International Ricky Gervais impersonator reveals wildest events he performed inSource: SWNS
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00:00 People look at me, yeah, and they see the suit,
00:04 and they go, "He's not fooling anyone."
00:06 Yeah, they know I'm rock and roll through and through.
00:08 My name's Tim Oliver.
00:10 This is weird talking as me.
00:12 I've been a David Brent and Ricky Gervais impersonator
00:16 for 20 years.
00:18 Yeah, I'm the only one in the world.
00:20 I travel the world on a global scale.
00:24 I'm being David Brent, but I can't help it.
00:28 I've turned into David Brent.
00:29 Used to run an events company,
00:32 and at the time, I had a PA who said to me,
00:37 "Have you seen that TV show, 'The Office'?"
00:40 And she said, "Well, you sound exactly like the fella
00:43 "that's on it, the manager, the cringe-worthy manager."
00:46 And I was like, "Oh, okay."
00:48 So I watched it that night and went in the next day
00:50 and said, "Get out, you're fired."
00:53 She wasn't.
00:53 And I started doing it from then.
00:55 Yeah, my first ever gig was at Vodafone Call Centre
01:00 up in Newcastle.
01:01 I really enjoyed that, and I was driving back thinking,
01:03 "Yeah, this is me, this is what I wanna do."
01:05 - As an impersonator, what sort of gigs
01:06 do you get to do for?
01:08 - All sorts.
01:10 Weddings, parties, 40th parties, spoof office videos,
01:15 exhibitions, adverts.
01:19 So I was just body doubling the Muppets, yeah.
01:22 Pinewood Studios, that was hard work, but a lot of fun.
01:27 One day, yeah, you could be in the hot seat, like me.
01:32 So keep your head down.
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