Ricky Gervais is ready for Netflix‘s “Alley Cats.”
“I hope you like cats. And swearing,” he told the audience at Annecy. The viewers serenaded him before the screening of the first two episodes, singing Happy Birthday.’
In the show, the comedian and creator of “The Office” and “After Life” decided to turn his attention to British feral cats. Gervais explained why he wanted to try his hand at animation.
“Many reasons. I don’t have to do hair and makeup, or get up early. I can just sit in a chair and do this forever.” Also, cats are “perfect creatures.” “They are so independent and so tiny. They think they are lions,” he laughed.
“But it’s a sitcom. I don’t even like the term ‘adult animation,’ because it’s a family of cats – just like in a sitcom. It’s recorded very differently to average [animation]. We were in a room at the same time, firing.”
