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Ricky Gervais blogs about divine new role in Afterlife | Ricky Gervais blogs about divine new role in Afterlife |
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Comedian Ricky Gervais has revealed details about his new television series Afterlife, in which he will appear as an "arrogant, wisecracking" God. | Comedian Ricky Gervais has revealed details about his new television series Afterlife, in which he will appear as an "arrogant, wisecracking" God. |
The show is about an atheist who dies and finds himself in heaven, the Office creator wrote on his official blog. | The show is about an atheist who dies and finds himself in heaven, the Office creator wrote on his official blog. |
His version of the Almighty, he added, "loves welcoming atheists to heaven with a smug grin on his face". | His version of the Almighty, he added, "loves welcoming atheists to heaven with a smug grin on his face". |
Gervais said he and Dexter producer Clyde Phillips thought the show would be "fun, different and entertaining". | Gervais said he and Dexter producer Clyde Phillips thought the show would be "fun, different and entertaining". |
Yet he refuted suggestions Afterlife would be "an atheist comedy" on the grounds that such a programme would not feature God or heaven. | Yet he refuted suggestions Afterlife would be "an atheist comedy" on the grounds that such a programme would not feature God or heaven. |
"In this work of fiction heaven must exist. So does God," he wrote. "How is that an atheist comedy?" | "In this work of fiction heaven must exist. So does God," he wrote. "How is that an atheist comedy?" |
Gervais will soon be seen in href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012csf6" >Life's Too Short, a BBC sitcom starring Harry Potter actor Warwick Davis - who has dwarfism - as the misanthropic boss of a talent agency for other little people. | |
"If he isn't the comedy sensation of the year I'll be very surprised," wrote Gervais, who said Davis had been "a revelation". | "If he isn't the comedy sensation of the year I'll be very surprised," wrote Gervais, who said Davis had been "a revelation". |
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