The Cast and the Castle Dani's Castle

So, Gabe, thanks for taking the time out to talk

to your fans about life as a dead recording artist.

That is quite all right, Master Rich.

The recently deceased, young and old alike, have plenty of time.

Eternity, almost.

Right, cracking on, Peter has just turned into a ghost

and he's asking, what do ghosts wear, if anything?

Peter!

Cheeky!

Well, clothing is not optional as a ghost,

it's bad enough being dead, but being stuck in this realm naked,

that's scary.

Don't paint a picture of it, he just wants to know what do you wear?

White is obviously my colour.

You can wear anything, really.

Trousers, shirts, belts.

But I'm also partial to a lacy cuff.

You know where you stand with a lacy cuff. It's regal,

it's robust, it's right, it's Gabe.

We've got a question from Maria on GhostlyBook,

and she's asked, have you ever seen Michael Jackson,

and if you have, would you duet with him?

I'm not familiar with the name,

but I'm sure my melodic compositions

would more than match anything he can produce.

You see, it's all about the rhythm.

SINGS

You either have it or you don't, and frankly, I've got it, to the max.

Right, join us next week

on Dead Famous live right here on the afternet.

# Bogmoor FM! #

Well, that was a real eye-opener.

No, this is an eye-opener.

A run of the mill ancient torture device. Just like Gabe.

It is one of the highest-rated shows on the afternet.

-What? Gabe's gabbling?

-Yeah, the public loved it.

I have got a great idea.

There's a surprise. What now, Lord Sugar?

You know the way we never watch real TV,

it's because we're stuck in our own little world. Why don't we film it?

Show the whole world what a real Big Brother is like?

And where are you going to get a camera for that?

Look directly into the camera right here.

Welcome to the Real World of Dani's Castle.

What are you doing, Master Richard?

Niall, don't worry about it, mate.

This is behind the scenes of our show.

Hiya. So I'm alive then?

-Yeah, man.

-And I'm Shannon.

-I'm Kieran.

-And I'm Jordan.

-And I'm Toby.

And we'll be showing you what life is like on the set, off the set

and around the set, so here we go.

It's pretty much go, go, go. We're on it all the time.

There's a big crew behind the camera

that you don't get to see when you're watching the show.

We get up to so much mischief, doing everything,

stuff that's really outside the box.

This is what I like doing and this job's been incredible.

All right, here we go, shooting.

Turning over.

Action.

Hi, my name is Jordan Brown and I play Esme in Dani's Castle.

The best thing about being an actor is the experience.

You get to meet loads of nice people,

do loads of cool and crazy, wacky things,

and it never gets tiring,

it's something that you'd always love to do.

My typical day in Dani's Castle is I get in

and I spend a long time in hair and make-up,

because I have to go from this into a ghost.

Hi, getting my face done on set.

Which is a long time,

but it's worth it in the end because I get to do so much cool stuff.

SHE SCREAMS

I love being a ghost.

In this series, I get to be alive for an episode

which is amazing,

because I've never been alive before,

so I get to go down and get new costume, new hair,

and I completely freaked.

I was like, "Oh, my God, new costume and everything!"

I see you haven't changed, Esme.

This is my episode 11 costume, when I'm alive in Castle Keep,

and everything is handmade, it is amazing.

It's kind of like my grandmother's house,

because she has this colour

hanging up on her curtains, in grandmother's bedroom,

and this is on the table all the time,

it's the table spreadsheet, it is insane.

Wigs, what you going to do with them?

This is the masquerade ball scene from episode 11, Castle Keep,

hope you like it.

Now, are you sure you're happy to do this, cousin Richard?

I don't want to force you

into anything you are not comfortable with.

-You know what, I'd rather not.

-What?

I didn't really mean...

-I'm only joking!

-So was I, Jester.

Stop joking around, you too. Jemima could be here any minute.

What does she actually look like?

She will be wearing a mask.

That really narrows it down, doesn't it?

Oh, and she will be carrying an ostrich feather fan.

Where's Master Richard?

Just over there, he's talking to Esme.

Right, wish me luck.

-There she is. That's Jemima.

-Quick, put your masks on.

Wish me luck.

CLEARS THROAT

SHE GIGGLES

Can I help you to some fruit punch, Miss...?

Kate.

Er, Linda.

Lady Kate-Linda Farquharson.

Delighted to make your acquaintance.

Ow!

Actually, I'm looking for Master Richard.

He is just over...

-This is Master Richard.

