![]() You're playing a former wrestling manager. Read more: Dwayne Johnson Gets in the Ring for 'Fighting With My Family' Wrestling Film (Exclusive) And being a tiny show, it drives you forward to try different things. We were just mucking about doing stuff in the ring. I'd never been on a set where all the cast and crew were laughing at the same time. Stephen's a great collaborator and we try lots of things out. I don't think I've had much more fun on a set than I'm having with this. How much fun is it to work with Stephen Merchant (co-creator with Ricky Gervais of The Office) on his new film, Fighting With My Family? And the commitment is only four months and I get home every weekend. Well, only so much in that it's shot in Ireland. Has it changed your attitude toward doing U.S. You don't trust him, but also you could trust him with your life. He's a lovable rogue, somewhere between Lando Calrissian and Han Solo. But they really made it easy for me to work with the character. Which is great fun, you're often joking around in the makeup truck saying, "I hope I'm alive in the next episode." I found myself being really nice, bringing cakes to the producers, iTunes cards., cash gifts. Once that gets shot then you're guessing as much as anyone else what happens next. I didn't realize until we were at it that it was being written as you go along, so I think I got the first three or four episodes. It's like…getting beaten up by men…hmm…you can see what's happening here.ĭoes your character have an interesting story arc? I think my genius agents at UTA did a special thing for me, which was great. Read more: 'Tomb Raider' Reboot Adds 'Into the Badlands' Star Daniel Wu Every reason I had to say no peeled away. So I said I have an issue with this, this and this and they said, well, we're going to shoot it in Ireland, or comically, we want you to do what you want. I never imagine that I'd want to be away from him that long. It makes you nervous that you've got to sign on for five to seven years. I've never really wanted to do American TV. I had Netflix and others and I've have to remember another passcode and I kind of avoided doing that. Were you a fan of the show before? Did you watch the first season? Into the Badlands seems to kicked off with a loud bang… Taking time out of the ring - where he was "being smashed up by big, ugly, one-eyed, hairy Brits," - Frost talked about his new Into the Badlands role ("somewhere between Lando Calrissian and Han Solo"), giving Pegg an Atomic Powerslam after too much sherry (and coming out far worse) and what his own wrestling move might be (hint: it involves a cup of tea). ![]()
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