer talks to Sam Jones about what it was like to get fired for the first time (from the Matt LeBlanc sitcom 'Man with a Plan').
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@rraptor158 6 жыл бұрын

RIP Jenna's ankle.

@oscarfun100 4 жыл бұрын

OMG I'm laughing so hard.

@CD-hn2po 4 жыл бұрын

Why are you looking at her feet?

@turbojon8117 4 жыл бұрын

@@CD-hn2po How in the world could anybody miss that? Unless they have really awful peripheral vision.

@aelynb 4 жыл бұрын

Your comment made me laugh so much mor than it should have.

@JaxxStarr81 4 жыл бұрын

I swear, my ankles were hurting just looking at her ankle! 😂😂😂😂😂

@veerchasm1 4 жыл бұрын

Takes a strong person to talk about personal failure and rejection

@JimJepson 3 жыл бұрын

I was there for the taping of the 2nd pilot with the new actress. At the taping, the youngest daughter, played by Hala Finley, accidentally spilled her drink on the kitchen table during a scene. I think she feared being fired because Jenna had just been fired, and she started crying. Matt quickly pulled her aside and reassured her that all was well and those things happen. It was a nice moment. It would have been nice to have been there for both tapings to see the difference.

@monmothma3358 Жыл бұрын

Matt LeBlanc seems like a decent guy with a kind of calming presence. In the Friends reunion, for example. Haven't seen many interviews so was weird to get a glimpse of the real personalities of the Friends.

@None0fYourBusiness 6 ай бұрын

I was also there. Some of the spilled drink got on me. I can confirm the truthiness of this story.

@TampaJohn 6 жыл бұрын

She’s so adorable in the way that she tells a story. So animated and cute.

@mercygrrl 2 жыл бұрын

If you haven't heard her radio interviews on Fresh Air with Terry Gross, seek them out. Her casting call story for an independent film while working on 'Blades of Glory' still makes me smile.

@prisonmike3605 5 жыл бұрын

I honestly wouldn’t be offended if they fired me from that mediocrity of a show. The Office is legendary.

@wilfredoanunezpacheco5367 4 жыл бұрын

Prison Mike facts

@rachybaby72 4 жыл бұрын

Well, as an actress, I'm sure she wants the work.

@TheDondajonhon46 4 жыл бұрын

Well thank you for saying that, Prison Mike. Tanks!

@drewjames9580 4 жыл бұрын

Agree Prison Mike. Would never be nice to hear though, it would hoirt. Tanks.

@kompanjonac 3 жыл бұрын

@@drewjames9580 lmfao

@kukai7793 6 жыл бұрын

Would have watched if Jenna was in that show

@hardyharr9377 6 жыл бұрын

uhh yea

@gabrielascarpelli9846 3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@taputechnic 6 жыл бұрын

I also can't picture Pam with Joey.

@roysreceptive 6 жыл бұрын

I can picture Pam breaking Joey's fridge.

@bernlin2000 5 жыл бұрын

It could have been interesting...too bad a dumb focus group shot it down before they could even get into a rhythm together. Sitcoms rarely find their footing in the first season (maybe Roseanne, but it's rare). Seinfeld, Friends, Cheers....it's a process.

@joemckim1183 4 жыл бұрын

@@bernlin2000 Friends was pretty popular for the most part from the get go. But Seinfeld and Cheers didn't really hit their stride until season 4.

@marianaptks9933 4 жыл бұрын

maaaaybe pam with chandler

@mazzi707 3 жыл бұрын

Dwight: Who did this to you??!!..WHERE IS HE??!!

