0:00:02 > 0:00:05Hi... Hi. Welcome. I'm Warwick Davis.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08With me, Ricky Gervais.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Am I not leading this?
0:00:10 > 0:00:14Cos I'm just doing like you do. This is for my website.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16No, you are and it's brilliant.
0:00:16 > 0:00:22- You're supposed to go "hi" and acknowledge that.- I was going to. - You were ready for that? OK.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Start again.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Hi, um, welcome...
0:00:26 > 0:00:31- Hmm.- What's that?- Don't say, "Hi, um..." "Um" after the first word?
0:00:31 > 0:00:35- OK.- Think what you're going to say and say it. Articulate.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38- And be warm. - You do plenty of "ums".
0:00:39 > 0:00:44- Right...- Did he just answer back then to Ricky Gervais?- Sounds like it.- Hang on a minute.
0:00:44 > 0:00:50- Oh! OK...- Listen, I've been in the business 30 years. How long have you been acting?
0:00:50 > 0:00:53- That's a fair point. He's got you. - Thank you.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Hello, I'm Warwick Davis and welcome...
0:00:57 > 0:01:03- Oh!- Would I say "viewers"?- What are you asking me for? I haven't been acting as long as you.
0:01:03 > 0:01:09- What does my opinion matter? You've been in the business 30 years. - "Hello, readers?" Yeah, "readers".
0:01:09 > 0:01:12- You seem to know it all. - "Fans." That's good.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18- He...- Oh!- Don't look at me! - A mistake before the first word!
0:01:18 > 0:01:22- That's got to be some sort of record.- Don't even look!
0:01:22 > 0:01:26- A mistake before he opened his mouth to speak!- Yeah.- That's amazing.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28PHONE RINGS
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Hello, Dwarfs For Hire?
0:01:44 > 0:01:49- I don't know where to turn. There's no work coming in at the minute.- OK.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53- Are you doing any more Extras perhaps? Maybe we could...- No.
0:01:53 > 0:01:58- What else are you working on at the minute?- Just other TV and film and, you know...
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Any actors required for that?
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Actors? Do you need actors?
0:02:04 > 0:02:07We will need actors at some point.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09- But not necessarily...- Not...
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Life's Too Short is a fake documentary,
0:02:12 > 0:02:16- starring this little fella, Warwick Davis.- Thanks very much.
0:02:16 > 0:02:21- You may recognise him from Return Of The Jedi.- They wouldn't. His face was covered up.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23People know, people know.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26You played that android again completely in a...
0:02:26 > 0:02:33- Marvin.- It wasn't even your voice in the end. Alan Rickman overdubbed it. That could be anyone there.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Willow, that was about 30 years ago, wasn't it?
0:02:36 > 0:02:42- No-one really saw it.- How old were you then?- 17.- 17?- It's still a valid credit, whenever it was done.
0:02:42 > 0:02:48- Extras. That's where people know him from.- It wasn't clear if he was playing himself.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50He was just a dwarf I kicked in the face.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55- You shit!- What are you doing?- What do you think I've got this ring for?
0:02:55 > 0:03:00- You're a Hobbit?- You fat shit! - I don't know what the rules are for fighting him.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03That usually works in cartoons.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09No, no, no, no. Accidental...
0:03:09 > 0:03:12kn..kn...knee.
0:03:12 > 0:03:18The character in Life's Too Short, Warwick Davis, is very different to the real Warwick Davis.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22The Warwick Davis in the show, his life's out of control, basically.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26He's had a taste of success, but it's all going horribly wrong.
0:03:26 > 0:03:32His marriage has failed. He was arrogant, selfish. She doesn't want to know him any more.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37He wants her back, but only because he wants to win, not because he loves her.
0:03:37 > 0:03:43- I'll tell you what happened. What happened was he thought... - What did I think? Mystic Meg here!
