Danny Dyer's got The Dance Moves in Mr. Bigstuff!

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00:00First of all, congratulations, Ryan, because it's a huge accomplishment getting a show

00:04that you've written made.

00:05Thank you very much.

00:06Then to get Mr. Danny Dyer in it, you must be...

00:09Well, I wrote it for him and only him, and so I'd have been screwed if he couldn't have

00:15done it. Let's be honest, there's not many replacements for Mr. Daniel Dyer.

00:20There is not.

00:21There's not, you know...

00:22I don't think he realised my desperation at this point in my career where I was begging

00:27for anything, and Ryan came up with a good...

00:30I mean, what a privilege, what a gift Lee was. It's such a special show, this.

00:38It's great.

00:39And it really does tackle some stuff that I don't think people are going to expect.

00:43I love a relatable comedy, which this very much is. Is it relatable to you, though? I

00:48mean, I love the stuff, like, talking about Matalan and Martin Lewis. That's relatable

00:52to me.

00:54Someone said to me, one of the actresses who came in to audition for it, she said,

00:57I mean, it's Gavin and Stacey in Hell. And I was like, great, that's exactly what I'm

01:02going for. Brilliant.

01:04Yeah, I don't know, I just think it's about, do you care about these people? That's the

01:09key, isn't it? You've got to care about them and follow them on this journey. But do you

01:14buy that we're brothers?

01:15Yes.

01:16And I think there's a moment you go, this can't be true until we go into our spoon

01:19dancing.

01:20Oh, the spoon dance.

01:21And then you go, oh, they are brothers.

01:24But it's a love story. And it's a love story between two brothers.

01:28Yes.

01:29That, you know, need each other. Need each other desperately.

01:32Opposite men who are trying to go about being men in their opposite ways, but it's kind

01:37of messing them both up. And then they're forced to come together and they kind of end

01:40up fixing each other's lives.

01:41They do. And there was so much more dancing in here than I anticipated. How long did it

01:47take you guys to get that choreography down?

01:50I wrote it and in stage directions it was like, it's Vegas, it's Michael Fadler, Lord

01:53of the Dance. Then it came to doing it and I was like, oh God, we've now got to-

01:56We both had a bit of fear around it.

01:58A lot of fear.

01:59It's such an important part of the show. So, you know, the fact that we had to nail

02:03it. And it's a tight schedule, you know, you haven't got time. So we rehearsed it, we had

02:06videos of it and we kept going over and over it and we nailed it. It didn't take long.

02:11We did.

02:12Yeah, yeah.

02:13And it was a relief when it was done. It was like, that's done.

02:15Yes.

02:16There was even a bit of ballroom, I guess, as well.

02:19Yeah, I mean, it was all kind of-

02:21I mean, loads of dancing.

02:22All genres mixed together.

02:23Yeah, that was it.

02:24I think it was every genre whacked into one dance and the spoons on top.

02:29Yeah. You really got something in here for everyone.

02:31Oh yeah.

02:32Everyone. Strictly next then, right?

02:34Not for me, darling. I mean, I get arsed every year.

02:37Exactly.

02:38There's not enough money in it. It's a tough gig. So, not for me. I don't want to be the

02:44jokey one on it as well, you know, with all me belly hanging out.

02:46No one wants to be that.

02:47We want to see me.

02:48With someone dragging them round. Do you know what I mean?

02:50I don't want to be the John Sargent of the series.

02:52Oh, that's poor Sargent.

02:53No one wants to be that. You are the star, Danny.

02:56I don't think so. Again, I'm too lazy at this point in my career and it's a tough gig.

03:01So good luck to anyone who's doing it.

03:03Yeah, props to them for doing it because they have to put their hours in.

03:05Yeah.

03:06And live telly every weekend.

03:08Well, at least you wrote just six episodes. So therefore, this is great.

03:12Yes.

03:13You could not be too lazy.

03:14We are hoping for more though. We do want another series.

03:17We'd like another series.

