It’s a full circle moment for Melvin Gregg to be starring in “ The Paper. ”

Not only was he a fan of “ The Office ,” which loosely inspired “ The Paper ,” but he was also familiar with the mockumentary format from his role as DeMarcus Tillman in Netflix’s “American Vandal.”

In “The Paper,” Gregg swaps high school basketball for a newspaper byline. Renewed for Season 2 ahead of its Sept. 4 premiere, the show lets him revisit the deadpan humor, relatable characters and the mockumentary style he admires.

“I did so well in my audition that I recorded a video when I left, saying, ‘I got it,” Gregg told Variety . “A few weeks later, I got a call that they wanted to cast me. At the top of the year, I noted all of the different things that I wanted in my next project that would help m

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