0:03:43 > 0:03:49He thought he could do better than me. He thought he could trade me in for a taller, more beautiful model.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- But he couldn't.- I could have. I didn't want to.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- He did try.- I just didn't want to cos I'm faithful.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59- He's back, but it's too late.- No, it doesn't have to be.- It's over.
0:03:59 > 0:04:04The lawyer who's overseeing the divorce between Warwick and his wife
0:04:04 > 0:04:08is a guy called Ian Wold who's got his feet well under the table.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- Are you wearing slippers?- Yes.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16- Is it normal practice to be round a client's house wearing slippers? - Everyone's different.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21What lawyer wears slippers? I've just never seen that before.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25They didn't wear slippers on LA Law. Perry Mason never had slippers on.
0:04:25 > 0:04:31As Ironside, he never had slippers on and he was in a wheelchair. He didn't need shoes and he wore shoes.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34He's got the worst accountant ever.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37- Have you spoken to the Inland Revenue?- Yes.
0:04:37 > 0:04:44They are not pressing charges. I convinced them that you really didn't know what you were doing.
0:04:44 > 0:04:50- You're my accountant. You're the one that's supposed to tell me if I owe tax.- Yeah, yeah, I know.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54The figure they said I owed was 250,000. Where are we now?
0:04:54 > 0:04:58I was cheeky, I said he won't do it again, it went a bit back and forth,
0:04:58 > 0:05:01and the figured I arrived at was £50,000.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03£50,000? That's great.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Wait, no. They said "no" to that. A very definite "no".
0:05:07 > 0:05:10So what was the figure you agreed on?
0:05:10 > 0:05:16- £250,000.- That's what they wanted to start with. That's not negotiating. You've just agreed with them!
0:05:16 > 0:05:22Yes, all right, but they are the tax people. They understand your accounts better than me.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24I'm not going to argue with them.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29He's got the worst PA assistant. She's working there because her parents want her out of the house
0:05:29 > 0:05:35- and they said she can live rent-free if she doesn't come home till six. - Brainstorming. I'll make some notes.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38I'll start with number one.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41OK, in your own time...
0:05:42 > 0:05:48- The company is called Dwarfs For Hire. Is that right?- Yes, it is.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- Can't you do other stuff apart from acting?- Yeah. Such as?
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- Chimney sweep.- Chimney sweep? Why am I suddenly doing that?
0:05:55 > 0:05:59- It used to be children, didn't it? - 100 years ago, yeah.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04- It's cruel to send children up there nowadays. - But not to send a dwarf up there?
0:06:04 > 0:06:09- No, because you're an adult, aren't you? Oh, are you not? I thought you were an adult.- Of course I am.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14I'm also a businessman and I've been in big films. Why am I running up chimneys?
0:06:14 > 0:06:17- It's the worst situation in the world.- Absolutely.
0:06:17 > 0:06:23You're divorcing the wife. The lawyer doing it is going out with her and divorcing you.
0:06:23 > 0:06:28The worst PA and the worst accountant in the world. His only hope is us.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32- Can you write me a film?- What film? - I don't know. You have the idea.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Can we have the idea later? We're snowed under at the moment.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- Sorry.- You know what I mean? - Yeah, I understand.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46That's an excuse, a conduit to get him to meet all these A-listers
0:06:46 > 0:06:49who in our world just come and hang out in our office.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54'Liam Neeson decides that he's going to try and do some comedy.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58'Excruciating. One of the favourite sketches we've ever written, I think.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01'Today, I was shooting a scene'
0:07:01 > 0:07:04with Ricky and Stephen and Warwick Davis...
0:07:07 > 0:07:09..where I play myself
0:07:09 > 0:07:13who is coming into the office to see the guys
0:07:13 > 0:07:17who have kindly agreed to see me because I want to break into comedy.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21Here's some of the stuff I'd like to work on.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Improv, stand-up comedy,
0:07:24 > 0:07:29funny monologues, crazy characters, sketches,
0:07:29 > 0:07:31slapstick, anecdotes, parody.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37You noticed this list? I'm always making lists.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Right.
