Part way through the airing of the first season of "The Mindy Project" back in November 2012, TVLine's Michael Ausiello confirmed that Anna Camp would be appearing as Gwen Gandy in fewer episodes while her co-star, Amanda Setton, would be leaving the show entirely, with Shauna Dicanio no longer be on the show. As for why? Well, it's thought Setton left for reasons of a creative nature, while Camp had supposedly asked to be given a reduced role because she also wanted to also pursue other acting avenues.
Creator Mindy Kaling doubled down on those reports a few months later during the Television Critics Association winter press tour in January 2013, claiming Camp requested the change because she wanted more time to be able to audition for other projects. That seemed to be because it was never the plan for "The Mindy Project" to have her character be a particularly big part of the show. "Her part on the show hasn't changed storywise. It's a workplace show so we weren't using her as much," Kaling explained (via Vulture). Notably though, the two had actually worked together before, as Camp appeared alongside her in two episodes of "The Office" as Penny Beasley, the sister of Jenna Fischer's Pam Beasley, per IMDb.
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