mar 24, 2011 - THE GUARDIAN Ricky Gervais mines his Hollywood contact book by casting Johnny Depp
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The star of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchises is confirmed to appear in Gervais’s upcoming BBC2 sitcom Life’s Too Short, according to a post on Gervais’s blog.Depp will guest star in the comedy, which is expected to have a host of big name cameo spots, though Gervais used his This Side of The Truth blog to dismiss rumors that Jerry Seinfeld would also make a guest appearance.
“The Depp bit is true. The Seinfeld isn’t,” he wrote.
Life’s Too Short, which is being co-written by Gervais’ longtime creative partner Stephen Merchant, will air on HBO as well as BBC2. It features the continuing adventures of diminutive star Warwick Davis who plays an egomaniac dwarf who runs a talent agency for other dwarves.
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