0:07:39 > 0:07:45In fact, that's probably why Steven Spielberg cast me as Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48I said, "Steven, I make lists all the time."
0:07:48 > 0:07:52And he said, "That's exactly what I'm looking for."
0:07:52 > 0:07:54LAUGHTER
0:07:54 > 0:08:01- What's funny?- Weren't you joking about getting the part of Oskar Schindler cos you made lists?- No.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04It's a beautifully written scene. It was very funny.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08The first time I read it, I was just splitting my sides with laughter,
0:08:08 > 0:08:14then I thought I have to go through with this and I'm not going to be able to keep a straight face
0:08:14 > 0:08:19because I'm a laugher, I laugh at the drop of a hat.
0:08:19 > 0:08:25And, um... But it was nice because Ricky, Stephen and Warwick made me feel very, very at home
0:08:25 > 0:08:29and Ricky...corpses as much as I do,
0:08:29 > 0:08:33which was lovely, it was very reassuring.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35225, take one. A and B cameras.
0:08:35 > 0:08:40- Knock-knock.- Come in.- Hello. - Hi. What seems to be the problem?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42ALL START LAUGHING
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Oh, I was doing so well.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Knock-knock.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57SNIGGERING
0:08:57 > 0:08:59He closed his eyes.
0:08:59 > 0:09:04He closed his eyes like it's the most important piece that's ever been acted!
0:09:04 > 0:09:05OK...
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- TAKES DEEP BREATH - Knock-knock.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- Come in.- Hello.- Hi.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17- What seems to be the problem? - As I said before, I've got full-blown AIDS.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19THEY LAUGH LOUDLY
0:09:19 > 0:09:21We're never going to get that...
0:09:21 > 0:09:24He's doing his... Oh!
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Johnny Depp confronts me about some of my Golden Globe comments.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33- Here they are, the lads. - Hi.- Hello.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- I've been popping in every other day to see you guys.- Seems like it.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41- Have you met before? Johnny, this is Stephen.- Hello. Nice to meet you.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- And Ricky.- I remember him from the Golden Globes.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46- Hi.- Yeah...
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Ricky invited me to do something on his show
0:09:49 > 0:09:53which would, you know, give me the opportunity to...
0:09:54 > 0:09:56..yeah, smack him around a little.
0:09:56 > 0:10:01What is nastier than Ricky Gervais's jokes? His teeth!
0:10:03 > 0:10:09Why do people take an instant dislike to Ricky Gervais? Because it saves time! Ha-ha-ha!
0:10:10 > 0:10:15I think he enjoyed it. I think he liked being smacked around.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20'Warwick thinks he's got this great part on a film with Helena Bonham Carter
0:10:20 > 0:10:23'and it doesn't turn out quite how he thinks.'
0:10:23 > 0:10:26I love Warwick. I worked with him on Harry Potter.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30He talked about it when I was dressed up as Bellatrix and him as Griphook.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34He said, "I think I'm going to do this comedy series with Ricky."
0:10:34 > 0:10:36It's so nice that it's happening.
0:10:36 > 0:10:42When I walked on set, I thought, "There are even more people than on a Harry Potter set," and I was scared.
0:10:42 > 0:10:48But then you realise half of them are fake, but you couldn't work out which ones were fake, which ones were real.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52It was a bit surreal, but you know, it was good fun.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56- Miss Fairfax, I'm scared. - But fear is what makes you a man.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00You cannot have courage without fear. I want you to remember that.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Then I must be a brave man, for..
0:11:03 > 0:11:07- I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I can't. - Cut, cut! What's the problem?
0:11:07 > 0:11:13- Um...- What?- It's just really hard to act opposite this, given the way it looks.
0:11:13 > 0:11:18- Yeah, OK.- I can't have its face staring at me like that.- "It"?!
0:11:18 > 0:11:22- He worms his way into this charity event run by Sting.- Our host, Sting!
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Over here, please.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28I got an email from Ricky Gervais,
0:11:28 > 0:11:32I think about a week after his Golden Globes success.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Would you call it a success?
