Nicholas Lyndhurst isn’t moving to Hollywood for good.
The 63-year-old actor best known for his role as Rodney Trotter in the classic British sitcom Only Fools and Horses has now swapped the UK for the US.
It is to appear as Alan Cornwall in Frasier opposite Kelsey Grammar, but the Only Fools legend has insisted that he will only be there for the single project.
He told Radio Times.com: “I’m just here for the duration of the show. I’ll go home to the UK afterwards, but it’s absolutely wonderful to be here for now.
“I’m in my mid-60s at this stage of my career, I wasn’t expecting to be walking through the gates of Paramount Pictures every morning. I probably pinch myself every 20 minutes in this job, because working with Kelsey and working in this building is heart-stoppingly wonderful.”
The Goodnight Sweetheart star also noted how different it is working on a US sitcom as opposed to one that goes into production in Britain, as he noted that “daily changes” can take place right up until the moment the studio audience arrives to take their seats.
He said: “The writing team is big here, and the rewrites happen every day. In the UK, if we were shooting in front of an audience on a Sunday, we’d lock in the script on a Friday, at the latest. At that point, you’d have at least a day to figure out what you’re doing!”
His comments come after his Frasier co-star Kelsey, 69, heaped praise on the sitcom legend over their time working together. He told Deadline: “Nick Lyndhurst. He’s stealth warfare. He is just the sneakiest most talented actor I’ve ever worked with.
“We worked together in London on the musical, Man of La Mancha [in 2019]. We made plans to get [our partners] together and we became best friends. So when the idea of Frasier having a best friend came into the mix, it was always Nicholas.
“I asked him when we were back in England if he’d like to be in the new Frasier. He said, ‘Are you kidding? I would do anything to work with you again every day for the rest of my life.’ The feeling is mutual.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
