Returning this week... Brassic, Sky Max, Wednesday, 10pm
Sky’s biggest original comedy returns brasher and bolder than ever. In the last season of Brassic, fans were left with a cliff-hanger: What did Erin whisper to Vinnie before he got arrested? The answer to this and much more will be revealed in season three!
In a daring and in-your-face start to the series, Vinnie finally gets released from prison and with the newly promoted Detective Carl Slater watching his every move, he is doing his best to lie low.
But when an eager Farmer Jim comes knocking on his shack with a very lucrative fast-cash job, he finds it impossible to refuse.
Soon the gang are back together doing what they do best - cooking up a scheme and causing full-on chaos.
We caught up with star and co-creator of the serie, Joe Gilgun, who plays Vinnie.
How proud are you of the world you’ve created with Brassic?
For me, it’s everything. It’s loosely stories about my life, it’s my dad, it’s my mental health, it’s the pills I’m on. You know, it means a lot. And the big fear for me always is, are people going to understand this, or do I just come across as a **** ? You can’t control what people think of you. And it’s one of the worst feelings as a human being, It’s that thing of just wanting to be liked. I just want people to like me even though I’m messed up. Do you know what I mean? It’s an ego thing!
Even with your success it seems
there’s an element of imposter syndrome?
Oh, ******* right there is! I mean, it’s bad for me. Really, really bad. Like, I assume that every single person I meet is much, much older and wiser. Miles more experienced. The mad thing is, and I’m going to sound like a right idiot, but I’ve made my money now. I could disappear back to the woods, not do anything, and you know, just go and be homeless again.
Which I enjoyed doing, you know. I was happy doing that. But I still feel like an imposter even then. You know, if you’re sat firmly in your comfort zone, you then start panicking that it’s all going to be taken away from you, but then when you’re out of your comfort zone you’re panicking that everyone will think you’re **** , so you can’t win! I think part of being human is just that constant struggle.
The good thing is you’ve got a team on Brassic, both cast and crew, who love it and will do whatever it takes to make it brilliant every series…
Yeah, it’s like, “Where’s that rule book?
**** it, throw it outthe window!” We’re a good team, mad, the lot of us, but I love every single one of them. It’s the hard work of every single one of them that gets this show on the road. I couldn’t do it without them. And I was nervous this time around, having more episodes, there’s pressure in that.
I get people want more, but sometimes it’s nice to leave them wanting more. It’s scary trying to meet expectations, but sometimes you just have to take that leap of faith!
Do you think you’ve upped the ante for series three?
I do, yeah. Some of the criminality I got up to was heavier than just nicking bees, you know. So what do we do? Do we go with it, or do we pull it back? Well, you know, that’s not reality. You have to up the ante a little bit and do something different each year. It has to be a different album by the same band. I sat in a room with the cast and I just said, “Look, we’ll never fail as long as you’re here, every one of you is here, we’ll never fail. Ever.” I swear to God almighty, I will never ever put out a **** episode. I’ll run off before I do that. I can’t stand the idea of being that guy who just does it for the sake of it. It’s almost like, don’t get too big for your boots. Remember where you come from. And remember that the engine we’ve got, it’s not broken. Don’t be fixing it if it isn’t broke. We’re winning races every time. We’ve got a winning formula. Let’s not add extra tools or extra engine parts that just don’t need to be there, you know?