Lots more news and info below Matt’s interview!!
During an interview to promote Come Fly With Me in Australia with TV Week Matt Lucas had some interesting revelations:
…WHY THEY WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM LITTLE BRITAIN
“We did a series on US cable network HBO [Little Britain USA], and they wanted us to make more, but we just felt you should stop doing the show before people want you to stop doing the show. It was time to come up with something else.”
…THE COMPLICATIONS OF FILMING AT A REAL AIRPORT
“There were these two people whose job it was to come into the make-up wagon and check on us every 20 minutes, because when you have prosthetics on, you look completely different to your passport photo, so they had to be there to authenticate the fact that it was us.”
…USING TOILETS DRESSED AS A WOMAN
“You always have a moment of going, ‘Well, should I go into the ladies’ or the gentlemen’s?’ So you have to walk into the gents’ toilets saying, ‘Nobody panic! I’m a man – I’m a man! I know I’m wearing a dress, but I’m a man!’”
…GERI HALLIWELL’S CAMEO
“She came in and, because she’s so compassionate and sensitive, she was sorting everyone’s problems out for them. She was like an on-set counsellor. She was brilliant. It would be nice to have her along for every shoot we do.”
…DRIVING AN AIRPORT BUGGY AS GROUND CREW MEMBER TAAJ MANZOOR
“I had to drive a buggy on camera, while delivering a monologue in an accent, without any glasses and with real people there. And I can’t drive – I’ve never had a driving lesson. Fortunately, there were only three fatalities.”
…PLAYING GAY AIRLINE STEWARD FEARGHAL O’FARRELL
“Weirdly, I found Fearghal was the hardest [character] to play. The [gay Irish] accent is quite tricky to do and didn’t come as naturally to me as I thought it might – weird, considering I’m deeply homosexual myself.”
…FEARGHAL SEDUCING STRAIGHT STEWARD LEE LODGE (DAVID WALLIAMS)
“It was a beautiful moment, and I daresay it made David rethink his priorities.”
Come Fly With Me airs early May on Channel Nine
Channel 9’s come Fly With Me site
The Sun reports on David’s Doctor Who role
David reveals the film that makes him cry
Comedy Central Germany has bought the rights to Come Fly With Me
Picture: David visited Brentside High School
