Stephen Merchant: 'Harrison Ford would find a shop selling toilet roll'

The co-creator of The Office and Extras on how Ford's 90s thrillers are helping him through lockdown and why he rarely watches comedy

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I'm locked down in London with my girlfriend and we do a movie a night. I tend to curate - not because I'm dictatorial, but because she's not that interested in doing deep-dives to see what's just popped up on Amazon Prime.

My go-to are thrillers. We recently had an impromptu season of 90s Harrison Ford movies including The Fugitive, Patriot Games and Presumed Innocent. I miss those classy, well-made, intelligent thrillers with good leading actors. I could watch one of those every night. Feels like something Netflix should be making.