Today and
yesterday we had casting sessions for my new show Benidorm.
Cant really mention any names but I have been amazed
at the sort of people who have agreed to come in and
read; well known names and very talented actors. Still
can't get used to sitting the "other side of the
desk" and seem to apologise too much for bringing
actors in. They generally smile and look slightly bemused
and of course they should. What the fuck am I banging
on about? "thank you so much for coming all this
way to Soho - oh, you live in Camden? Well thanks for
coming out in this heat anyway - oh, you like the heat
- well thanks for coming on the strength of the script
- oh, you like the script?... etc etc. I've been going
to castings (as an actor) like this for fifteen years,
if somebody went on at me like that I would think they
were either mad or taking the piss. Must write out 500
times before I go to bed, "I have devised and written
a comedy series that has been commissioned for television,
I am not a competition winner".
