Ricky Gervais pays tribute to 'beautiful' After Life dog after canine co-star's death
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Ricky Gervais has paid tribute to his "beautiful" on-screen dog who featured in his TV show After Life. The British comedian and actor said Vislor Antilly, also known as Anti, was a "beautiful soul" and they "hit it off straight away". Gervais said the German shepherd helped make After Life his "favourite filming experience of all time" and he was glad he told her "a hundred times a day that she was a very good girl".
Antilly was Brandy the Dog in all 18 episodes of the Netflix comedy about local newspaper reporter Tony, played by Gervais, who is dealing with his wife's death. In the show, which ran for three seasons from 2019 to 2022, Tony is often seen walking Brandy, who stops him from taking his own life.
A statement on the Instagram account of Antilly the Wonder Hound read: "Vislor Antilly, After Life's Brandy, has sadly passed away. We already miss her terribly. Sleep well xxx.". She died peacefully at her home in Oxfordshire at the age of 13. The Office star Ewen MacIntosh has died.
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