@TAJY26 4 жыл бұрын

She is straight-up adorable in the Office. I loved Pam. Such a warm character surrounded by the craziness of Michael Scott is comic gold

@snoozyq9576 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like I'm the only one that disagrees with this 😝 her and Jim are so cruel to Dwight he's way cooler

@TheGOODsellLIFE 6 жыл бұрын

How dare anyone fire Pam

@fitztastico 6 жыл бұрын

This is why some actors are so scared to be typecast because it can limit future opportunities. I like the show to be honest but also like Jenna. I hope to see her more on screen in the future

@megmo05 6 жыл бұрын

Pam Beesly-Halpert is wayyy better than Pam Tribbiani

@ilovemyskittlesbaby 4 жыл бұрын

Lol people aren’t open to change

@wazsan 4 жыл бұрын

Rupert Murdoch tf

@aryangupta1971 4 жыл бұрын

@@rupertmurdoch4750 wtf

@muxajetaptocom 6 жыл бұрын

I had no idea, poor jenna! But at least she got a good plot twist for the book

@shubhamrasam4106 6 жыл бұрын

What did she expect? Joey doesn't call any girl back. It's just one night scene and next day the girls get fired.

@22chickenhead 6 жыл бұрын

lol

@kabztunes 6 жыл бұрын

great comment

@coastaku1954 3 жыл бұрын

And also, Joey doesn't share food, and spot light too I guess

@emilyconcannon Жыл бұрын

I was just saying the same thing!!! I was like JOEY!!!!

@OnTheFritz602 6 жыл бұрын

I honestly can't see her being on that show. Imo, she's better than that, I think the show's mediocre at best. Can't believe it's still on the air.

@therealtw90 6 жыл бұрын

Even she kind of said it, she couldn't picture herself on that show with "Joey" from friends.

@bernlin2000 5 жыл бұрын

Yep, never heard about it until today...and apparently its been on now for 2 and a half years lol. It's totally irrelevant.

@mikearchibald744 4 жыл бұрын

@SuperPunch76 On where? There are so many platforms and shows now, its impossible to keep track of them all. But not hearing of a show certainly doesn't mean anything about quality.

@kaganplant167 4 жыл бұрын

@@bernlin2000 "It's totally irrelevant - because I don't watch it." LOL.

@adams6438 4 жыл бұрын

Averaging 6.5 million viewers on CBS.. which in this era that means it’s doing great. I never heard of the show either but those numbers don’t lie, people are watching. Thing is, there is so much out there, thousands of channels, hundreds of streaming subscriptions, that it is impossible to keep track of all these shows..

@themelissasuzanne 6 жыл бұрын

shes so energetic LOL

@annywind7609 4 жыл бұрын

To me it's more like neurotic.

@lokeshr8580 4 жыл бұрын

She's yelling. Ffs.

@marianaptks9933 4 жыл бұрын

@@lokeshr8580 Do you know what yelling sounds like? because she may be talking a little louder than usual but it's not yelling

@danielstack4158 4 жыл бұрын

I'd call her annoying

@gabrielascarpelli9846 3 жыл бұрын

She’s so perfect I love her

@umapalavraouduas 4 жыл бұрын

She is just... I can't! She's so sweet and charismatic, she's like that person you want to be friends with.

@seanmatyas3938 3 жыл бұрын

See, Pam is used to being fired and then having her boss laugh and say he is just joking.

@sovietninja6865 6 жыл бұрын

I love her voice and enthusiasm

@kazoosc 6 жыл бұрын

this is the mirror side of having chemistry with another actor -- where they assume you must be dating or having sex . . or just acting opposite someone

@Scorchy666 3 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile, Man With A Plan was cancelled a few seasons later because it was too expensive to produce. I love Jenna.

@salvation7362 6 жыл бұрын

No actor finds their character in the pilot, some don't start to evolve until season 2. Watch Friends for example, it's just a bunch of random people drinking coffee making jokes. Joey, Chandler, Rachel, Monica, Ross and Phoebe didn't show up until sometime in season 2.

@mycollegeshirt 5 жыл бұрын

same with scrubs. JD knew about sports at the beginning of the show

@dimitreze 4 жыл бұрын

also with the office the secundary characters are just blank in the first season

@julioagua 4 жыл бұрын

@@dimitreze Most of them don't find their voice until season 7, like Oscar...

