3. What is favourite recollection of working with the cast on Spaced?
My favourite memory of the show was probably the repartee with the cast. Both
series were extraordinarily ambitious, so it was great to have a group of
actors who will all go above and beyond the call of duty to make the show work.
Also Nick Frost, who plays Mike, is possibly one of the funniest mofos I know.
4. How did you first get started in this industry?
I got started in this industry as a teenager in some respects. By a series of
flukes and happy accidents, I've been lucky enough to go straight into
directing since college. I spent the best part of my school and college years,
making shorts and mini-epics on Super 8 and video. I would shoot, edit, direct
and produce these films starring my schoolfriends, then show them locally and
sell them on video. They were usually action spoofs or Westerns.
The culmination of all this was a no-budget 16mm film I made in my home town
called 'A Fistful Of Fingers'. It was a Somerset-set western, starred
all my school friends and was very, very silly. Can't say that it set the
world alight, but it did bring me to London and get me signed on at a London
agency.
I also got my first proper television job, as Matt Lucas and David Walliams
(of Rock Profiles fame) asked me to do their first sketch show on cable.
5. Which has been your favourite TV/film-making experience and why?
My favourite TV experience has been Spaced. It was very tough and had a
pretty low budget considering, but in some respects it allowed my imagination
to run riot. I've never directed another show which has let me indulge quite
so many boyhood dreams. I have been utterly spoilt by the show!
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The following is an interview with Edgar Wright,
director of the successful Channel 4 comedy, Spaced.