-What?

Oh, yes.

I thought you said Robert.

I am Richard. Rich.

-LONDON ACCENT:

-All right.

Well, in that case I will take that drink, thank you.

Sweet. No probs.

I can't bear to watch this.

The best thing about being an actor is playing a character,

I think playing a character is cool,

because you can come out your comfort zone,

do things that you never even think about doing.

Hi, I'm Richard and I play Rich in Dani's Castle.

I need banners, I need flyers, I need T-shirts.

I want everybody to know exactly what's going on.

In this series, I think my character has become sort of like a leader.

He's trying to keep the castle going, make money.

Why don't we open a restaurant at the castle?

We could build a water park out in the back garden.

Bogmoor Castle is going to host a wedding.

-Unbelievable.

-I know. I'm a genius.

Just have a good time doing it, more of a cheeky chappy.

Bit small, isn't it?

Small?! There's always one, isn't there?

Can be very cheeky at times, but hey, that's me.

Some of the scenes that we have to do is ridiculous.

Like, surprising Lindsey from Blue Peter, that was cool.

Erm, are those...?

Ghosts.

SHE SCREAMS

Sorry, not cool.

We was talking about it before and she was like,

"I'm not really too keen or acting, I love presenting," and I was like,

"Well, funny that, you're in the series of Dani's Castle.

She was like, "What?"

And I was like, "Yes, you've got 24 hours to learn your lines,

"and a dance routine, good luck with that."

I've got 24 hours to learn this script

and I can just see Lindsey written everywhere.

So that will be exciting, wish me luck.

I didn't think she believed me at first, but that was a lot of fun.

The best scene has got to be the pumpkin scene,

where me and Jimmy have to hide the pumpkin from Kate,

and it's not meant to be picked,

but Jimmy being a doughnut goes and picks it.

It is hilarious, literally, I was in stitches through the whole scene.

Don't know how we shot it, to be honest!

Good morning.

It's the judges. We need to get this out of here.

Slow down, it's too slippy.

Perhaps you shouldn't have polished it so much.

Have we not been this way before?

Have you seen this painting?

It's very old,

a bit like you, really.

PHONE BEEPS

The dress!

I can't hold it, it's slipping.

It's getting closer, I can feel it.

-Hold it.

-I'm doing it. Turn it.

Working in Ireland is amazing, I love Ireland.

I've been to Dublin before but it's my first time in Belfast.

Walking around the castle all day is ridiculous.

I'm still trying to get a photo

and catch some paranormal activity going on.

The castle is huge, and there's so much countryside,

and there's one place I need to visit in Ireland,

it is the Michael Jackson studio in Dublin, that he used with will.i.am.

When I finish I'm going to go there and stay there for a week,

it's going to be amazing.

1,400, take one.

Hello, my name is Toby Murray and I played Dylan in Dani's Castle.

Hello.

Now we're in Bogmoor's Got Talent.

Thank you very much, Toby, in you come.

Thank you, thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

I'm Dylan, the reptile comedian, and this is Trafford.

He's the world's first hip-hop bearded dragon.

That's right, he's a "raptile".

Badum tish!

Dylan absolutely loves amphibians and reptiles.

He has one bearded dragon called Trafford

and the two geckos called Drum and Bass.

I actually have a bearded dragon myself called Lucas,

so I'm better with the bearded dragons,

but my first glance at the geckos, I was a bit scared.

But I gave them a bit of a hold and I was much better.

Unfortunately, Dylan is a very strict Man U supporter.

HE SCREAMS

I am a Chelsea supporter,

and it's painful getting into those Man U pyjamas, I must say.

And also Trafford as well.

I would change his name to Demba Ba but then that's my choice.

Hi. What took you so long to answer the door?

My favourite scene is when Millie came, Fiona.

Basically, I'm trying to come up with plans to blush Millie here,

so she...

So I will fall dramatically in love with you.

That was just amazing fun to film

and me and Millie had such a good time with it.

What's up, babytron?

Where have you been?

I had to start on the wings myself.

And there have been some very strange things happening here.

Well, there's some very strange things happening in my heart too.

You hear that, boom bada boom? Beats for you, my little swag doll.

You're not like this at school.

At school, you're focused on your work.

Well, some things are more important than work.

Things like...

l'amour.

MUSIC: 'What's Going Down?' by Rascals

Dylan,

you crushed my moth thorax!

I'm sorry.

I was...

Oh, great, I've got moth paint all over my butt,

and these trousers aren't even mine.

