Netflix Afterlife creator Ricky Gervais is always scared to pen big cliffhangers in case he dies.When creating a new show, the 60-year-old makes sure the first series has got a satisfying ending just in case he isn’t around to write another.He told me: “I always approach a new show so it can be a standalone series – just in case.“You never know what will happen.
I might get hit by a bus!“So I always write the ending so it could be the one series.” Ricky also worries his shows could get dropped at any time.He added: “The broadcaster might go, ‘We’ve got no money left’.
Or they could say, ‘It was rubbish’.“Or there’s always a chance people might hate it.” When Ricky created his most recent hit After Life, he had no idea it would last as long as it did.
The third series recently launched on Netflix and has already been watched by millions of fans around the world. He said: “When I started writing After Life, I knew I wanted to do two seasons.
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