James Um, no, Siegfried sent me. I’m James Herriot, his new assistant.
Tristan Really? Poor you.
Guard Oi… You need to buy a ticket, Sir.
Jace Ben Vanstone’s script goes so far as to describe Tristan as, quote, puckish, which might be the most apt description of him. What did you make of Tristan as a character when you were reading the script initially? And what do you think makes him tick?
Callum I mean, he really did, like, leap off the page. I mean, Ben Vanstone is absolutely incredible the way that he writes. It’s just a joy to sort of get to say his words. The second I read it, I just wanted to do it. I remember Brian Percival as well talking about it was I think it might even be the day that we shot the train scene. And he was talking about Tristan and his sort of arrival into the series. And he said that the show sort of basically has two first episodes, and that the first episode, you know, Nick, who plays James gets to Darrowby and he gets settled and he finds his footing in this sort of in this veterinary practice. And in the second, Tristan comes out and completely upsets the entire balance that he’s sort of settled in in episode one. And it’s like a new thing from there. I think that’s such a good way of putting it. He’s like a hurricane that comes in and disrupts everything that’s that’s sort of initially been laid down. And yeah, it was fun. Playing someone is sort of like chaotic is on screen, you know.