Life In The Office

While watching Diwali, the relationship of Dwight and Angela seemed more strange than normal. Jon The Prop Guy explained that there was a deleted scene between Dwight and Angela and now Angela explains a bit more on her blog:

I got lots of questions about Dwight and Angela in this episode. Well there were some scenes edited out that might answer your questions. First of all Dwight was kinda caught in a catch 22 at the top of the episode. Ms. Martin definitely doesn’t want anyone to know about their relationship but at the same time she didn’t like him saying he was “very single” either. What’s a guy to do? And then in true Dwight fashion he dives into Diwali and Ms. Martin felt a little left out and confused. Did he really want to go as a single guy to the party etc… There was a scene where Dwight sees Angela leaving the party early and he stops her and they reconcile. They make plans to go to her apartment to hang out. Dwight goes back in to get his shoes and Angela Martin waits for him outside. While she’s out there she catches Kelly and Ryan making out. She fusses at them saying, “Hey stop that.” We shot several alts. In one she says, “Kelly your whole family is inside. This is your holy holiday for goodness sakes.” I loved that—it showed how complicated Angela Martin is. Is she suspicious of Hinduism? Yes. But she still thinks Kelly should honor her family on their holy day. I also got some comments about how mean my character seemed in this episode. I think the one thing to remember about AM is that she trusts almost no one. And she is instantly defensive when she feels threatened. I know that makes her prickly and not always a nice lady but I think it also makes her complicated and so interesting to play.

Link: Angela Myspace Blog About Diwali