The Office’s Creed Bratton weighs in on call for reunion – claiming Christmas special is the way forward

THE Office’s Creed Bratton has weighed in on calls for a reunion – claiming a Christmas special is the way forward.

The American version of the Ricky Gervais comedy ran for nine seasons from March 2005 until May 2013.

Creed, 77, played a fictionalised version of himself in the show alongside Steve Carell and John Krasinski.

The show is available to stream on Netflix and fans still lap up the episodes, while also begging for new ones.

Speaking about the chances of the show’s return, Creed told : “Obviously as an actor, I love playing with those people, and we were a family. We loved each other.

“Of course, I would love to do it. I don’t see it happening. I just went up a while back and shot this thing called Upload for [writer] Greg Daniels up in Vancouver, this sci-fi thing he’s doing, and we were talking about it over dinner, and he said they keep approaching him.

“He’s not into it, and if Greg’s not into it, I don’t think anyone else would want to be into it.”

However, some kind of reunion might not be totally off the cards, as Creed added: “I think Krasinski had the best idea.

“He said we should just shoot a Christmas special if we’re going to do it. We get everybody together and shoot the Christmas special for fun. We’d love to do that.”

While a festive one-off special could have some potential, the same can’t be said for a tenth season.

Creed explained: “I don’t see with everybody scheduled the way they are that we could all get together and shoot continuum.

I don’t think it would work. First, we wouldn’t have Steve. We wouldn’t have John.

“We wouldn’t have Ed [Helms]. We wouldn’t have Rainn [Wilson]. We’d be missing so many people, integral parts.”