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Ricky Gervais Addresses Whether After Life Character Is Based On James Corden

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Updated 19:27 19 Jan 2022 GMTPublished 19:25 19 Jan 2022 GMT

Ricky Gervais Addresses Whether After Life Character Is Based On James Corden

Viewers noticed a lot of similarities between the two, drawing many to conclude that it could not be a coincidence

Jake Massey

Jake Massey

Ricky Gervais has cleared up whether After Life character, James, is based on James Corden. Watch here:

The third and final series of the sitcom dropped on Netflix on Friday (14 January), prompting an outpouring of speculation about what the finale really meant (Gervais offers an explanation here).

However, it wasn't just the ending which got people speculating and sharing fan theories.

Over the course of the show, many viewers reached the conclusion that the character James must be inspired by Corden.

Corden and James do have A LOT in common.
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Beyond obviously sharing the same name, the character - played by Ethan Lawrence - also bears a striking resemblance with the actor and TV host.

Personality-wise there are also a lot of similarities: he's loud, theatrical and prone to attention-seeking.

Given all of these parallels - and the fact Gervais joked about Corden being a 'fat p***y' during his last Golden Globes monologue - many viewers were convinced it was no coincidence:

We put the theory to Gervais, and while he was tickled by the comparison, he insisted it wasn't intentional.

"Well, he was in it before I named him actually," the 60-year-old said.

"The answer is no. No, I didn't, no. I never thought of the... I just wanted them to have ordinary names.

"He had a little cameo in series one where he played the recorder, and I don't think I'd even named him then."

Fans of the show will recall that in one scene, James actually soils himself which will have done nothing but buttress the theory that the character was used as a vehicle to roast Corden.

However, Gervais made the point that this would be an extremely long-winded way of taking the p**s out of the 43-year-old.

He said: "That's a lot of work. To cast the whole thing, to film three years, to go, 'And when he s***s himself, it's James Corden.'"

So there you go folks, James is not based on James Corden. It's just a happy coincidence, apparently.

Featured Image Credit: Netflix

Topics: TV and Film, Netflix, Ricky Gervais, James Corden

Jake Massey
Jake Massey

Jake Massey is a journalist at LADbible. He graduated from Newcastle University, where he learnt a bit about media and a lot about living without heating. After spending a few years in Australia and New Zealand, Jake secured a role at an obscure radio station in Norwich, inadvertently becoming a real-life Alan Partridge in the process. From there, Jake became a reporter at the Eastern Daily Press. Jake enjoys playing football, listening to music and writing about himself in the third person.

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