over your character? i mean, what happens if you don t think a storyline s right for brian? well, i m afraid you bite the bullet and say the words. actors are given the scripts, in television, they learn them and, us, we turn the pages over silently, reading them. and sometimes if we don t like the story, we say it. well, we say it anyway cos we re getting paid. but i ve always thought with the archers, for me, joining all those years ago, that the writers didn t know who brian was. in 1974, i was a vehicle to marryjennifer, and there was no cv. he was a cardboard cutout going out with this woman. and i said to the producer, look, you ve got to make brian have some history. and he went, yes! so the next time i was in an episode, i was having a drink with tony archer, and he said, where do you come from, brian? he said, oh, i was in paris studying, and then my parents
and i said to the producer, look, you ve got to make brian have some history. and he went, yes! so the next time i was in an episode, i was having a drink with tony archer, and he said, where do you come from, brian? he said, oh, i was in paris studying, and then my parents were killed in the car crash, and so i inherited a lot of money. and i d been a farmer when i was younger, and so i brought home farm. now, can i buy you another pint? there we go character, right there in four easy lines! character development. i love it! but over the years, it develops. and i personally think, and i would say this to young actors who join the archers, and i wonder if it applies to television phil would know that when i started playing brian, i tried to bring something more to the character than the writers had initially thought themselves, to give them a hook and think, ooh, that s exciting! and so i did actually put in a sort of slightly.
with the archers, for me, joining all those years ago, that the writers didn t know who brian was. in 1974, i was a vehicle to marry jennifer, and there was no cv. he was a cardboard cutout going out with this woman. and i said to the producer, look, you ve got to make brian have some history. and he went, yes! so the next time i was in an episode, i was having a drink with tony archer, and he said, where do you come from, brian? he said, oh, i was in paris studying, and then my parents were killed in a car crash, and so i inherited a lot of money. and i d been a farmer when i was younger, and so i bought home farm. now, can i buy you another pint? there we go character, right there in four easy lines! character development. i love it! but over the years, it develops. and i personally think, and i would say this to young actors whojoin the archers, and i wonder if it applies
like the story, we say it. well, we say it anyway cos we re getting paid. but i ve always thought with the archers, for me, joining all those years ago, that the writers didn t know who brian was. in 1974, i was a vehicle to marry jennifer, and there was no cv. he was a cardboard cutout going out with this woman. and i said to the producer, look, you ve got to make brian have some history. and he went, yes! so the next time i was in an episode, i was having a drink with tony archer, and he said, where do you come from, brian? he said, oh, i was in paris studying, and then my parents were killed in a car crash, and so i inherited a lot of money. and i d been a farmer when i was younger, and so i bought home farm. now, can i buy you another pint? there we go character, right there in four easy lines! character development. i love it! but over the years, it develops.