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Rob Brydon, the star of Gavin and Stacey, has shared some behind-the-scenes insights from his latest project, Amazon Prime Video's comedy-drama My Lady Jane, which offers a fresh take on the tale of England's shortest-reigning monarch, Lady Jane Grey.
In the series, Brydon takes on the role of Lord Dudley, sharing screen time with the likes of Anna Chancellor, Emily Bader, and Jim Broadbent. However, he confessed that Dominic Cooper, who portrays Lord Seymour, was one of the more "eccentric" characters on set.
In an exclusive chat with OK! Magazine, Brydon revealed that while the Mamma Mia star is "great company", he had a few "bizarre" habits during filming. "Dom is a real character. He's eccentric and he's highly strung, wonderful company, but well," he said, with co-star Anna Chancellor chiming in: "He's always doing something."
Dominic Cooper left Rob unimpressedBrydon continued: "That's it - he's always doing something! He never sits still. I'll tell you what he's doing - changing his clothes. So you get to the end of a take. Well, we're going to stay in our clothes, right? Obviously, until they reset, he's taking off his shoes, putting big trainers on, pulling over sweatpants, taking off the multi-buttoned jacket," he laughs. "Bizarre behaviour! There's always people fussing around him in between things."
Anna, who plays Lady Jane's mother Lady Frances Grey, added: "He loves to know what's going on with catering. He's like, 'You'll never guess what they've got around there.' He knows everyone - all the drivers, the security. He's been around the block. And then sometimes because he wants not to be talked to. So he puts 'Don't talk to me' on his trailer because he wants to sleep. He is good company though."
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Adapted from the novel of the same name, My Lady Jane tells the tale of the English noblewoman who narrowly escapes execution just nine days into her reign and instead finds herself in a romantic comedy with her soon-to-be husband Lord Guildford Dudley (portrayed by Edward Bluemel).
Rob Brydon takes on the role of Guildford's father Lord Dudley - a villainous character orchestrating his son's marriage to the future Queen of England to elevate his family's status in the Royal court. "I tend to play good-hearted people," Rob admitted.
"I think Dudley has a heart in there but he's trying to keep his family afloat. You always hear people saying, 'It's fun playing the baddie.' I've done it once or twice in my career, not that anybody's ever noticed it," he confessed. "I played a bad guy in a Napoleon thing and I really enjoyed that and I thought it would lead onto other things but it didn't."