16 Year Old Office Fan’s Set Visit
The occasion was made possible through Make a Wish Foundation and as this story shows, the cast were more than accommodating towards their teenage guest, Anna. She thought that the experience was “really cool” and thinks everyone is “down to earth” and “normal”
Visiting offices isn’t usually high on wish kids’ lists. Unless, of course, you’re talking about the office of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company – the setting for NBC’s hit comedy The Office. Sixteen-year-old Anna wanted to visit this office more than any place else in the world.
When Anna was a small child, she was diagnosed with hypoplasia, a medical condition affecting the development of her arms and legs. Coping with her disability has been challenging at times, but it never kept her from her passion for all things related to film, theater and television. The Office, her favorite TV show, was the inspiration for her wish.
“I’m a huge fan of the show, and I want to go into the film industry someday,� Anna said. “I knew visiting the set of The Office would be amazing and would help me learn for my future.�
Wish granters from the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Central & Western North Carolina soon had Anna and her family on a plane bound for sunny California. Before she knew it, she was standing at the front door of the Dunder Mifflin office – a place she had seen her favorite characters enter and exit from so many times on TV.
“It was really cool because The Office films in a real building, not on a soundstage,� Anna said. “They opened the door for me, and B.J. Novak (Ryan Howard on the show) was standing right there!�
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