0:11:34 > 0:11:37I immediately responded, "Fuck off!"
0:11:37 > 0:11:42- How long would you sponsor a child like this for? - Usually till they're 18.
0:11:42 > 0:11:4418?! Whoa, OK...
0:11:44 > 0:11:46How old is she now?
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- Um, she's seven.- Seven?- Mm-hm.- Wow!
0:11:49 > 0:11:52A lot of them don't live till they're 18, do they?
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- That is the tragedy.- Yeah, it's...
0:11:55 > 0:11:59So she might not last till she's, I don't know, 12?
0:11:59 > 0:12:03- Well, with your help, she will. - Will she?- Mm-hm.- Good. That's good, isn't it?
0:12:03 > 0:12:06'It was fun to do.'
0:12:06 > 0:12:11I mean, I had the piss taken out of me mercilessly, but it's good for me.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15Where do I sign, Stingbo? Just there?
0:12:17 > 0:12:23- We've done a cameo with Steve Carell who, because of my big mouth, we get into a lot of trouble.- Mm-hm.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Does that sound possible?
0:12:25 > 0:12:31- We're in LA Thursday if you want to do dinner, have a chat?- That sounds great. I'd love to.- Brilliant.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36- See you then.- See ya.- OK, good. See you later.- Bye.- Bye.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38I must say...
0:12:38 > 0:12:43It makes me laugh a bit that he's a household name because of the show
0:12:43 > 0:12:46and now I've got to beg him to do the odd guest spot.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50- He should be begging ME. Luckiest fucking actor in the world!- Yeah.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Yeah.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Are you still there, Steve?
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Yeah.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Sorry, man. I thought I'd hung up.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01No. No, you didn't.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05That's it. Welcome. Come on in. Shut the door now.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Here we go. Everyone, over here. Look at this!
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Look who it is! It's only the beautiful Cat Deeley! Yeah?
0:13:13 > 0:13:17When I first got the call about the show, I was slightly nervous about it
0:13:17 > 0:13:21because I've seen some of the other shows and they're brilliant,
0:13:21 > 0:13:25but sometimes they're close to the mark, so I was a little nervous.
0:13:25 > 0:13:31Then I read the few pages I did today and I loved them, laugh-out-loud, hilariously funny.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Cat Deeley, everyone!
0:13:33 > 0:13:35MUTED APPLAUSE
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Could you be slightly more polite? That's like you hate her.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42LAUGHTER
0:13:42 > 0:13:47"I've hated Cat Deeley for many fucking years and now she's turned up to my party!"
0:13:50 > 0:13:54He runs an agency which Warwick does in real life,
0:13:54 > 0:13:58but in this one, he's taken the best jobs for himself.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03- He's ripping off other dwarf actors. - Hello.- We're worried there's a conflict of interest.
0:14:03 > 0:14:09- If the phone rings, we don't know if you're representing us or taking the best roles for yourself.- He's not.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- The phone never rings.- Yes, it does.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17In the script, Warwick is being confronted by his clients
0:14:17 > 0:14:21and they're fed up getting awful roles, being fired from cannons.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26His nemesis Anthony has done this rousing speech on a local news slot, saying,
0:14:26 > 0:14:32"You shouldn't be ridiculed if you're a dwarf. You should be doing roles like Hamlet and Chaucer."
0:14:32 > 0:14:37They go along with this and they make Warwick make a show reel for them
0:14:37 > 0:14:42and the things they choose to show-reel are inappropriate.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- 352, take one. - And action.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48OK. Brokeback Mountain, take one.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53- I love you.- Don't tell my wife. - Don't disturb the horses.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57- Where did you get this tent from? - Millets.
0:14:57 > 0:15:03And cut. Now I'd never get an actor to do anything I wouldn't do myself,
0:15:03 > 0:15:07so let me show you what I mean. Merch, come here.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Ready?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14- Ready?- Yep!- OK.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Oh...I love you.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23- Don't tell my wife.- No. And don't frighten the horses, either.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28- Where'd you get the tent?- Millets! It's Millets.- Great. Really good.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Thank you.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37- This is like the Generation Game. - LAUGHTER
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Now they have a go.
