Felix Van Groeningen’s critically acclaimed film, Beautiful boystarring Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell has been one of the most emotionally wrenching films of all time, dealing with father-son relationships while addressing the honest struggles of drug addiction. But while the on-screen parts of the film seemed dark and depressing, there was a fun element to the film’s production.

It was Timothée Chalamet’s undying love and affection for Steve Carells The officethat kept things in place for people involved in the production. To be fair, it’s not surprising to know that Carell and Chalamet would be looking for some levity while making the tough material that not only tells the inside story of drug addiction but is based on a true story of a real family.

Timothée Chalamet relived his love for The office After working with Steve Carell

They never say meet your heroes in real lifebut Timothée Chalamet would beg to differ. Because for Dune star, working with Steve Carell on Felix Van Groeningens beautiful boy, was one of his best experiences. Why not, considering how Chalamet has been a die-hard fan of the hit series The office?

According to Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell’s interview with IndieWire, the Little women the actor revealed how excited he was to work with Carell on Beautiful boy. While the film’s material was emotionally taxing and mentally wrenching for the stars, Chalamet mentioned how The Office served as an escapism for them.

I think I didn’t want to scare Steve away. (Chalamet watched The Office) on Xbox Live, because Netflix made itself available as an app on Xbox, and this was before smart TVs and everything.

My dad would be kind of surprised that on my video game console I could just pull up Netflix… I’m talking when I was 13, 14, 15. So that was kind of like the cutting edge of that.

Reveals how he got into the habit of watching The office and gradually developed a deep-rooted love for the show, Timothée Chalamet hinted that he was a massive Michael Scott fan. And that was why, although the discussion of the show helped him break the ice with Steve Carellthe actor admitted he didn’t want to scare Carell away with his fanboy behavior.

Timothée Chalamet recalled his experience working with his The office Icons

Eventually even Steve Carell joined the conversation along with Timothée Chalamet and claimed how they both used The office as a way to find joy when dealing with something as dark and heartbreaking as Beautiful boy. Given how the film follows real-life father-and-son duo David and Nic Sheff as they struggle with their son’s losing battle with drug addiction, Carell and Chalamet seemed right to look for hope in the sitcom.

But apart from Timothée Chalamets love for the show and Steve Carell’s appearance on the sitcom, the duo weren’t the only ones related The office. There was also Amy Ryan, who played Michael Scott’s goofy partner Holly on the show. And in Felix Van Groeningen’s 2018 drama, Ryan once again appeared as Carell’s on-screen wife, Vicki Sheff.

Therefore, both Michael and Holly on the set of Beautiful boy seemed like a dream come true for Timothée Chalamet. He spoke about how excited he was to work with the duo, the Ladybug actor mentioned some of the discussions he overheard between Amy Ryan and Steve Carell, re The office.

It was so cool to hear Amy and Steve discuss: ‘Do you feel like there’s a new generation of people taking on ‘The Office’?’ and I’m like pulling my hair out of my head.

Our producer DeDe’s daughter, she’s 10 years old, she’s kind of been through a couple of seasons already. So it’s just so good.

Apparently, while Amy Ryan and Steve Carell wondered if the new generation found The office Timothée Chalamet revealed how he couldn’t get over his obsession with the show. Chalamet brought the film producer’s daughter into the conversation for extra support, insisting the mockumentary sitcom was evergreen.

The office is currently available to watch on Peacock.

Beautiful boy available to watch on Prime Video.