Rory Bremner on portraying Chris Tarrant in Quiz: ‘I was just ready for a challenge’
Written by playwright James Graham, whose credit additionally embrace Ink, This House and The Vote, in addition to TV drama Brexit: The Uncivil War, Quiz is predicated on the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? dishonest drama.
TV presenter Tarrant hosted the favored present till 2014 and the upcoming UK tour of the play is because of hit the highway from September this yr.
Speaking on the Henley Festival, Bremner, recognized for his political satire, instructed the PA news company that the voice is “locked and loaded”.
He added: “I’ve been waiting for a challenge for a while and this was the one that came along. I’ve been really loving my time on (BBC Radio 4 show) I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, and to be part of that is a joy.
“That’s an area where I think people understand that there is a place for humour, which is just silly, and it can be very inventive, or it can be just very silly.
“But to be on tour with Jack Dee and the others has been just such a privilege. I never thought I’d be playing those big theatres again and hearing the laughter. But I’ve loved that.”
Bremner, 62, grew to become a family title with TV exhibits like Channel 4’s satirical present Bremner, Bird And Fortune, alongside John Bird and John Fortune, in addition to Rory Bremner… Who Else?, and has additionally been a daily on different standard exhibits resembling Mock The Week.
Quiz particulars the story of former Army main Charles Ingram and his spouse Diana, who had been discovered responsible of utilizing an elaborate coughing scheme to cheat their solution to the £1 million prime prize on the ITV quiz present throughout a high-profile trial in 2003.
The incident and ensuing court docket case, wherein they denied a single cost of procuring the execution of a helpful safety by deception, was the topic of the 2020 ITV drama Quiz, scripted by Graham, and starring Matthew Macfadyen and Sian Clifford because the couple and Michael Sheen as present host Tarrant.
TV star Bremner, who’s an Audi ambassador and carried out for company within the Audi VIP enclosure at Henley Festival, mentioned: “I was just ready for a challenge. I know Chris (Tarrant), I’ve studied him, I’m happy, I think it’s a voice I can do but I think I want to work on the character and that’s the journey that I will be on with the director.”
Silent Witness actress Emilia Fox and The Money Maker’s Eric Collins had been additionally in attendance on the Henley Festival occasion.