Post by The Manager on Jun 14, 2004 11:33:42 GMT
This from the man himself...
Did you prefer playing Rimmer or Brittas? Well Brittas really. Rimmer was always told he was bad at everything, whereas Brittas was told he was good at everything. And if I'm honest, both were pretty screwed up. Red Dwarf was different to shoot because we had to get everything just right. Doug Naylor always wanted it to be our best, he wanted perfection. Which meant it took a long time to make episodes. Red Dwarf was filmed at locations like pumping stations, you know, they were never attractive places to go. In all these situations it took a long, long time to make the show, sometimes you'd arrive at the studios at 7am and wouldn't get away 'till about 11pm. So, it was hard work to make Red Dwarf, whereas Brittas was, you know, the producer was so, you know, do two or three scenes, a couple after lunch and it was like "Right off you go." We always had an Indian summer down in Bournemouth where we used to shoot it. It was always, Marks and Spencer's jacket, trousers, really dead comfortable and easy. Mike, I always remember, the producer, was always saying, "We don't want to over rehearse it." With Red Dwarf by that time the rehearsal had hardly been going. So it was in many ways a much more comfortable show to do, The Brittas Empire, but at the end of the day it was a more conventional and if I'm honest about it, a less memorable show. It doesn't bear thinking about; they're dusting off what Chris Barrie did. It'll probably be Red Dwarf mentioned before Brittas because it's a more memorable show. I think Brittas is still an underestimated show. I think it was a lot better than a lot of people thought it was. Some very good, inventive plot ideas, I loved it.
The Whole interveiw can be found here:
www.ayme.org.uk/article.php?sid=13&id=23
Did you prefer playing Rimmer or Brittas? Well Brittas really. Rimmer was always told he was bad at everything, whereas Brittas was told he was good at everything. And if I'm honest, both were pretty screwed up. Red Dwarf was different to shoot because we had to get everything just right. Doug Naylor always wanted it to be our best, he wanted perfection. Which meant it took a long time to make episodes. Red Dwarf was filmed at locations like pumping stations, you know, they were never attractive places to go. In all these situations it took a long, long time to make the show, sometimes you'd arrive at the studios at 7am and wouldn't get away 'till about 11pm. So, it was hard work to make Red Dwarf, whereas Brittas was, you know, the producer was so, you know, do two or three scenes, a couple after lunch and it was like "Right off you go." We always had an Indian summer down in Bournemouth where we used to shoot it. It was always, Marks and Spencer's jacket, trousers, really dead comfortable and easy. Mike, I always remember, the producer, was always saying, "We don't want to over rehearse it." With Red Dwarf by that time the rehearsal had hardly been going. So it was in many ways a much more comfortable show to do, The Brittas Empire, but at the end of the day it was a more conventional and if I'm honest about it, a less memorable show. It doesn't bear thinking about; they're dusting off what Chris Barrie did. It'll probably be Red Dwarf mentioned before Brittas because it's a more memorable show. I think Brittas is still an underestimated show. I think it was a lot better than a lot of people thought it was. Some very good, inventive plot ideas, I loved it.
The Whole interveiw can be found here:
www.ayme.org.uk/article.php?sid=13&id=23
