Did The Office’s Rainn Wilson Do His Own Stunts On The Show? – Looper

A standard episode of “The Office” sees the characters hang out in an office. Every so often, they’ll go to Chili’s or someone’s house, but everything is pretty down to earth. Of course, things went to another level when Dwight attempted to ride a bike attached to a printer across a tightrope, flipping himself over in the process, to the horror and dismay of his coworkers. 

It was an extraordinary moment in an otherwise ordinary show. During a Reddit AMA, Rainn Wilson was asked about the stunt. Redditor u/boggart777 asked, “Do you perform your own stunts on the office? loved the tight-rope-bike bit [sic].” Wilson responded, “There was a stunt guy who was actually suspended above the parking lot on that bike (while wired to the cable). He also did a bunch of those amazingly great flips and stunts on the slack line. Forget his name unfortunately. He was amazing and made me look great!”

While someone else had to do that dangerous stunt, Wilson managed to sneak a few of his own over the course of the series. Back in Season 3, Dwight and Andy (Ed Helms) get into a duel in the parking lot, resulting in Andy pinning Dwight with his car. While they did a take with stunt doubles, they ended up going with the version where Wilson himself is actually pinned with a car (via CheatSheet). It seems Wilson was fine with certain stunts, but the team behind the scenes probably wasn’t willing to risk him dangling above a parking lot.