The joke recalls a gag from the famous sitcom of which Wilson was one of the protagonists
Room service prank for Rainn Wilson in a hotel in Florence. In fact, the hotel staff, in homage to the beloved character of Dwight Schrutewhich Wilson played for nine seasons of the hit US sitcom The Officemade him find the cutlery dipped in gelatin.
The joke recalls one of the gags of the serieswhen Dwight Schrute’s stapler is put in jelly by his colleague Jim Halpert, played by John Krasinski, in one of the thousand pranks that characterize their relationship.
The actor has published the photo of the hotel prank on Instagramthe Plaza Hotel Lucchesi: “This is what happened when I ordered room service at my hotel in Florence…” (“This is what happened when I ordered room service in my hotel in Florence…”).
Among the comments under the post there is also that of another actor from the series, Ed Helms, who plays Andy Bernard in The Office, “Haha!!! That is so wonderful and funny!” (“Haha!!! It’s so wonderful and fun!”), but also that of hotel chef’s girlfriend: “My boyfriend, who is a chef at Lucchesi, is partially responsible for this since I made him binge The Office when we first started dating since it’s my favorite TV show, glad you got a laugh out of it and hope you enjoyed Florence” ( “My boyfriend, who is a chef at Lucchesi, is partially responsible for this as I made him binge watch The Office when we first started dating as it’s my favorite TV show. I’m glad you had a great time laugh and I hope you enjoyed Florence”).
The Office is the very famous American sitcom, which aired from 2005 to 2013, remake of the British cult series of the same name, with Steve Carell as the office manager, Michael Scott, of a company, Dunder Mifflin, which produces paper in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