@nikunjdixit1175 4 жыл бұрын

I don't really agree with that when it comes to Friends. Yes, with most sitcoms, including The Office, it takes a little while for all character find their voice. But Friends was pretty quick on the uptake in that regard.

@that.ll_do_pig 4 жыл бұрын

@@nikunjdixit1175 agreed.

@googhan 6 жыл бұрын

whats with the foot?

@jamesanthony5681 4 жыл бұрын

Getting fired from a Matt Leblanc sitcom doesn't count.

@CoRLex-jh5vx 3 жыл бұрын

At least it wasn't 'Joey'. No coming back from being rejected by That

@cc3184 3 жыл бұрын

Episodes was pretty good.

@djd143 6 жыл бұрын

I started to watch the show expecting to see her. I am sorry Jenna, but you are not the craxy wife type,you could have your own show and be the lead.

@aprilfrank8225 6 жыл бұрын

Oh my god her glasses fit her face so perfectly

@Enr227 5 жыл бұрын

Some interviewers listen and interact. Others are distracted, waiting for the next time they can talk.

@badad0166 6 жыл бұрын

Should have done the Dewey Cox makeup. I think I made it through most of the movie before I caught on. Still shakes me. "That's Jenna Fischer? Oh. Yeah. I guess so." Amazing.

@Kendell062 4 жыл бұрын

It amazes me how people can't let go of the characters actors play when they move on to other things and try to play someone else in a different series or movie.

@mydogskips2 4 жыл бұрын

An unfortunate reality, but I can understand it. When a role becomes really popular and beloved it's hard to see someone as a different character. I cannot remember if it was Leonard Nimoy or someone else(who felt similarly), but I think I read he disliked being known as Spock because he felt it overshadowed his entire career.

@mengy007 5 жыл бұрын

More like, people loved The Office and Jim and Pam so much that anyone else just looked so wrong.

@paulpolpiboon9535 4 жыл бұрын

Are you sure it's not just Michael "fake firing" you again😉

@myselfmyself3872 2 жыл бұрын

She’s probably right, and that’s a perfectly good and legit reason not have someone on a sitcom.

@bleepbloop9123 6 ай бұрын

I haven’t been able to track down the other sitcom she did recently - Splitting Up Together - I really want to watch it!!!!!!!!

@bradshores9617 3 жыл бұрын

In the most respectful way possible, I seriously have a massive crush on Jenna Fischer. She has it all to me, that real true beauty inside and out.

@dugfriendly 4 жыл бұрын

That would be hard for me to take - being fired for something so out of my control. Artists gotta have some amazing mental something...I don't.

@juliejordan3090 3 жыл бұрын

Jenna’s book is really fun to read, all sorts of insider details about what it’s like to work and work, try, fail, work more and finally emerge as a star!

@sadfdsfasdfnadfsfsda7933 4 жыл бұрын

0:52 you can actually hear the noise of her ankle making...

@elizabeths.8683 4 жыл бұрын

“So, typical thing that happens, the pilot gets shot...” “Yes!” I had this video on in the background and was only half listening, and got super startled and confused for a second.

@user-gu5mk2cs9n Жыл бұрын

Jenna is definitely not an ordinary person, look at how she puts her feet ... I think she is one of the most underrated actresses of our time

@GR_BackingTracks Жыл бұрын

" ...we're moving forward without you." That's gotta hurt.

@JohnLee-ue6gy 6 жыл бұрын

Love Jenna, but Liza skews older and has a menace to play into the stereotypical ballbusting wife that sitcoms live on. Matt and Jenna as a sitcom couple would have been very different from the show that's on the air, more nice and pretty than aging and struggling to cope with being the adults.

@megan2176 4 жыл бұрын

Never heard of the show but found the trailer on KZfaq with Jenna in it!