0:15:41 > 0:15:48STEPHEN: 'Warwick is also Vice Chairman of a society for small people.'
0:15:48 > 0:15:55But he'd rather be Chairman, which means he's never really happy when he's at those meetings.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58He always tries to steal the limelight.
0:15:58 > 0:16:03I see our struggle exactly like the Civil Rights movement in America.
0:16:03 > 0:16:09Of the two of us, I'm more like Martin Luther King. I've got the charisma and a way with words.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13But that's not to say Anthony's not got an important role to play,
0:16:13 > 0:16:17but he's more of a run-of-the-mill coloured chap.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22Yes, I take all the glory and go down in history, but he's not getting shot in the head.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Swings and roundabouts.
0:16:24 > 0:16:31- Money-grabbing, egotistical... - But somehow Warwick's natural warmth and humanity seems to excuse
0:16:31 > 0:16:35- all of his terrible behaviour. - Well, comedy is about empathy.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39I do like the flawed character.
0:16:39 > 0:16:45We love life's losers, but they're trying. If you didn't care, it wouldn't be interesting.
0:16:45 > 0:16:51If he succeeded, it wouldn't be funny. So you have to have a bit of everything.
0:16:51 > 0:16:57He has to have flaws, but it has to be grounded in humanity. You have to care for him a bit
0:16:57 > 0:17:02or at least like to watch him fall over, sometimes literally.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18LAUGHTER
0:17:18 > 0:17:24I really enjoy that element, that slapstick. To be allowed to do that has been really great.
0:17:24 > 0:17:31- I don't think you see it often enough now on TV anyway.- It's just funny.- And works with the character.
0:17:31 > 0:17:37It's always at the point when everything's going fairly well and he thinks this is his moment.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41When he gets his comeuppance, he's usually showing off.
0:17:44 > 0:17:49If she comes over, don't say you're my date. Say you're my sister.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Oh! Ah!
0:18:07 > 0:18:11Wow! Did you see that? Just... Didn't quite manage it there.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Whoof.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17Get this cleared up. She's going. Bye!
0:18:17 > 0:18:24The Office reflected those quaint, old-fashioned docu-soaps that found ordinary people
0:18:24 > 0:18:29- going about their lives who became sort of famous.- Mm-hm.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33- Maureen from Driving School. - Exactly. Jeremy Spake.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37But this one is much more modern. It reflects these harsher ones,
0:18:37 > 0:18:42where people live their life like an open wound to get a bit more fame.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44It's a little bit awkward, this.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49I don't want to put you on the spot, but I'm getting a bit desperate.
0:18:49 > 0:18:56I wonder if you could... maybe give me five grand, just to live on?
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Treat it like a charity donation.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02- But you're not a charity, Warwick. - As good as. You know...
0:19:02 > 0:19:07I've got no work, no money, I'm homeless. I am a charity case.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09'The camera's often a catalyst'
0:19:09 > 0:19:14- for that as well. He's in a corner AND there's a camera there.- Yeah.
0:19:14 > 0:19:21He's signed with the devil. He said, "Yeah, make me famous and I'll do anything you want."
0:19:21 > 0:19:22OK.
0:19:22 > 0:19:28- I found it. Simple. It's just a couple of tubes. - You'd make a good plumber.
0:19:28 > 0:19:34- You could get in all the little crevices, couldn't you? - Yeah, I could, couldn't I?
0:19:34 > 0:19:40- Something for when the acting work dries up.- Why would you say that in front of...?
0:19:40 > 0:19:43'One reason we went back'
0:19:43 > 0:19:49to the documentary style is when we finished The Office we were exhausted by its limitations.
0:19:49 > 0:19:54We'd run out of steam. But after a while we got itchy to go back because it offers...
