Ricky Gervais has finally addressed rumors that he auditioned to replace Steve Carrell in the US version of his hit sitcom, The Office. Speaking to The Independent for the 20th anniversary of the much ...

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. When the show was picked up for American TV and ...

"People loved The Office, which was a big problem,” Ricky Gervais says, recalling the unusual but flattering issue facing its much-loved American counterpart, which turns 20 today. “All of the people ...

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 ...

Monday marks 20 years since the US remake of The Office began airing on NBC. The reimagined version of the hit British sitcom saw Steve Carell as its new lead, occupying a role that Ricky held in ...

The Office creator Ricky Gervais didn't forget to honor the NBC series' 20th anniversary: "My accountant’s favourite show of ...

From the outset, though, both Merchant and Gervais knew they shouldn’t be the ones to bring The Office to the US. “I always felt ... not trying to replicate Ricky. The more he got into the ...

Ricky Gervais has finally addressed rumours that he auditioned to replace Steve Carrell in the US version of his hit sitcom, The Office. Launched in 2005, The Office US cast Steve Carell as ...