Ricky Gervais (the BBC series The Office) will guest star on an upcoming episode of ABC's Alias, TV Guide reported. Gervais will play a "juicy, horrible, evil" villain, the actor told the magazine. He's set to tape his appearance in early 2004.
Alias creator "J.J. Abrams is a fan of The Office and offered to write me a part," Gervais told the magazine. In fact, Abrams said that he is tailoring the role to Gervais' particular gifts. "A good bad guy doesn't have to be arch, over-the-top, mustache-twirly," Abrams told TV Guide. "A good bad guy needs to be smart. And certainly, Ricky is smart." Alias airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. ________________________________ Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, digest) can be made by going to http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
