Martin Freeman shares 'annoyance' at Ricky Gervais over BBC The Office complaint

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Martin Freeman has disclosed he felt frustrated with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant over their repeated assertions The Office contained no improvisation.The 54-year-old actor, who portrayed Tim Canterbury in the groundbreaking BBC mockumentary, made the revelation during a reunion special alongside former co-star Mackenzie Crook to commemorate the show's quarter-century milestone.Speaking on the BBC Two programme Remember...

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The Office, Mr Freeman challenged the long-standing narrative maintained by the show's co-creators."When it became the monster that it did, because it sounded improvised, understandably Ricky and Stephen went, 'No, none of it is improvised,'" Mr Freeman said.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say He continued: "Which is not true."The actor's particular grievance centred on a published book of scripts from the series.

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According to Mr Freeman, these were not the original written pages but rather transcriptions of what actually appeared on screen, incorporating the...

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