Ron Livingston welcomed the opportunity to relive one of the funniest scenes he’s ever filmed.
The Office Space alum, 58, is teaming up with HP to share a 2025 take on the office comedy’s iconic printer-bashing scene.
In the film, directed by Mike Judge, Peter Gibbons (Livingston) and his coworkers, Michael Bolton (David Herman) and Samir Nagheenanajar (Ajay Naidu), enjoy the last day at their job by taking out years of frustrations on their frequently malfunctioning office printer.
Speaking with PEOPLE about taking a look at the hilarious scene 26 years later, Livingston says, “All these years later, people still come back to that one iconic scene — because we’ve all been there. So when HP pitched revisiting it, with the twist that they’ve actually solved the pain we’ve all felt in that moment, I knew it would be a lot of fun to shoot.”
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Happening upon two coworkers in this modern revisit, the actor shares a new memo — HP has fixed printer frustrations once and for all with the launch of the HP All-In Plan, an all-inclusive service that simplifies printing from top to bottom. Customers receive a new printer, automatic ink delivery, 24/7 expert support, and next-business-day replacement – without the upfront cost.
Looking back at shooting the original scene, the actor recalls it being an “amazing day” on set.
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“The crew that we had on the actual printer scene was probably a third of the size of the crew we had on the recreation of it,” he laughs.
“Mike had this idea, he wanted it to look like a rap video. And so we kind of went out in the middle of this field with a bunch… and just said, ‘All right, how are we going to do this?’ And kind of made it up a little bit as we went.”
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“Everybody brought their ideas. And I think there’s something about it that resonates,” he continues. “It’s really held up all these years later because I think everybody has some experience where they relate to that, some kind of frustration with ‘Why won’t this thing just work the way it’s supposed to?’ And I think there’s a little bit of a fantasy element of like, ‘Man, I’ve always wanted to do that. I wish I had.'”
Office Space follows Peter, who sees his job and his attitude toward it change completely after being hypnotized. Empowered by his newfound zen, Peter and his friends reckon with their purpose at work, and the daily grind of climbing the corporate ladder.
“That movie was a huge break for me. It was bigger than any job I had yet done, so I was thrilled and excited. But there was something about the material that, through the audition process, I really did feel like I had a connection to. It really kind of resonated with me, both Mike’s sense of humor and tone, and his just kind of view of the world and his flavor of comedy,” Livingston shares.
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Livingston says he’s “proud” of how the film dissects office life and “the idea in life that there are things that people say you’re supposed to do and you may not like them. And then what do you do? Are you allowed to go find something different or are you stuck?”
Having such “amazingly fond memories” of the film, Livingston says he’d be up to work with Judge again.
“I would work for Mike Judge in a heartbeat again on pretty much anything,” he shares, adding, “I have pretty fond memories about the stuff that I did get to do with him, and I’m kind of proud of it.”
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