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Article: John Krasinski: how many people can say they've joked with Robin Williams about drinking in rehab, gotten down and dirty for George Clooney, and invented a device to measure whether someone's gay? Exactly one: John Krasinski.(Interview)
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- July 1, 2007
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Still in his twenties, John Krasinski has earned a pantheonic place in television history with the pranks his character Jim Halpert plays on The Office. From the show's pilot, when he encased someone's stapler in Jello, to a YouTube-favorite episode this season, when he convinced a colleague that gayness could actually be measured by a mechanical device, Jim has relieved his own white-collar boredom--and that of the general sitcom audience tired of the standard fare.
Krasinski's standout television persona has now landed him a handful of coveted movie roles. Earlier this summer season he voiced Sir Lancelot in Shrek the Third, and this month he stars opposite ...