@sanjayrajpal2808 3 жыл бұрын

To be honest that’s the problem I’m Hollywood being typecast as a certain role you know people only looked at Matt Leblanc as Joey and Jenna Fischer as Pam from the office they’re playing completely different characters but people couldn’t get past those famous characters that they want to play then it’s a shame because you know she said that they had a good chemistry maybe the show would’ve been more of a hit than it is now

@schymark8392 6 жыл бұрын

She is so cute And the show that she speaks of really isn't a good show

@GraemeONeil 4 жыл бұрын

And I bet the network figured Jenna was gonna steal too much focus from LeBlanc. They just wanted a generic wife character, and Jenna's charisma couldn't be stifled like that.

@calcham1 3 жыл бұрын

This was seemingly, a refreshingly honest explanation from Jenna but I read one of those scandalous stories (that she is clearly disputing) that read she refused to sleep with Matt LeBlanc, and he was really the one who got her fired. Who knows what the truth is but, it's a bit hard for me to believe that so many people thought she shouldn't have been in that show simply because they weren't buying the "Pam and Joey" deal...

@monmothma3358 Жыл бұрын

If that's what happened, why would she dispute it? It would make Matt look bad, not her. She certainly wouldn't be speaking this highly of Matt. Anyway, it sounds like a very typical fake story. I believe what she's saying here, if it's obvious enough it can be many people.

@MikePulcinellaVideo 3 жыл бұрын

Jenna is a great actor. Both comedic and serious

@bern9642 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, she behaves just like latter seasons Pam. She has an upbeat personality

@ngc-fo5te 3 жыл бұрын

The word isn't upbeat, it's annoying.

@montanadash20 3 жыл бұрын

Pam is legendary, the office is legandary... I dont even know what that other show with the "friends" guy is CALLED 😂

@cocotheflyingnut 4 жыл бұрын

I also couldn't see Jim as Jack Ryan. I watched the 1st season - it was good, but the entire time I was just thinking "This is Jim from the Office"....

@Agent-sk7ci 4 жыл бұрын

Me too!😊

@mydogskips2 4 жыл бұрын

An unfortunate side-effect of being part of a really popular show.

@nikunjdixit3225 4 жыл бұрын

To be honest, I don’t remember if I just watched the leaked original pilot or just a lot of the original promotional material, but she did feel miscast because she felt too young for that type of role.

@aro3275 4 жыл бұрын

It just got cancelled yesterday

@parkerterlaak2154 4 жыл бұрын

I would get fed up with my chair facing away from the interviewer.

@VoltaFlame 4 жыл бұрын

"Joey doesn't share screen time"...just like his food.

@roysreceptive 6 жыл бұрын

She's better off. Joey doesn't share food.

@robertodimolfetta5505 2 жыл бұрын

Somebody knows her glasses model?

@pnyam1u 6 жыл бұрын

Pam has grown up 😊

@dannyr2976 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, Jenna is so animate here! A far cry from watching as Pam for so long!

@badnewshooty9728 6 жыл бұрын

Is this all red channel? Can you try just regular black and white?

@carlie12B 5 жыл бұрын

I looked it up and watched the trailer. And 3 seconds in I'm like they replaced her with someone that looks just like her! ..... nope it was her in the trailer.

@nikunjdixit3225 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t remember if it was a leaked version of the pilot or just a lot of the original promotional material but I do remember that thinking that she did seem slightly miscast in the role. Just seemed a bit too young looking for that role.

@abotello8320 6 жыл бұрын

Legend!

@spasticscarf787 4 жыл бұрын

Duh. You did an iconic character.

@Cave_Man1986 3 жыл бұрын

Had they kept her on I might Watch that show

@davidlost1527 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah I can't see Pam and Joey together

@meh23p 5 жыл бұрын

She's lived in California for too long. :P

@androssteague 3 жыл бұрын

Is she talking about episodes or man with a plan?

