![]() His YouTube channel, Azerrz, has over 7 million subscribers and features voice impressions of a plethora of celebrities and cartoon characters. People don’t think you can be interesting when you’re a nice person.Arif Zahir Lopes-Thrower (born April 15, 1994) is an American actor, musician, and internet personality. I think with the first few episodes, people were like, “He can’t really be that nice,” because we are all universally conditioned to be cynical. Hannah Waddingham: TV shows have forgotten how to show that it’s OK to be loving and kind and understanding – almost like it’s a boring thing. Then we found out we got to do another season. It was like, “Really? What do I do now?” It’s a weird juxtaposition to have something be successful in a time when the world is f***ing falling apart and in need of care and love. Juno Temple: It was a weird thing to experience it becoming a hit when you’re stuck in your house during a lockdown. I think that’s a reason why it stood out for all the right reasons. It bucked the trend by doing something that had an openly positive message. Nick Mohammed: I think we’ve maybe reached our saturation point in terms of of snarky comedies. It was released in a period where people were reassessing how they live life. Jeremy Swift: The positive tone was decided before the pandemic, but with it happening at the same time, there was a resonating thing going on. We were trying to focus on work, but the show was doing very well, and (not in a “poor me” kind of way) we couldn’t celebrate or demonstrate our appreciation for it ’cause we were all in masks and couldn’t socialise. There was also obviously a pandemic to contend with and that presented its own challenges. Nick Mohammed: It started generating awards attention – getting nominated and winning some – quite early into the filming of season two, which was quite surreal. I think Toheeb said to Cristo, “Get interviewed as Dani Rojas” – and he did! He was like, “I’m from Mexico, I play football over here.” I don’t know if this guy knew, but he was interviewing AFC Richmond. All of us cast who are in the team got to the bottom of the Wembley steps, and there was a camera crew there. We were very lucky to go to the FA Cup final to watch Leicester vs Chelsea. Phil Dunster: It was a slow burn to begin with. In a year, I’ve seen three negative comments on Twitter. I went, “Oh no, they’re not getting it.” And then the public’s response was something completely different. Jeremy Swift: There were a couple of sniffy reviews. I was a bit panicked that he maybe thought I was a different person.īrett Goldstein: If I hadn’t got the part, I don’t think I’d be writing on season two, ’cause none of us would be able to look each other in the eye! I am not known for comedy work I normally get asked to play a girl who is struggling with her existence and somehow takes her clothes off. ![]() We share an agent, so he really didn’t have to do that, but it meant such a lot to him. He said he was reaching out personally about a project that he’d written with his best friends and there was a part he thought I’d be right for. I got a text from Jason, who I knew loosely. Juno Temple : My story is not anywhere as brilliantly feisty and brave as Brett’s. If, however, you like it…” They couldn’t be bothered to look for anybody else so I got the part. If this tape is s***, you can pretend you never got this email and we’ll never need to speak about it. I made a self tape the night before the last day in the writers’ room, and emailed it the next day and said, “Look, I think I could play Roy. I didn’t want to make anyone uncomfortable, ’cause if I’d asked to audition and I was s***, it would’ve been really embarrassing. It was the scene in the car park where Roy scares Keeley and she goes, “You snuck up on a girl in in the middle of the night, well done.” I thought, “I really get Roy I understand him.” But I also knew no one was thinking of me for the part.īrett Goldstein: I’ve played sweet, nice people a lot so, if anything, they had me in mind for Higgins. It was around the time we were writing episode five. I was overjoyed because I got to be a footballer.īrett Goldstein: I think I remember the exact moment I wanted to play Roy. I tried different accents and something stuck. Jamie was originally called Dani Rojas and it was a very open casting bracket in terms of who they were looking for. Phil Dunster : I first came to it not knowing a huge amount about the show other than I’d watched the commercials. Nick Mohammed: I can’t believe Phil went up for Higgins. ![]() Jeremy Swift: Loads of people went up for Higgins – including Phil Dunster, who plays Jamie Tartt! ![]() Nick Mohammed : I actually went up for Higgins.
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