Louisa Mellor Dec 15, 2017
We chatted to actor and writer Sally Phillips about comedy, European accents, special cuddles, writing films and more...
“I’m quite keen to meet a Finnish shaman, have you seen them?” asks Sally Phillips three minutes into an interview that’s supposed to be about her role in new family animation Ferdinand. Scrolling through her phone, she presents me with a photograph of a fearsome looking woman with Pris from Blade Runner eye make-up, wearing an elaborate headdress and holding a tambourine.
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“Look at the expression! Very, very miserable, tambourine, excellent eye make-up” says Phillips, delighted. “I play a character who looks a bit like that in Zapped! and I did something else recently where they painted a black chicken on one eye. I thought, well, it’s slowly, slowly happening, I’m turning into a Finnish Shaman.”
Despite not having visited Finland,...
We chatted to actor and writer Sally Phillips about comedy, European accents, special cuddles, writing films and more...
“I’m quite keen to meet a Finnish shaman, have you seen them?” asks Sally Phillips three minutes into an interview that’s supposed to be about her role in new family animation Ferdinand. Scrolling through her phone, she presents me with a photograph of a fearsome looking woman with Pris from Blade Runner eye make-up, wearing an elaborate headdress and holding a tambourine.
See related Star Wars: The Last Jedi review
“Look at the expression! Very, very miserable, tambourine, excellent eye make-up” says Phillips, delighted. “I play a character who looks a bit like that in Zapped! and I did something else recently where they painted a black chicken on one eye. I thought, well, it’s slowly, slowly happening, I’m turning into a Finnish Shaman.”
Despite not having visited Finland,...
- 12/14/2017
- Den of Geek
Doon Mackichan has teased a possible reunion with Sally Phillips and Fiona Allen for a Smack The Pony comeback.
The sketch comedy show ran for three series between 1999 and 2002 on Channel 4, with two farewell specials airing in December 2002 and January 2003.
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Mackichan told Radio Times that she, Phillips and Allen were writing material and "getting the pitch together".
"So much has happened to us all, as mothers and women, there's a lot that is funny about where we are now," she said. "There are years of pain to draw on.
"We will have to wait and see what happens and whether they will want to bring it out of the stable. But we would love to get the old nag out again."
She said that the show would feature all-new sketches, adding: "It requires a lot of writing. But we have always been accosted...
The sketch comedy show ran for three series between 1999 and 2002 on Channel 4, with two farewell specials airing in December 2002 and January 2003.
> Best Ever Sketch Shows: Friday Fiver
Mackichan told Radio Times that she, Phillips and Allen were writing material and "getting the pitch together".
"So much has happened to us all, as mothers and women, there's a lot that is funny about where we are now," she said. "There are years of pain to draw on.
"We will have to wait and see what happens and whether they will want to bring it out of the stable. But we would love to get the old nag out again."
She said that the show would feature all-new sketches, adding: "It requires a lot of writing. But we have always been accosted...
- 6/11/2013
- Digital Spy
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