Rob Brydon reveals moment he was rejected by casting director due to acne scars

Gavin and Stacey prima Rob Brydon sat down with David Walliams and Matt Lucas connected their caller podcast, Making A Scene, to sermon his beingness and career

Rob Brydon opened up astir the infinitesimal helium was refused a relation by a casting manager owed to his acne scars.

The Gavin & Stacey star took headshots to springiness to casting directors erstwhile helium was archetypal starting retired successful the industry. At the time, helium was hopeless for immoderate signifier of enactment and sent immoderate disconnected 'to this feline who formed TV commercials'. After helium sent the headshots, helium landed an appointment, which Rob said "was an accomplishment successful itself".

Speaking connected the Making A Scene podcast with Matt Lucas and David Walliams, helium said: "When you instrumentality a photograph beforehand connected with beforehand lights, it blanks you out. You look rather appealing. So I spell successful to spot that feline and helium looks astatine the photos past helium looks astatine maine and sees my acne scars and helium says, 'Oh, that didn't truly travel crossed successful the picture'.

"And helium virtually said to me, 'I tin hardly nonstop you successful for a cocoa commercial. Eat our cocoa and you'll look similar me'. Can you ideate that? I can't retrieve however I reacted, I astir apt went, 'Fair enough!' and 'Right, good acknowledgment for seeing me'. Can you ideate walking retired the office, walking down the stairs and backmost down Great Marlborough Street (where the bureau was)? Can you ideate lasting determination and going, 'Right!'"

During the aforesaid chat, which saw David and Matt backmost unneurotic for their archetypal caller task successful 15 years arsenic they released their podcast, Rob revealed which celebrities helium gets mistaken for connected a regular basis. He talked astir the fig of times fans had thought helium was Strictly's Anton Du Beke, 58. He besides claimed to person been mistaken for comedian Ben Miller, 58, too.

However, David was speedy to constituent retired wherefore helium could bargain into the Anton mishap much than the Ben comparison. They had been discussing who could play the Welsh histrion successful immoderate accumulation astir his life, with David jumping successful asking: "How galore times person you been mistaken for Anton Du Beke?"

Rob, with his arms folded, said: "A lot. And helium for me. And Ben Miller a lot." David rapidly confessed helium could spot the Anton resemblance, but pushed backmost connected the Ben comparison. "I spot Ben a bit, but Ben looks a batch younger," helium said. But Anton and you are akin benignant of age, aren't you?"

Turning distant from David successful a joking look of disgust, Rob said: "Incredible. Do you cognize I was successful a car for an hr and a 4th to get here. And that's what I get."

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