03:18So the powers that be, we are ready.

03:21Speak it into existence.

03:23This brotherly bond, did you guys do any activities to cement that brotherly bond beforehand?

03:30We had to learn a dance.

03:32That's probably all you need.

03:33I mean, try learning a dance. I remember when he rocked up on day one and we started it.

03:37And he was in like his Hermes belt and the tight jeans and I was like, I know he's...

03:42I swore then.

03:44I remember when he rocked up on day one and we come into the rehearsal room to start rehearsing this dance.

03:49And he rocks up in his Hermes belt and his tight jeans and I'm thinking,

03:52bloody hell, he's not going to be able to get his way around this dance.

03:54And he did and I was like, look at him go, the sneaky hips on him.

03:57We had to commit, didn't we both?

03:58We had to commit. He's a mover.

04:00He is a mover.

04:01I'm a mover only for about four minutes and then, you know...

04:04It stuck with me. That's why...

04:06Really?

04:07Yeah, I was like...

04:08I'm hoping that the audience will just be completely freaked out by it.

04:12Because you don't know it's going this way.

04:14You don't see it coming, do you really?

04:16You don't see it coming.

04:17No, because why would you?

04:18And then it ends and you go...

04:20A bit like the character Kirsty.

04:22It's like, what on earth have I just watched?

04:24Yeah, yeah.

04:25So...

04:26Loved it. Loved it.

04:27Did you take any artistic license with this script or did Ryan write plenty in there for you?

04:33I didn't really need to do much with it.

04:34I was tweaked slightly.

04:35It was a couple of little things.

04:36It was all on the page, which is an absolute joy as an actor.

04:39You can't ask for any more, so...

04:41And of course he wrote it for me, so therefore there is some colourful language.

04:45There's some colourful language.

04:47Just a little disclaimer.

04:48But it's all about intent.

04:49It's nothing...

04:50Yes, it's appropriately used.

04:51It's nothing aggressive, really.

04:52Very tasteful.

04:53Don't worry.

04:54Very tasteful.

04:55And it needs to be in there.

04:56It's the character, what Lee is.

04:58Lee is the opposite to Glenn, who, you know, is a straight goer.

05:03He is.

05:04Who works in a carpet shop.

05:06He's a carpet specialist.

05:07Exactly, right?

05:08So, if you guys were going to have that relatable job that isn't in acting, what would it be

05:14that is your equivalent of working in a carpet store?

05:17It's a good question, that one, isn't it?

05:20I mean, I don't know.

05:21I'd end up...

05:22I don't know.

05:23I've only got here by hook and by crook, honestly.

05:25At any moment now, I feel like it's going to be whipped away from me.

05:28So, I don't know.

05:30I don't want to slander any jobs because it's going to...

05:32You never know.

05:33That's very true.

05:34Next year.

05:35I'd like to...

05:36And I do apologise if there's any vegans watching.

05:38But I would like to have me...

05:39I'd like to sort of have a store where I sell hog roast.

05:43You know, you have a pig on a stick.

05:45It turns you on.

05:46I'm fascinated by it.

05:47And it's the best crackling you'll ever eat.

05:48So...

05:49I can see you roasting.

05:50I can see it.

05:51You can see me with my little apron on and, you know.

05:52A little side hustle, Danny.

05:53It never hurts.

05:54I do love a hog roast.

05:55And again, I do apologise.

05:57But...

05:58I like to hog a roast.

05:59Just have it all to myself.

06:00Yeah, no.

06:01Right.

06:02Listen, it's great.

06:03Honestly.

06:04Thank you.

06:05So, congratulations.

06:06Thanks so much.

06:07Get writing the second series because you never know.

06:08Oh, I am.

06:09It's well underway, don't worry.

06:10There you go.

06:11Guys, good luck with it when it comes out.

06:12Thank you.

06:13You're very kind.

06:14Lovely to speak to you.

06:15Thank you.

06:16You're amazing.

06:17Thanks so much.

06:18Ta.

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