{"id":332325,"date":"2011-03-23T15:00:20","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/23\/ricky-gervais-to-interview-for-steve-carrells-job-in-us-version-of-the-office\/"},"modified":"2011-03-23T15:00:20","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T15:00:20","slug":"ricky-gervais-to-interview-for-steve-carrells-job-in-us-version-of-the-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/23\/ricky-gervais-to-interview-for-steve-carrells-job-in-us-version-of-the-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Gervais to interview for Steve Carrell&#8217;s job in US version of The Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"108.176746482\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daily Mail Reporter<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 3:00 PM on 23rd March 2011<\/p>\n<p>Ricky Gervais has revealed he is returning to TV as David Brent in the American version of The Office.<\/p>\n<p>His character bids to become the new boss of his workplace in the US after his American counterpart Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell, leaves.<\/p>\n<p>Comedy star Gervais let slip the &#8216;top secret&#8217; news after admitting he was growing a beard so he could shape it back into bumbling boss from hell Brent&#8217;s dodgy goatee.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/5083a01e303_468x678.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"678\" alt=\"Return of the goatee: Ricky Gervais was pictured last week with his re-grown goatee on show in preparation to reprise his role as David Brent on The Office\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Return of the goatee: Ricky Gervais was pictured last week with his re-grown goatee on show in preparation to reprise his role as David Brent on The Office<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He told Fearne Cotton on Radio 1: &#8216;It&#8217;s for a role. I&#8217;m growing it like this because I&#8217;ve got to shape it.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m shaving it into a goatee because I&#8217;m popping up in the American The Office.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But that was a top secret.&#8217;\u00a0 Today US TV network NBC confirmed Gervais, 49, is back to replace out-going star Steve Carell, who recently quit after playing Brent&#8217;s American counterpart Michael Scott for seven series.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1fd11d81648_468x341.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"341\" alt=\"New manager? Gervais will reprise his role from The Office in the American version of the show in the season finale\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back to work: Gervais will reprise his famous role as David Brent in the US version of The Office season finale<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ef669be3787_468x286.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"286\" alt=\"Return: Gervais made a cameo appearance on The Office earlier this year\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Return: Gervais made a cameo appearance on The US Office earlier this year<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A spokesperson for NBC said: &#8216;Ricky is back as David Brent for the last episode of the series where he will be vying for the manager&#8217;s job.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But in typical David Brent style he won&#8217;t make it easy for them to hire him.&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saturday Night Live regular Will Arnett will also feature in the episode.<\/p>\n<p>Gaffe-prone Brent briefly appeared on the American version, watched by nine million viewers, in a one-minute-long cameo in January.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/b1361197971_468x347.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"347\" alt=\"Leaving party: Steve Carrell is leaving the US version after seven seasons and has already filmed his final episode\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leaving party: Steve Carrell is leaving the US version after seven seasons and has already filmed his final episode<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/4fe15a25893_468x334.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"334\" alt=\"New manager? Cringe-worthy boss David Brent will interview to replace Steve Carrell's character Michael Scott \" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New manager? Cringe-worthy boss David Brent will interview to replace Steve Carrell&#8217;s character Michael Scott <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The scene tellingly ended with Brent asking Michael Scott to let him know if there were ever any job vacancies at his company in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Carell, 48, filmed his last scenes a week a go but US show bosses have yet to announce who will be replacing Carell full-time as boss of fictional paper company Dunder Mifflin.<\/p>\n<p>Gervais made his name as cringeworthy Brent in the multi-award winning BBC show which ended in 2003.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"6\">\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/54706791767_468x700.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"700\" alt=\"Top secret: Ricky let the news slip while appearing on Fearne Cotton's show on Radio 1\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Top secret: Ricky let the news slip while appearing on Fearne Cotton&#8217;s show on Radio 1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The show has been franchised around the world, turning co-creators Gervais and Steven Merchant into multi-millionaires.<\/p>\n<p>But while the UK version of The Office ran for just 14 episodes, the American remake, also starring John Krasinski and Rainn Wilson, has so far filmed a staggering 144 episodes.<\/p>\n<p><span>Watch Ricky&#8217;s cameo appearance on The US Office below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/5083a01e303_468x678.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1369163\/Ricky-Gervais-interview-Steve-Carrells-job-US-version-The-Office.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Ricky Gervais to interview for Steve Carrell's job in US version of The Office\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ricky Gervais to interview for Steve Carrell&#8217;s job in US version of The Office<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 3:00 PM on 23rd March 2011 Ricky Gervais has revealed he is returning to TV as David Brent in the American version of The Office. His character bids to become the new boss of his workplace in the US after his American counterpart Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell, leaves. Comedy star Gervais let slip the &#8216;top secret&#8217; news after admitting he was growing a beard so he could shape it back into bumbling boss from hell Brent&#8217;s dodgy goatee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-332325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ricky Gervais to interview for Steve Carrell&#039;s job in US version of The Office - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/23\/ricky-gervais-to-interview-for-steve-carrells-job-in-us-version-of-the-office\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ricky Gervais to interview for Steve Carrell&#039;s job in US version of The Office - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 3:00 PM on 23rd March 2011 Ricky Gervais has revealed he is returning to TV as David Brent in the American version of The Office. 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