RT: Do you get a lot of comments on your name?
There's the romantic story that it came from pirates, because apparently there were lots of 'Captain Bloods' – not just the famous one – but it was probably just... I don't know, someone who worked in an abattoir or something like that.
I'd been a fan of them since they started. I just think everybody can relate to the satire of it, really. We live in a world of PR and this delicate balancing act that people, particularly in public institutions, have to endure. It's just so much fun watching them try to solve a problem while satisfying 10 people at once.
When you watch the show, you assume a lot of it is improvised because it's so naturalistic. And then you get the scripts, and every 'um' and 'ah' is scripted. It was only really when I got all the full scripts that it dawned on me what a challenge it is.
But it's a privilege to do it. We're not going down a coal mine, so it's all relative. But it really does drain your brain. Me and Hugh Bonneville ended up with oxygen canisters that we got off Amazon that we stuck on periodically to try and keep awake... John will know if you've skipped an 'um'.
You play ex-footballer Phil Plank. Was he influenced by any real-life figures?
There is the stereotype of footballers being stupid, which I think is unfair. I think often it's that you're sticking a camera and a microphone in front of somebody that isn't necessarily used to that and isn't trained for it – but they do come out with some bangers. I guess I was thinking about Gary Neville quite a lot, because Gary Neville takes things very, very seriously.
Was it stressful to do 'Keepie-Uppies' in front of a full crew?
Were you disappointed that Twenty Twenty Six isn't actually filmed in Florida, where it's set?
I was very, very disappointed by that. I was thinking: 'Come on, it's a BBC comedy, I'm sure they don't have the budget... but maybe?' No, you're going to be in Mill Hill, and it will be the hottest period of the year, and there will be no air conditioning.
But I tell you what, the round trip from my house to Mill Hill was probably about the same in rush hour as it is to get to Miami.
I hope I have. Obviously, if you become very well known for one particular thing, I think that's often what pigeonholes people because it's hard for an audience to see them as anything but that.
I feel that one of the real positives I've found in my career is that I don't feel that I've ever been particularly seen as one thing. Just change the haircut and here we go, it's a new person.
Me and Iain are best friends. He was best man at my wedding. We've always wanted to work together [again], so we've thrown ideas back and forth. The short was kind of prompted by a feature film that we'd like to make, so we just need to get more experience under our belt with directing.
We were chatting just yesterday about a couple of other ideas that we want to work on and the format of a short film is fun for us because you get full creative control. So what we'd like to do, if the short is well received, is continue that collaboration.
Yeah, I had a lot of fun playing Phil Plank. I think there's a lot of scope with his character for more comedy. He just makes no sense to Ian Fletcher half the time, so I'd be well up for exploring it more.
I'd love to work with Olivia Colman. She did such an incredible job in [Twenty Twelve]. All that desire locked up, bubbling to the surface and the tragedy of her character [Ian's original PA, Sally Owen]... I think she was so brilliant in it. Seeing her and Phil Plank in the same room would be a very, very odd combination.
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