Ricky Gervais created The Office alongside Stephen Merchant and also starred in the first version of the franchise, produced in England
In addition to the version made in the United States, the English series The Office will get another remake, which will take place in Australia. Unlike the other two entries, the new feature will star a woman, whose character is a parallel to michael scott (Steve Carell) and Ricky Gervais (David Brent).
It is worth remembering how Gervais not only starred in, but created The Office next to Stephen Merchant. In fact, he even approved the new remake starring a female protagonist, according to Felicity Wardinterpreter of Hannah Howard.
“Ricky Gervais approved a female protagonist, he’s very excited about a female protagonist — just in case anyone gets mad,” said the actress while participating in the event Prime Video Presents: Trailblazers (via NME). “I did no preparation, because I read the script and thought, ‘Oh my God, this is the whole annoying part of my personality.’ I’ve been preparing for this my whole life.”
It was all in the script. And I don’t know if it is [a showrunner] Julie De Fina…I don’t know how much she had seen me before, but it was like she just took the tapes and then edited out the charm and the parts that people liked and then just wrote a character, so it’s just there.
Source: Rollingstone
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