So, it’s likely the second outing was filmed through the latter part of last year and may have wrapped in 2019 or early 2020.
Speaking to the New York Times about season two, Gervais said: “Tony’s acting nihilistically. He’s reminding people that he’s not over it. He still wants to punish the world.
“There’s a narcissism to his grieving, in a way. And then he confronts people that are worse off than him and make him feel slightly spoiled. We all go through that.”
Reflecting on the show’s themes of mortality and nihilism amid the global pandemic, Gervais said: “Death is the last taboo. It’s imminent. It’s going to happen.
“We just don’t want it to be now, whenever it is. But we can still joke about it.
“I don’t know if that makes the show any more or less poignant or entertaining than any other time.”
After Life season 2 is released on Netflix today