0:19:54 > 0:19:59Obviously, it offers an automatic sense of realism and naturalism
0:19:59 > 0:20:02that just feeds into the believability of the world.
0:20:02 > 0:20:08A faux pas is embarrassing when it happens, but it's usually with one or two people.
0:20:08 > 0:20:13- This is going out around the world. - It's a constant witness to every humiliation.
0:20:13 > 0:20:20It's good for the audience. When someone looks down a lens, it brings them into their embarrassment.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24They feel the pain...of someone getting caught doing something.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- What is this, then?- A documentary.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32- What? About...?- About me, yeah.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40- That's good exposure.- That's what I thought. It's all good.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46- See you later.- Yeah, see you later.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51People have already made their mind up that this is a cruel comedy
0:20:51 > 0:20:56because there's a little person involved, so it has to be cruel.
0:20:56 > 0:21:03- It couldn't be further from the truth.- A lot of people keep saying to me, "You're being controversial."
0:21:03 > 0:21:10- It never occurred to me that it was. - It's not a controversial subject. - Do you feel it is?- Not at all.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13This character... It's incidental that he's short.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18- Absolutely. It... Yeah. - It just happens that I play him.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Warwick Davis exists. This is what he looks like.
0:21:21 > 0:21:28It's not... We haven't got an actor and put shoes on their knees and made them walk around
0:21:28 > 0:21:32doing jokes about being small. You know...
0:21:32 > 0:21:35- He tried it, but... - I wanted this part.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- Warwick?- Yeah?
0:21:45 > 0:21:48- Hi. I'm Amy.- Hello.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Will you excuse me for a minute?
0:21:57 > 0:22:02Come here. She's a dwarf! She kept that quiet, didn't she?
0:22:02 > 0:22:07There's no clue in that picture. That should be a full body shot.
0:22:07 > 0:22:13With her stood next to a matchbox, like when they show how big a moth is. There's no clue there!
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Where's the arms?!
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Sneaky.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21There's a lot of rich material that is very funny,
0:22:21 > 0:22:22but it's not funny in the way of,
0:22:22 > 0:22:27"Ha ha! They're freakish. Let's point and laugh AT them,"
0:22:27 > 0:22:30which I've seen a lot of in comedy.
0:22:30 > 0:22:35It's actually coming from a place of, "OK, what's the point of view?"
0:22:35 > 0:22:42Having consulted and talked with and learnt a little bit about the world of, where is the humour in it?
0:22:42 > 0:22:48And where is the humour in, you know, the kind of social situations?
0:22:48 > 0:22:54Not just pointing and laughing at somebody who's grossly deformed and thinking that's hilarious.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56It comes from a smarter place.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01Shall we try it again and this time don't presume you know who I'm meeting.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08- Hi, sir.- Hello. I'm here to meet a woman.- OK.
0:23:08 > 0:23:14- What is the choice of women tonight? - We have two waiting.- You just point them out and I'll tell you.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18- There's the tall lady over there... - Don't mention size.- Or that lady.
0:23:18 > 0:23:23- Oh, yeah. There she is. - OK, so you are meeting her.
0:23:23 > 0:23:29What was brilliant in your writing was you picked up on prejudices that the world has towards...
0:23:29 > 0:23:33people who are different, but certainly people who are small.
0:23:33 > 0:23:39You really got into the head of somebody who is small, my character, and showed the world from my view
0:23:39 > 0:23:44'and how other people can often be in the way they react towards me.'
0:23:44 > 0:23:48- Sorry to bother you. Can I get a picture?- Anything for a fan.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52- Fan?- Yeah. - Fan of what?- Fan of me.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- Why? Who are you? - Warwick Davis, famous actor.
0:23:56 > 0:24:03- If you don't know who I am, why do you want a picture?- Cos it's funny, a dwarf carrying a box.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07- Do you mind if I film you?- Why?! - Cos that's even funnier.
0:24:07 > 0:24:13It's not a show that has relentless jokes about being small. It's not about that.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15He's got a small man complex.