@TraceVandal 6 жыл бұрын

Anyone else notice her legs are crossed really weird at the beginning? Looks like her ankle is broken.

4 жыл бұрын

who?

@RichardDuryea 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve been fired so many times

@Dougie-ex1ov 4 жыл бұрын

Jesus that girl must take speed.

@LoggyWD 4 жыл бұрын

I just realized she is Pam

@payim7208 2 жыл бұрын

Amo a Jena

@igano111 6 жыл бұрын

The show is pretty bad though. I'm surprised it's still going.

@miketreker944 Жыл бұрын

Jenna should have been in one of the James Bond Films. She can play any role. She is actually elegant

@annesmediashows 5 жыл бұрын

This women....jenna.....is SCARRY cute looking in her facial structure.especially when she smiles.(your comments are welcomed).

@psycold 4 жыл бұрын

Man with a Plan's last episode is in like 2 weeks because it got canceled, so REVENGE IS HERS!

@VirtualLunacy 4 жыл бұрын

Never heard of the show, am I missing something?

@kaseyblack6763 4 жыл бұрын

I love her! I’m sorry but I think they should have given her a chance. The show would be better with Jenna

@ladychips 3 жыл бұрын

i think it's fun to talk to Jenna Fischer. Her reactions are so energetic

@jezusmylord 5 жыл бұрын

Im mad because i watched this interview like months ago and like 3 weeks ago i bought almost the same glasses as Jenna has and i dont like it.

@chrisalvarez6899 6 жыл бұрын

That sitcom will never Compare to “The Office” or “Friends”

@mydogskips2 4 жыл бұрын

Few can, especially today.

@iversonvarun 4 жыл бұрын

Friends can't ever compare to "Office". if you need a laugh track to make people laugh. You're not funny

@zombiiie1760 4 жыл бұрын

@@iversonvarun friends is better than the office. its not a laugh track, its a live audience lol

@zombiiie1760 4 жыл бұрын

@sos sos your opinion is completely irrelevant

@zombiiie1760 4 жыл бұрын

@sos sos sure buddy!

@laluenbaires 4 жыл бұрын

I watched the show cause I was excited about her being on it. Maybe she really didn't work, but I don't think the one they went with works either, feels flavorless. Anyway, I watched two episodes and dropped it, it's not really that funny.

@Studeb 6 жыл бұрын

The show sucks either way, the three camera sitcom should be a thing of the past by now.

@Skelly5962 6 жыл бұрын

Studeb Lol, talk about a non-issue.

@goIdenb0y 6 жыл бұрын

Studeb agreed

@christopherkotsopoulos701 6 жыл бұрын

couldn't agree more. these types of shows seem so dated and cheesy now.

@eatsleepdrumrepeat375 6 жыл бұрын

Unless the office comes back

@mikearchibald744 4 жыл бұрын

@@eatsleepdrumrepeat375 Pretty sure that was single camera.

@ArjunShenoy 6 жыл бұрын

nope. the best decision ever Pam.

@sujalgautam9761 3 жыл бұрын

Yes i know just calm down CALM DOWN

@HighGainsDrifter 4 жыл бұрын

She deserves better than a sitcom with the guy who played Joey, she's freaking pam for crying out loud! No offense to the matt leblanc fans, but she's freaking pam!

@bernlin2000 5 жыл бұрын

Awww....poor Jenna. She didn't get "fired": she just wasn't a good fit for the audience. Focus groups are just terrible....picking apart every little thing until it's just another sterile 3-camera sitcom. I didn't even know it existed until I saw this interviewer today...that's how irrelevant that sitcom is. She will live on forever as "Pam on the Office" :-P her legacy is already etched in stone, even though she likely has a very long, successful career on the way. Just a silly speedbump for a silly sitcom :-)

@KryzMasta 5 жыл бұрын

Chris Ducat Ah yes, she wasn’t “fired”, she was “let go due to an ambiguous verdict from a focus group analysis”. Sounds much better. ;-)