A little back-story to this clip.
Richard Ayoade’s father abandoned him and his mother during a fire when he was a child, and when Ayoade started acting and making a name for himself, he tried to avoid fire at all costs.
Rich co-wrote this episode and Chris O’Dowd who plays Roy on the show had this to say about the scene:
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Rich was actually supposed to call the fire department and act scared like anyone else would and there was originally an alternate scene that was supposed to happen, but he actually completely added way more than what was supposed to be said, and did all of his own dialogue. The e-mail at the end of this scene is completely genuine and this was a stepping stone in Rich’s career where he started to take on the; do what feels, sounds, and looks right approach to his acting.
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