No Rock And Roll Fun

MADONNA SAYS NO: Madonna has refused to play a role in the new Ricky Gervais series 'Not As Funny As The Office'. Madonna said she'd only appear in the new series - which features groups of viewers muttering "Why doesn't he do David Brent again?" - if she had a character written for her instead of a cameo role.

Now, if we were married to Ritchie, writing bad music and worse kid's books and had found ourselves the public face of a confidence-tricking cult, we'd probably want to play someone else, too. On the other hand, having seen Madonna's acting, we can see why Gervais would say "Erm... actually, I'm seeing Cyndi Lauper later so I'll give you a call if we need you, okay?"

But then we've seen Truth or Dare - she's not even that convincing when she's meant to be playing herself.