HBO announced the news via press release, which we saw on Indiewire. A TV movie is a fitting end to the series, simply because that’s how Merchant has closed out his other shows such as The Office and Extras.
“Stuart is a 15 year-old trapped in…well, in reality, a 38-year-old’s body, but I’m playing 35,” his creator confesses when we meet on set between takes. “He is an adolescent with this preposterous fantasia and he needs to grow up.”
