Do you see Bertram Pincus as similar to The Office’s David Brent?
RG: Bertram Pincus isn’t trying to be funny. He’s trying to be smart and that’s what brings him down. He’s actually the opposite of Brent. People like Brent have a blind spot – there’s a difference between how they see themselves and how other people see them. That’s what’s funny. Someone like Andy Millman [from Extras] is too smart for his own good; he knows there are people better off than him and he hates it. Pincus is like that – clever and successful but angry because he’s surrounded by idiots. It’s never good to point out you’re the cleverest person in the room. It doesn’t get you anywhere. The cleverest people know that, ironically. SMM: Did you deliberately decide to make the jump to movies? He ain’t afraid of no ghostRG: Stephen [Merchant, co-creator of The Office] and I resisted doing a film for 10 years. I was offered a part in a Hollywood film after the first episode of The Office went out, and I asked, “Who’s playing the lead?” They said, “You.” I went, “Who’s going to go
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