Stephen Merchant: ‘The Office’ to ‘The Outlaws’

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🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

It has now been more than 20 years since Stephen Merchant and his comedy partner Ricky Gervais changed TV comedy forever with their original British version of ‘The Office.’ Now, after co-starring with Gervais in ‘Extras’ and creating his own HBO comedy series ‘Hello Ladies,’ Merchant is back with ‘The Outlaws,’ a surprisingly intense crime thriller—with plenty of laughs throughout—that co-stars Christopher Walken and just landed on Amazon Prime Video. In this episode, Merchant talks about creating that series with an ex-convict and how they got Walken to paint over an original Banksy piece in the finale. He also tells stories about the early days of ‘The Office,’ what he thought about the even more successful American version, his complicated relationship with Gervais and a lot more. Follow Stephen Merchant on Twitter @StephenMerchant and Instagram @stephenmerchant Follow Matt Wilstein on Twitter @mattwilstein Follow The Last Laugh on Instagram @lastlaughpod Highlights from this episode and others at The Daily Beast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm always up before the birds and the kids.
0:02.9	Good thing Costa Express is always up too.
0:07.0	Early starts are easier with great coffee.
0:09.7	And if I grab one for Bob, I might even get some decent company.
0:14.5	Large cappuccino for the bloc who's half asleep.
0:17.2	Oh, you legend.
0:19.6	Now that's a proper coffee.
0:21.3	Should kick in Justin Samfut to remember which end of the screwdriver to use.
0:25.1	Hmm.
0:26.3	Costa Express.
0:27.8	Quality coffee every time.
0:31.9	There are very few comedians who do awkward confusion better than my guest on today's show.
0:39.3	Okay, so how are you getting on with the De Niro thing?
0:42.3	What's that?
0:43.3	I told you, Jonathan Ross told me he's over here doing a film.
0:47.3	You said you'd get me an audition. You said you'd make a few phone calls.
0:50.3	No, no, I've been looking into that, but it's tricky because all these people are in Los Angeles.
0:53.3	So, you've got a phone?
0:55.0	Yeah, it's complicated though, because it's, you know, it took me two days to realise they're eight hours ahead.
0:59.0	They're behind? Are they? Yes.
1:01.0	That explains quite a lot.
1:03.0	So what time would it be over there now?
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