How a Hotel Pulled the Ultimate Prank on ‘The Office’ Star Rainn Wilson [Video]

Staff at one Italian hotel was Schrute shrewd enough to pull one over on The Office star Rainn Wilson during a recent stay. 

Over the weekend, the 58-year-old actor took to Instagram to show his followers how workers at the Plaza Hotel Lucchesi had ensconced his silverware in Jell-O, a reference to a repeated gag on the sitcom between Wilson’s own character, Dwight Schrute, and Jim Halpert, played by John Krasinski. 

“This is what happened when I ordered room service at my hotel in Florence… @plazahotellucchesi,” Wilson wrote on social media. The picture showed a tray of dishes including a salad, soup and pasta, alongside a knife and fork smack dab in red gelatin. 

ET reached out to the Plaza Hotel Lucchesi and spoke with Sara Morucci, the director of sales, who shared how the prank came to fruition due to one dedicated fan of the series who — thanks to some quick thinking — was able to pull one over on …