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"Ricky Gervais has hinted that he might &amp;quot;bring back&amp;quot; David Brent, his legendary character from The Office. The comedian made the claim following the announcement yesterday (August 21) that the US version of the show is coming to an end, tweeting a caricature of Brent and a teasing message about his future.  &amp;quot;I couldn&amp;#039;t be prouder of the success of the US version of The Office but enough is enough,&amp;quot; he wrote. &amp;quot;Might bring this guy back...&amp;quot; Gervais&amp;#039;s message has since been deleted from Twitter. The comedian originally portrayed David Brent, regional manager at the Wernham Hogg Paper Company, in The Office between 2001 and 2003. The character has also made two appearances in The Office US, the first of which saw him come face-to-face with his counterpart Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell.   Speaking last summer, Gervais admitted to having a &amp;quot;real affection&amp;quot; for Brent and argued that the character &amp;quot;doesn&amp;#039;t represent evil or nastiness or even ignorance&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;Comedy is above all about empathy in my opinion, and I think as an actor, the more you empathise with a character, the more engaging he will be to an audience,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;It doesn&amp;#039;t mean he has to be perfect or squeaky-clean, but he must have his foibles planted somewhere in humanity. And at some level he has to be vulnerable. David Brent was certainly that. Insecure, eager to please, and needing constant positive feedback.&amp;quot; Watch David Brent in action in The Office below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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