James Corden, co-writer and co-star of Gavin and Stacey, says in this month’s Esquire that he doesn’t, er, have much time for the cast or production team of Hollyoaks, having spent an unhappy two months on the show several years ago.
His character was, perhaps inevitably, supposed to be a tad overweight. But in a terrifying stab at either humour or attempted realism, producers thought the 18-year-old he was playing should be seen with posters relating to McDonalds and “bangers and mash” on the wall of his bedroom. You know, in the same way as normal 18-year-olds have pictures of girls, this fat guy fantasises about junk food. Understandably, Corden thought they were being “disrespectful”.
He now says (and perhaps stop now if four-letter words beginning with ‘c’ offend you because this contains some truly heroic swearing):
I’d actually rather die than go back. It’s fucking awful. I can’t tell you the sheer disdain I have for the place and the people. I met a couple of really good friends there but it’s 20 per cent nice people and 80 per cent cunts. It’s a programme made by cunts and full of cunts. It just breeds pricks – all these people walking around with this chicken-in-a-basket fame, talking about going to LA, you know?
Fancy. I never would have thought it.
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Heh. Nothing like some withering invective. I’ve warmed to the man immensely.
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