Stars set to shine in new Gervais series
Screen stars Samuel L Jackson, Ben Stiller and Kate Winslet have been recruited by British comic Ricky Gervais to feature in his eagerly-awaited new series Extras.
The Office creator and star approached the celebrities last year with his co-writer Stephen Merchant before they started work on the scripts because they didn't want to risk writing parts for stars who hadn't committed to the project.
Gervais said: "We have to write the scripts especially around them. There would be no point wasting a year writing a script for someone and then asking them."
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