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 to move to America. Speaking to The Independent for the 20th ...

Ricky Gervais has debunked a rumour that he auditioned to replace Steve Carrell in The Office US. The comedian co-created the original British version of the show and starred as David Brent ...

“I’d seen 30 years of every single remake failing,” says Gervais ... the show’s fanbase,”he says, adding with a laugh. “Then, when I wasn’t in it, people said, ‘Ricky auditioned ...

The role eventually went to The Daily Show’s Steve Carell, but many others were in the running. open image in gallery Ricky Gervais as David Brent and Steve Carell as Michael Scott in the UK and ...

Ricky Gervais ... The Office US aired. Gervais divulged that when Carell was preparing to play the role, he couldn’t watch episodes of the UK show out of fear of copying Gervais’s iconic David Brent ...