Rashida Jones mentioned her short-lived character, Karen Filippelli, within the third season of The Workplace.
In a current podcast episode of the Good Hold, the Silo star revealed her true emotions about her temporary stint.
“I had carried out a 12 months on The Workplace and so they let me go, which made sense. It made sense,” Jones advised host Amy Poehler.
Jones’ character, Karen, was an worker on the rival Dunder Mifflin Stamford department and competed with Jenna Fischer’s Pam for the love of John Krasinski’s Jim.
Karen first appeared on the debut episode of the third season. Jim has simply transferred from the present’s central location, the Dunder Mifflin Scranton department, to the Stamford department.
The 2 initially have emotions for one another which develop right into a relationship that almost takes off, till Jim unceremoniously breaks up together with her within the season’s remaining episode.
Noting the problem The Grinch actress confronted in present, Poehler mentioned, “You had such a troublesome job there, as a result of all people wished Jim and Pam, after which guess who reveals up? A really likable, cool… and everybody was like, ‘Oh no, wait.'”
Nevertheless, Jones interrupted saying, “It didn’t really feel that means. Folks didn’t like me. Like, followers weren’t about it.”
Jones shared that she now has understood that her character was their to “create rigidity for the connection” between Jim and Pam “to be earned later.”
“So, I used to be the third level within the triangle. It is advantageous. I settle for it,” she added.
After season three, Jones returned as Karen for 2 episodes of season 4, one episode of season 5, and made a remaining cameo look on the season 7 episode Risk Degree Midnight.