0:24:15 > 0:24:23- Would you like me to get it down for you?- No!- I can get it.- No! It's fine. I can manage.
0:24:28 > 0:24:34'Warwick, what has the experience of playing yourself, but not yourself been like?'
0:24:34 > 0:24:38The character is far removed from me, you know.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43I haven't got a huge ego. I don't crave fame and attention.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45But it's been really fun.
0:24:45 > 0:24:52And quite liberating in a way to play out all those things you often suppress as a person
0:24:52 > 0:24:55because of politeness. It's fun to play.
0:24:55 > 0:25:00- Do you think I'm good looking?- Yeah. - Not just for a dwarf.- Yes.
0:25:00 > 0:25:05- It doesn't count cos you're a dwarf. - What?- Your standards are probably pretty low.
0:25:05 > 0:25:11- It's got a lot more flavours than our previous work. - There's the domestic side...- Yeah.
0:25:11 > 0:25:16We never had that in The Office. We never saw outside that office.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20There was a very defined sit in sitcom, The Office.
0:25:20 > 0:25:25Extras was very much about friendship with that backdrop of media,
0:25:25 > 0:25:31whereas here he's got his showbiz side, he's got his domestic side, his love life.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37His friends, his attitude, his ambitions.
0:25:37 > 0:25:43Everything is... He's just trying to get something. He'll try to take anything from the world.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50It was the wrong time for comedy.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Want to go into the toilet with me?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Are you getting all this?!
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- What are you doing?! - I put my arm round you.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00- Warwick hasn't bid yet.- Grass.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03What are your hopes for the future?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Sales and Marketing.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09He can't afford it. I'm his accountant.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11I'm a funny guy, aren't I?
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Yeah...definitely.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- Will these johnnies fit a dwarf? - What?- Got one here.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20- How can you not know Heigh-Ho? - Something about whisky?
0:26:20 > 0:26:25You're a disgusting little creature and I want to squash you.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- You got everything?- Yeah. - Got your special shampoo?- Yes1
0:26:28 > 0:26:31His real name's Gordon!
0:26:31 > 0:26:33- Give me a kiss.- Hmm...
0:26:33 > 0:26:38We've had a ball, haven't we? Eight weeks of sheer fun. Joking aside,
0:26:38 > 0:26:44- this little guy is amazing. - Brilliant.- He's the comedy sensation of this year, I think.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48That's very nice, coming from you. Thank you.
0:26:48 > 0:26:54Be good. Look after yourself. Right, Tom and Jerry, get in! I've had it with this pair.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57A couple of clowns! In!
0:27:13 > 0:27:18When are you going to say, "Cut"? It's a long way on little legs.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Let him walk!
0:27:25 > 0:27:31- Look, he's still going! He's still fucking going! - It's not fair! Don't!
0:27:31 > 0:27:37- I'm going to call "cut". - You're winding me up.- Wait 'til he gets to the end! What'll he do?
0:27:37 > 0:27:40RICKY LAUGHS
0:27:40 > 0:27:44- Oh, this is ridiculous!- Cut!
0:27:44 > 0:27:49I don't think I ever let her down in the bedroom department.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51- No...- You know, I...
0:27:51 > 0:27:58- I'd like to think that I always satisfied and, em...- Sorry! I'm out of character here!
0:27:58 > 0:28:01I couldn't do that!
0:28:01 > 0:28:04As far as I'm concerned, I gave 110%.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Every time. Quality job.
0:28:09 > 0:28:15- That was good. I was in trouble there.- "Quality job." He ticked the air.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19"Quality job." Ahh...do that again.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22- Keep driving.- OK.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28LAUGHTER
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Cut!
0:28:40 > 0:28:41Aaaah!
0:28:44 > 0:28:46Oh, my God...
0:28:47 > 0:28:48Oh, God!
0:28:48 > 0:28:50That's so childish.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52God.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55RICKY HOOTS WITH LAUGHTER