The Officeintroduced audiences to the "World's Greatest Boss," Michael Scott (played by Steve Carell). But, when the actor ...
Ricky Gervais has said that he turned down being cast as Michael Scott in the US series of The Office because he didn’t want ...
The journey of recreating British television hits for American audiences has historically been fraught with challenges. Ricky Gervais, co-creator of the original British 'The Office,' recalls the ...
"People loved The Office, which was a big problem,” Ricky Gervais says, recalling the unusual but flattering issue facing its ...
The Office creator Ricky Gervais didn't forget to honor the NBC series' 20th anniversary: "My accountant’s favourite show of all time." ...
He once quipped in his role as David Brent that if you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain. What Ricky Gervais did not reckon with, however, was the possibility of full-blown ...
Ricky Gervais has finally addressed rumors that ... Mifflin Paper Company and the series equivalent of Gervais’s David Brent. It ran for nine wildly popular seasons; however, Carell exited ...
The Office debuted on NBC. The show is an Americanized remake of the British version created by Ricky Gervais. The show ...
Around this time, the Dunder Mifflin paper company within the show began looking for a new office manager, with Ricky making a cameo around this time as his comedy character, David Brent.
“I’d seen 30 years of every single remake failing,” says Gervais. “Some were pulled ... he first had to find America’s David Brent – or as he’d be renamed in the US version, Michael ...