“I’d seen 30 years of every single remake failing,” says Gervais ... nothing and looking at the camera.” Merchant recalls similar worries. “He was quite cautious about not trying to replicate Ricky.

COUNCIL chiefs begged The Office director Stephen Merchant and co-writer Ricky Gervais to big up Slough. They thought the hit comedy, in which Ricky played central character David Brent ...

I was just wondering is your Stephen Merchant the same Stephen Merchant who collaborated with Ricky Gervais on The Office? Because I’m an enormous fan and please pass on my best regards.’ ...

"People loved The Office, which was a big problem,” Ricky Gervais says, recalling the unusual but flattering issue facing its ...

“I’d seen 30 years of every single remake failing,” says Gervais ... camera.” Merchant recalls similar worries. “He was quite cautious about not trying to replicate Ricky.

So when Gervais and The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant got a call from TV producer Ben Silverman ... “He was quite cautious about not trying to replicate Ricky. The more he got into the role, the ...