The best thing about being an actor

is being transformed from myself to a different character,

and I love playing the differences,

because I think it's great,

it can just transform you into another world when you're acting.

-Can you teach me how to teleport and walk through walls?

-Sure.

I cannot believe another human has fallen in love with me.

If in doubt, swag it out.

Ssh!

I am never wearing one of these again.

Another scorcher, boys.

What a team, eh?

Hi, I'm Kieran, and I play Jimmy in Dani's Castle.

Being Jimmy is actually not that different than who I am as a person.

Apart from Jimmy is more clumsy.

What's for lunch?

And he says the word "swagalicious" more than I do.

Swagalicious.

With acting, I've been able to bring in my dance stuff

because I used to be part of a dance group called Switch.

That kind of helps, the training I did there,

kind of helped to bring it here.

In the Bogmoor's Got Talent scene,

I actually do the dance freestyle.

Kieran's dance moves are one of a kind.

The tricks that he does are insane.

I kind of just make it up on the spot as it goes along

and then try and remember it.

There's a few kind of set moves that I try and put in there,

like a few back spins and a few tricks

that I try and incorporate into each freestyle.

Then obviously through that you have the fitness side of it

which keeps you in good shape which is good.

The sit-ups and press-ups and running

and everything like that, and the right diet.

Yeah, baby.

In series two, my character's developed,

so I've been able to bring something new to the screen.

He's more comical this year, there's the episode where I dress up

as a girl with a wig and I've got make-up on,

and it's just for fun.

Last year I was a bit shy and timid,

I wouldn't really trust myself to pull it off,

whereas this year I was just like, "Hey, come on, let's go for it."

Arghh!

You're, erm...

You, er...

-Yes?

-You remind me of someone I know.

Really?

My favourite scene is from Boys V Girls,

and it's the scene where we're doing the assault course

where I'm running around like a crazy chicken,

jumping into ball pits,

and sliding through tunnels, so here you go.

Come on! Come on, Esme.

I'm stuck! I'm stuck!

Yeah!

Not fair.

I said I wouldn't teleport.

Didn't say anything about walking through doors.

Not fair.

I love being a ghost.

Five, six, seven, eight.

(One, two, three, four.)

Hi, I'm Shannon, and I play Kaitlyn.

The characters, I think, are so eccentric,

you just get to be funny all the time.

Everything you say is funny.

You couldn't organise an omelette in a henhouse, could you?

If we have a really, really busy day when we've got about five scenes,

and they're all three pages long,

and the poltergeist is in them,

all the cast is in them,

Gabe and Esme dematerialises,

that's another shot to do.

No, wait, Gabe.

We're all running about in random positions

and we've got to do about a million shots,

those are the worst days.

Call my agent, somebody ring my agent.

Though I say I don't like having the poltergeist in scenes,

I love those scenes because we have the leaf blower.

And we attach the leaf blower to the camera.

So when it's on you, you're being blown over and everything is crazy,

and I find them some of the funniest scenes to shoot

because we're all falling over and we're all laughing,

even though we're not supposed to be laughing,

we're supposed to be serious because the poltergeist is scary.

Oh, no!

Myself and my character

has had to take on a lot of responsibility this year.

Sometimes she's a bit of a buzz kill

because she has to be, like, "No, what a ridiculous idea."

Nope, not happening, not a chance, not in one million years.

Not even if I was marrying Prince William.

I'm quite a sarcastic person anyway,

and Kate is so sarcastic, so dry,

and I think that's what makes her funny

and I absolutely love playing her.

A favourite clip is in episode nine, Girl Trouble.

Gabe and Jimmy both think that Kate is in love with them,

so here is my favourite clip of this series, I hope you like it.

Come and help me choose a movie.

Love's Great Adventure.

A Heart As Big As A Mountain.

Jimmy, these are all soppy, romantic films.

I thought you were more of a... aliens and robots kind of guy.

Even robots can fall in love.

Thanks.

Look, Jimmy.

You know I like you.

And I like you too.

And, erm, and sometimes two friends...

..can become something more.

-Mm-hmm.

-But...

-Ssh.

Kate, it's OK, don't say anything,

I feel the same way.

Don't you knock?

-My apologies, I just need a moment with the Lady Kaitlyn.

-Yep.

What can I do for you, Gabe?

My lady, I like you very much.

And I like you too.

And sometimes friends may become something much, much more.

What is going on?

But I must tell you... that we cannot be together.

