second Series Of Extras Begins On BBC2 Tonight

Orlando Bloom brands his Pirates Of The Caribbean co-star Johnny Depp a "freak" in the new series of Extras.

In the first episode of Ricky Gervais's [pictured] award-winning comedy, he plays a vain actor who can't believe an extra doesn't fancy him. Orlando tells the extra, played by Scots actress Ashley Jensen, that the ladies were all over him on the set of Pirates Of The Caribbean and they completely ignored Johnny. The British actor, 27, says: "It's my looks that all the girls fawn over. Nobody was bothered about Johnny on set. Johnny 'Freak, I make art-house movies and have stupid scissors for hands'? Willy Wonka - more like Johnny W***er."

The second series of Extras begins on BBC2 on September 14 at 9pm.

Gervais said yesterday: "I worked with megastars, such as David Bowie, Chris Martin of Coldplay and Sir Ian McKellen, but for me the performance of the series comes from a little fat scouser called Keith Chegwin."