Summer seems to be finally arriving in London on the day we sit down with Rob Brydon in a luxury hotel just off the bustling Regent Street. At just the moment we’ve been able to ditch trench coats and umbrellas, our thoughts turn to Christmas. It’s not because we don’t relish the good weather, but Rob, 59, is set to star in one of the most hotly-anticipated episodes of TV in history .
For one final time, he will put on his woollen cardigan and play the well-meaning, slightly naïve, and always-endearing Uncle Bryn in Gavin and Stacey . Despite the feverish excitement following the announcement, the actor is pretty laid-back about the whole thing. He doesn’t have any lofty desires for the character he has played for 17 years’ conclusion on the small screen.
Instead, he is happy to put all his trust in writers Ruth Jones and James Corden . ‘I just hope that – and I know they will – they’ll give me some of the juicy things to do,’ he told Metro.co.
uk , while speaking at a press junket for My Lady Jane (more on that later) at the Hotel Cafe Royal. Rob, who teased that although he hasn’t seen the script for the episode which will once again star Mathew Horne and Joanna Page as the central couple, he knows a few things that will happen. He added that there is one matter he feels passionate about.
‘I hope we don’t find out about the fishing trip. That would be a mistake,’ he stated. Fans of Gavin and Stacey are well aware of the long-running gag that Unc.