Creed Bratton Spilled Some Major Tea On "The Office" And It's Game-Changing

Get the Full StoryDid he just admit to being the Scranton Strangler?!

As part of our new #TBTea series, Creed Bratton who played the mysterious Creed Bratton for nine seasons on The Office stopped by BuzzFeed and spilled some major throwback tea while answering all your burning Office questions...

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...and honestly, what he said changes EVERYTHING about your favorite character from your favorite sitcom:

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How were you cast to play Creed?

Creed Bratton: I was working on Bernie Mac and Ken Kwapis, the director, came on — he was a big fan of my band the Grass Roots — so, I heard that he was doing the show The Office. I shot my own talking head, presented it to Greg Daniels, and they gave me the Halloween episode with Steve Carell. The rest, as they say, is "in the books."

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Why was your real first and last name used for your character in The Office?

CB: Because it's such a great name.

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What did you do on your computer while other cast members were filming?

CB: I trolled. I did a lot of trolling for people who didn't really want me there.

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Do you have a favorite improvised moment from the show?

CB: The character guy Clark , he's in the frame, he says, "I can't believe he's making all that music with just his mouth!" I went into the room with the director and I said, "Why don't you just come on close to me, meet me out of focus," I said. "And I'll go, 'That's what she said!'" People missed it the first two times. The third time viewing, then they saw it — it was pretty much wasted.

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What's your favorite Creed line of all time?

CB: In the '60s I made love to many, many women, often outdoors, in the mud and the rain. It's possible a man slipped in, there'd be no way of knowing...

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Who was your favorite person to do scenes with?

CB: John Krasinski — when we'd do the scenes — he suggested we do it like a David Mamet play. If you notice that one scene — I think it's in the episode "Survivor Man" — but we're both in each other's faces, just going machine gun noises , rapid-fire stuff! It turned out so much fun.

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Why was Creed covered in Blood in the Halloween episode Here Comes Treble"?

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