![]() ![]() I think back then, they thought I was 42 when actually I was 32. So there I am with this look and we made use of that joke, that their characters thought I was a lot older than I actually was. Of course, this isn’t true, but it makes it funny. We’re so far from every other country that we’re behind. Somehow it made sense that he’d be dressed like he was from the ’70s. He thought that it would make me look a little older because I needed to feel as though I’m older than they are. How would you describe the character of Murray, even down to his look? Was that something that you developed or how did that happen? So next thing you know, I’m on a plane and I’m in New York and we’re making it. He decided, for one reason or another, that my voice and my style was equally as funny and had to be part of the package. manager managing them, with an American voice, you know? But their co-creator James Bobin also flagged me. And they said, “Hey, come over and be in the TV version of this thing.” And I was really shocked because I thought, if they’re going to make it in America, they’re not going to want me alongside them. I was in the U.K., just back on the stand-up circuit at the time. And so they ended up getting to make a pilot and they decided to call back on me. ![]() Now, they ended up going with HBO, and why wouldn’t you? Just a lot more freedom to create and not have too many people breathing down your neck and changing what you do. And they had a few people banging on their door, asking for a pilot pitch for a show. I think NBC or CBS, one of those, as well as HBO. They got invited to that, and it was there that they were approached by a number of networks. But back in the day, that was a big deal. They then got to do the Aspen Comedy Festival, which isn’t a thing anymore. Edinburgh was the key, because scouts come to that festival from all over the world, including the U.S. ![]()
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