You're a human, I'm a ghost, I know from experience it just won't work.

Could not agree more.

I know this must be hard for you to take.

Given how you feel about me.

How I feel about you?

What are you talking about?

That you have feelings for me.

Whoa, hang on, old school, it's me she likes.

-I think you are mistaken.

-I think YOU'RE mistaken.

-It's me she likes.

No, she likes me.

I think we all know that it's me

-the human girls tend to fall in love with around here.

-Enough.

-I don't like either of you in that way.

-You don't?

-But I thought...

You thought wrong. Like, so wrong.

I mean, right is over here

and over there, way, way over there,

so far in the distance that you can't even see it, is Wrong Town.

And there is where you live.

Everybody's running about causing havoc

and I'm just sitting here calm, collected, ready for my scene,

because that's the way I work, I'm professional.

I'm Niall and I play Gabe in Dani's Castle.

This series, I am known as Gabe the babe, obviously.

# Oh, Gabe, Gabe

# Gabe is a babe. #

Stop it.

Last year was about establishing a lot of the characters,

this year we have been able to develop the characters,

so it's been very entertaining for me

to be able to create this new

gullible, lovable, untouchable Gabe.

Do not fear, the best man is here.

Master Dylan, how was school?

Don't want to talk about it.

Good job I'm a ghost. That could have been messy.

You come in each day and you are doing something different,

a different scene, it's not the same thing every day

and that's something I really enjoy.

The amount of people that you meet, especially on this set,

everybody is so close and that is another big part of being an actor.

On this show, it moves very fast.

There's two cameras,

so you're basically constantly always in shot,

you always have to be on the ball.

In Castle Keep, episode 11,

there was a flashback to the 18th century

and I got to be alive.

For a day.

So I got two new costumes, got all this white make-up off my face,

and I felt alive, it was brilliant.

(They are about to do a take, so shh.)

We got to shoot outside, the sun was shining,

and even the crew had a lovely time,

instead of being inside the castle all day.

So it was a lovely change for everybody, especially me.

What a jester.

My favourite scene has to be from ep 11, Castle Keep,

so if you missed it or you want to catch it again, here it is.

It's got to be somewhere.

Great news, Master Richard.

Have you lost something?

Is there a toilet in this place?

We'll give you some privacy.

You know what, I think I'll wait.

So, any good news?

Jemima has sent me a portrait.

So, what you think?

She looks really familiar.

Give me that.

Oh, great, she's pretty, you're going to mess this up.

I will not.

Of course you will, look at her, she's way out of your league.

You're right. What was I thinking?

I will call it off immediately whilst I still have my dignity.

Bit late for that!

In this series, I play another character called Roxy,

who is a mouse.

Roxy is completely crazy, high on life,

she's mad all the time, constantly coming up with stupid ideas,

and she's always playing tricks on Diego,

who's the other mouse that Richard plays.

Let me tell you about Diego! Diego is a grumpy old mouse.

What do you think?

I'd rather eat my own tail.

We have prosthetic noses on with whiskers,

and we have got all face paint and I have false eyelashes,

and we have got the big hood, full body suit.

A bit of privacy.

Which is the hottest thing I have ever experienced.

It's like being in a sauna for 24 hours.

I'm sure Beyonce never had to put up with this sort of abuse.

Seeing Shannon as a mouse was quite funny,

and I think we both just take the mick out of each other all day,

and just have fun with it, it's great.

I miss you guys. What's the latest Bogmoor gossip?

Even though I haven't been in front of the camera as much this year,

I've actually been on stage, which is great for me.

Because I'm an actor, I love playing all sorts of different characters,

and being on stage and having the audience right there,

the adrenaline rush, it's absolutely amazing.

But, I still miss TV quite a bit.

So hopefully I'll be back on the screen soon.

I managed to get my best friend in the whole entire world,

Darragh Mortell, back here with me in the castle.

Hello, CBBC. How are you doing?

I directed some of the online stuff

which you should be able to see now, or soon.

And I was very grateful for that. As you may know,

myself and Dani have been on CBBC for quite a long time now.

So I'd say one of the benefits now is watching the new talent come up.

-Absolutely.

-Planting the seeds.

-Watching them grow.

-Metaphors.

Guys, that's a wrap on series two. Thank you.

CHEERING

It's a wrap!

It's OK.

Stop laughing.

SHE MUMBLES

LAUGHTER

Where did you get that done?

Don't make me laugh!

Makes me laugh!