Gervais says no more Extras
... despite pleas of Hollywood A-listers
Ricky Gervais has said he will never bring back Extras, despite a catalogue of Hollywood stars clambering for roles.The comic said Sylvester Stallone called his agent offering to be in a third series, and that Drew Barrymore, Susan Sarandon and Laurence Fishburne all approached him at the Golden Globes – but he turned them all down.
He told The Sun: ‘The people coming up and asking to be in Extras was just depressing. This will sound like name dropping, but it isn’t. I am a big fan of theirs.
‘It was amazing and I was thinking of storylines for them. It’s crazy the things we could do. But it was never about the A-listers we could get.’
Gervais said too much time had now passed to revive the series.
Published: 7 Mar 2009
