Published: Friday, 28th November, 2008 12:30
Interview with the Vampire
By Narin Bahar
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One of the things I love about my job is that no two days are ever the same. There's always something unusual going on and it means there's never a dull moment.
However, some days are more unusual than others. Like today. When I got to spend the day being a vampire on Being Human.
I have some pictures and exclusive interviews with new castmembers Aidan Turner and Lenora Crichlow, and some little nuggets about filming that I'll publish early next week - for now after a very long day (TV is nowhere near as glamorous as I anticipated and involves LOTS of waiting around and a very early start) I'm going to head to sleep.
However, I'm not so much of a tease that I won't give you something before I go, so here's five things I learned today:
* In the show mythology the first ever vampire came from Bristol. And Mitchell is 90 years old.
* Supporting Artists (apparently the cool kids don't call them extras) are nowhere near as dysfunctional and way more interesting than the TV show would have you believe. And treated a lot better. Although they are asked to queue for food everyone else.
* The new Herrick is *amazing*. Pretty much the opposite to Adrian Lester in every way imaginable but still charismatic and yet chilling in equal measure.
* If Russell Tovey was going to have a George action figure he'd like it to have ears (!), and a pull cord that meant it would alternate between saying 'raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar!' and something really pedantic like 'look at the washing up!'. He also wants a werebear.
* Annie's outfit (which Lenora wears for the duration of the series) includes a pair of Ugg Boots. Which is actually very handy as the Being Human set is freezing all the time, to the extent that the costume department was giving out hot water bottles for actors to warm their hands on between takes.
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