‘The Inbetweeners’ star Joe Thomas says US remake failed because they didn’t cast “weirdos”
nme.comThe Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas has said he believes the US version of the series failed partly because they didn’t cast “weirdos”.The actor, who played Simon in the British sitcom, discussed the US remake with his former co-stars Simon Bird and Blake Harrison during a panel at Comic Con North East in Newcastle last month (May 27-28).When asked by a fan in the audience their views on the US version of the show, which was cancelled after its first season in 2012, Thomas said: “I think we can say it didn’t work.
I think the reason it didn’t work is because… I think it’s a very British show.“It’s ironic because actually in a way we were bouncing off that American genre of teen comedy.
They did it first and we were riding on their shirt tails or whatever. There’s a sense of loserdom and failure in British comedy that kind of is represented in The Inbetweeners.”Sharing his thoughts, Bird added: “It was just too sort of glossy wasn’t it?
The cast was just too handsome. I mean look at us!”“You’ve got to cast weirdos,” Thomas replied in agreement. “Find some weird looking people.
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