Ricky Gervais reprised his iconic boss from “The Office” in the 2016 mockumentary “David Brent: Life on the Road”, but fans shouldn’t expect to ever see the former manager of the Wernam Hogg Paper Merchants’ Slough branch ever again.
In an interview with The Sun‘s TV Mag, Gervais, 58, explained why he thinks it would be a bad idea to revisit the character again. “I don’t think I’ll ever bring back the old favourites,” he said. “People think they want more, but they don’t.
They just want the feeling they had when they saw it for the first time. David Brent at 60 is too sad.” RELATED: Ricky Gervais Recalls Getting Emotional When Saying Goodbye To The Dog On ‘After Life’ Meanwhile, Gervais has another project to promote, the upcoming second