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Speaking to ComicBook.com, Zach Woods all but dashed fans hopes that he would return in a potential reboot of “The Office” — but his reasoning is characteristically peculiar and empathetic. Woods isn’t reluctant to return because he didn’t enjoy his time on the show or because he wants to distance himself from the project that kickstarted his career, rather, he simply feels that playing Gabe Lewis again would be way too uncomfortable. “That poor man,” the “Avenue 5” actor joked to ComicBook.com, “I would be happy to never spend another instant in his skin.”
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Woods, who described himself as having “great affection” for Gabe, did admit earlier in the interview that he still enjoyed getting to portray Dunder Mifflin’s misunderstood creep. “I loved playing Gabe,” he said, “but that was my first [TV job] really…” Though there are certain roles Woods would jump at the chance to revisit (including a “blink-and-you-miss” character from 2016’s “Other People”), he states in clear terms that Gabe is not one of them. “It was a fun part to play because it’s a funny show,” he said, “but to be Gabe is not something I would wish on anybody, especially on Gabe.”
