News > Gervais to star & co-direct This Side of the Truth

Written by John Lichman

Variety reports that Extras' Ricky Gervais has signed on to co-direct and star in the comedy, This Side of the Truth. 

Although the flim is supposedly set in a contemporary world where no one lies, the quote Gervais gives paints a more historic setting:

"My character works in the film industry, where actors are really readers who tell completely factual stories," Gervais said. "My character's a loser who's about to lose his job, and who's lumbering through the 1300s. All he's got to work with is the Black Death. But once he lies and pretends he's found lost stories, he becomes the greatest storyteller in the world."