Nicholas Lyndhurst wept on the set of the Frasier reboot because it was so emotional for him.
Hearing co-star Kelsey Grammer play the piano set him off. He said: “Kelsey is the most genuinely charming man I’ve ever worked with. He composes the most beautiful music, just tinkling there on the piano and it made me cry.”
Kelsey, 68, reprised his role as Frasier Crane for the new series and was also the director and Nicholas, 62, said: “Kelsey is very fast. He knows exactly what he wants.
READ MORE: Want more showbiz? Daily Star has just the thing for you!
READ MORE: Want more TV? Daily Star has just the thing for you!
“He knows where the camera wants to be. He knows where the sound needs to be. He knows where the actor needs to be. Because he’s done it for so long, I think he probably knows everyone’s job, as well. So he knows the pitfalls that they’re going through. He’s just a delight.”
(Image: Getty Images Europe)
The reboot kicks off on Friday on streaming service Paramount+. And Only Fools And Horses legend Nicholas is confident fans will love it. He said: “It’s like putting on a lovely warm jumper or something like that. You just go, ‘Ah, that’s better. I can watch this now.’ “It’s great. People want to know what’s happened to Frasier.”
It comes after Nicholas warned fans that his TV comeback on the reboot of US sitcom Frasier involves lots of boozing and won’t be politically correct. He, said: “Alan is British, boozy… I thought, ‘Yeah, I can do that’. He’s very non-PC. He comes out with whatever he wants to say. He drinks too much. He doesn’t think enough. He’s very lazy. He’s a college lecturer, but he doesn’t really like any of his students at all.
(Image: PA)
“He’s a bit of a Mickey taker. He likes teasing people and there are some characters in this cast that are very easy for him to tease. So he just keeps himself amused by drinking scotch and teasing people.” Nicholas reckons a lot of comedy writers are too worried about offending people these days.
But he is thrilled at how fearless the team behind Frasier are. Speaking before the actors’ strike in the US, he said: “It’s a clever show. It’s not frightened of saying, ‘This is funny. Do that. That’s funny’.
(Image: Getty Images)
Have you joined Threads? Follow Daily Star to keep up to date on all things showbiz here
“Whereas nowadays, I think perhaps people are sort of going, ‘Oh, it’s funny, but it’s a bit divisive’. Or, ‘Somebody won’t like that’, or, ‘Part of society won’t like that’. I don’t want to sound like I’m on my soapbox here, but comedy’s got to have a victim, otherwise it’s not funny.
“Something’s got to happen, be it verbally or physically, to make it funny. And there are some shows now I think where they’ve gone, ‘No, we won’t do that. It’s funny, but we don’t do it’. I’m not saying we’re out here with all guns blazing or anything like that. But comedically, we’ve gone back a little bit now to say, ‘No, that is funny. That’s brave. Let’s do it. Let’s do it’.”
For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
