Ricky Gervais opens up on fears about dying as he eyes up major castle renovation

Ricky Gervais has had a hugely palmy vocation successful comedy, acting and penning but determination is inactive thing helium would similar to bash earlier helium hangs up his microphone

Ricky Gervais has revealed helium wants to renovate a castle – but it could termination him.

The legendary comedian believes, however, that indulging successful his favourite tipple mightiness pb to a deadly extremity astatine the hands (or jaws) of these fearsome reptiles. During a candid Q&A league with fans connected societal media, Gervais was quizzed astir immoderate unfulfilled dreams helium mightiness person aft notching up an enviable database of beingness achievements.

Living it up successful a £15m Hampstead abode with his different fractional Jane, Ricky mused: "Most radical mean enactment with Meryl Streep oregon summat, but I bash what I privation career-wise. First I deliberation I'd similar to physique an carnal sanctuary determination oregon bash up a castle." Ever the joker, the Office creator had much to add: "Get a castle and enactment it backmost to its archetypal glory... with aerial conditioning, plumbing, cardinal heating, treble glazing."

At 63, the 'After Lifes' mastermind inactive fancies that fortress life, implicit with moat not conscionable for the looks, but stocked with earnestly snappy pets. "I similar the moat, I'd support the moat," helium quipped. And surviving successful specified a grandiose mounting comes with the fantasies of drawbridges and, crocodiles. "I'd emotion to unrecorded successful a castle with a drawbridge and a moat. Stick immoderate f*****g crocodiles successful the moat! Come location p****d, hide the drawbridge, duff, dead! " joked Ricky. His admittance comes aft helium mislaid a quality implicit his flood-hit mansion.

Gervais had submitted plans to regenerate his existing three-bedroom property, which is located adjacent to the River Thames successful London and has been flooded astatine slightest 5 times since 1947, with a caller four-bedroom, neo-classical location worthy £5 million. However, the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead refused to assistance support for his task past month. It was reported that officials rejected the comedian's exertion connected the grounds that it did not comply with section and nationalist readying guidelines. Ricky reportedly included CCTV images successful his readying exertion showing however the main entranceway of his existent riverside home, arsenic good arsenic his store and backmost garden, were submerged underwater earlier this year. He had hoped to physique a location connected the tract that would person featured an open-plan room and a eating country with views of the Thames.

Ricky, known for his ruthless humour has besides opened up astir perchance taking a vocation break. Currently, Ricky hasn't taken an extended play of clip disconnected enactment successful astir 3 decades. In a candid online Q&A league earlier this year, erstwhile asked if helium could power disconnected from enactment for a week, helium admitted, "No." He revealed, "I don't deliberation we've had a due abrogation you cognize a week somewhere, locomotion and beryllium connected a formation for 30-odd years."

During the virtual conversation, helium besides shared, "I don't deliberation I'd bash it now," and "I don't deliberation I would similar it. I can't bash 1 of those wherever you conscionable beryllium astir the excavation for a week." Ricky went connected to say, "I'd similar a mates of days off," and elaborated, "I similar erstwhile I bash a gig and person similar 40 hours off. That's nice."

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