When Steve Carell left "The Office" in 2011, the show immediately struggled to maintain its high quality in the wake of losing the man who so memorably portrayed Michael Scott. The actor departed at the end of season 7, but by that point, he'd established himself as a bonafide movie star, having starred in the 2005's "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" before making some of his biggest cinematic hits, from 2008's "Get Smart" to 2010's "Despicable Me." But during that time, it seems the actor also had ambitions to break away from comedy and family-friendly fare by playing Batman's most infamous rogue.

According to Vulture , Carell was rumored to be in the running for the part of The Joker in Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins" sequel "The Dark Knight." Though it was never confirmed that the actor

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