Getting paid to play a part, or do a cameo, or act in some way we understand. But getting paid to literally just be yourself and sit there doing nothing? Yeah, now that's a jammy gig.
Gervais' latest job sees him plonked on a elaborate chaise drinking tea and basically telling the viewer, in his most Ricky Gervais way, how Australian internet provider 'Optus' paid him a lot of money to be in an advert and all he agreed to do was nothing. So this is what they got.
All in all it's a very tongue-in-cheek way of poking fun at all the celebrity endorsements out there while also keeping the Gervais brand going strong (and netting him a nice paycheck no doubt). You have to hand it to him, he's doing something right.
