
Toast of Tinseltown
TV series | 2022
I’ve lucky enough to be asked to table read for some high end productions which means sitting with director and cast to read the script playing multiple parts. It’s a joyful experience as you get to partly realise the writer and directors vision in one sitting! Albeit with one glaring omission, the completed production. Laugh emoji. I was asked by director Michael Cumming to join genius pal Matt Berry at the table for a series 3 read through and ended up being asked to play Stanley Kubrick. A riotous day filming later and Michael assured me that if Toast got another series I’d be back playing Orson Welles. It took several years and a change of TV channel... but it happened… with me hired, not hired then hired. All thanks to covid travel restrictions being lifted the day before the production window closed.
Episode: | S1, E6 - Monster Mash |
Credited as: | Orson Welles |
Directed by: | Michael Cumming |