That's the major revelation from this Ricky Gervais interview in the latest issue of Esquire. Which is probably going to bum out fans of NBC's The Office and the original, hoping for a David Brent guest-spot on the show.
Gervais talks about his role in the new Ben Stiller comedy A Night At The Museum (which also stars Robin Williams, which pretty much means I won't go to see it in the theaters and will only see it on DVD if I read that Williams is only in it for a few minutes), his favorite comics (none are British!), why you have to be a complete fascist when creating art, and why he wouldn't have done the plot with Jim moving to the other Dunder-Mifflin office to get away from Pam.
The second season of HBO's Extras starts on January 14.

Carla
Gugino is moving past the unfortunate cancellation of
Threshold, and going back into the movie business. She's
currently in negotiations to star opposite Ben Stiller in
A Night at the Museum. Stiller plays a goofy security
guard who accidentally awakens an old curse that causes everything in the natural history museum to come alive at night.
Not sure what character Gugino is up for, but since it's listed as "opposite" of Ben Stiller, I'd guess she's
some sort of expert on the relics in the museum. Gugino, of course, is no stranger to film. Her list of credits include
Sin City, the
Spy Kids series, and
Snake Eyes. Television credits include
Karen
Sisco and
Spin City. It's good to see that Gugino is still in demand as an actress, because she is
definitely very good. The cancellation of
Threshold definitely can't be blamed on her... in fact, I'm not sure
exactly what it was about the show that made it a flop. It was a cool premise with good actors, but something just
didn't click.