Ruth Jones [the co-writer who also played Nessa] stepped outside with me. ‘What’s that accent?’ she asked. I said, ‘A Cardiff accent.’ ‘No it isn’t,’ she told me. ‘Just stop doing it.’ I did.
And I got the part.Making the first series was like meeting my new family. They still are my family. We are all on WhatsApp.
Larry Lamb [who played Gavin’s dad, Mick] kept us going during the first lockdown by sending funny videos.Mat, though, will always be in my heart because he and I went through the insane journey of Gavin & Stacey together.
So many of my scenes were with him, and then with the second series we started getting nominated for awards. [It won 12 awards, including a Bafta for Must-See Moment for the Christmas Day 2019 special episode.].
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