Wednesday, 31 December 2008

Ricky Gervais: I was accused of having false teeth

Actor reckons his pearly whites are his best feature

Ricky Gervais stars as dentist Bertram Pincus opposite Tea Leoni in Ghost Town

Ricky Gervais was once asked if his less-than-perfect teeth were a film prop.

The comedian, who plays David Brent in TV's The Office and Bertram Pincus in new movie Ghost Town, was outraged when a journalist didn't believe his gnashers were real.

‘I do have freakishly good teeth,’ he jokes in Weekend.

‘In one interview a journalist said, “Now in this film you have those amazing dentist teeth.” When I said they were my own, we ended up arguing about it. Did she think I went round the back and put a fake set in? Unbelievable.’

But Ricky, 47, likes to quip about his appearance.

‘I’m a lot taller than I look on television and younger,’ he jokes.

‘For the role of David Brent, I wore a fat suit under my clothes. Really, I’m about 25 and 6ft 1in. So that’s probably why you don’t recognise me on the street.'