Bringing up the noisy rear is Borgen star Pilou Asbæk as the wild-eyed Neils, like a stretched, Danish Brian Blessed in an anorak.

Then there’s Rufus Jones (from Hunderby and W1A), who plays pompous TV exec Cosmo, and JJ Feild (Captain America, Austenland) as gung-ho public school friend Ledge. You have no choice but to conquer your fears just getting to the set, never mind performing.”Īssembled in this beautiful but unforgiving spot with Campbell Moore, Shearsmith and Howick today are Crashing star Amit Shah as The Mexican – a rather more timid co-worker with a secret (and yes, the banker-wankers all have nicknames). And now, you arrive and everyone’s up a mountain. “I was always the kid at the top of the tree who refused to jump. This even extended to performing his own stunts, something Howick admits he was afraid of. “Jim really stepped up to carry the weight of the show on his shoulders,” adds Field Smith. “Everything is filtered through his normality and their skewed entitlement.” “He’s such a brilliant, likable man,” says Shearsmith. Howick (AKA useless Gerard in Peep Show), is spot on as the unassuming Ian, eyes of the audience. It’s not exactly tank paintballing or shark fishing in South Africa. Fittingly, they went on a ghost walk around Rye, then played board games and were in bed by 9.30pm.

Except for Reece Shearsmith (playing embittered accountant Wendy) who talks fondly of his own, organised by best man and League Of Gentleman co-creator Steve Pemberton. Of the all-male cast on set today, not one of them admits to having taken pleasure in a stag do. We’ve all been Ian, compelled to endure enforced “fun”, baffled by others seeming to enjoy the compulsory bantz’n’lolz. Ian is not enjoying the stag do, even before the killing starts.

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