John Krasinski Secretly Wore A Wig In "The Office" And The Story Behind It Is Hilarious

The Office set could totally be the basis for its own workplace comedy.

Attention all ye Office fans: In an interview with Mashable, celeb hair stylist Kim M. Ferry just gave a whole bunch of insight into the work she did on The Office — including an entire saga involving John Krasinski's, aka Jim's, iconic shaggy bowl cut.

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Basically, John had to cut his hair in order to appear in the movie Leatherheads and wanted to wear a wig to film the remaining episodes of The Office Season 3 — but the producers were basically like no way, we'll know if it's a wig.

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As it turned out, both the producers and I sure can't tell the difference. John cut his hair anyway and went to another meeting with the producers, secretly wearing a wig he'd procured with the help of Kim.

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(FYI, here's John in Leatherheads.)

In a moment that I sorely wish had been recorded, John was told once again that a wig would be too noticeable — only to whip off his wig and say that he'd already cut his hair.

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In Kim's words, "Greg [Daniels] kept saying, 'No! I would know if you're wearing a wig.' 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 a result, this means that Jim's hair in the final six episodes is actually a wig. For reference, here's Jim in Season 3, Episode 2:

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Ah, men's hair in 2006 — not unlike the overgrown pandemic 'dos of today:

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Then here's Jim in Season 3, Episode 19, aka wig o'clock:

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I don't know about you, but I sure can't tell the difference:

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This means that Jim's iconic Dwight impersonation was also probably a wig:

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However, in the Season 3 finale, Jim actually does get a haircut for his big interview with corporate — which we can now assume was his actual hair the whole time.

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And, to quote Meredith's reaction:

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