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Ellie Taylor spoke to Nick Grimshaw about House of the Dragon, Ted Lasso, her new stand-up tour, and… fox poo!
The comedian and actor joined Chris Evans Breakfast Show with webuyanycar ahead of her Palavering tour, which begins next April. Speaking to Nick Grimshaw, who is hosting for a couple of weeks while Chris is on his summer holiday, she recalled auditioning for Apple TV+ show, Ted Lasso.
The actor told Grimmy: “I didn't even want to go to the audition because it was quite far away. And I had to get on, like, a tube in two buses, and I was like ‘Oh this is very annoying... Go on then.’”
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Ellie, of course, got the part of Sassy and played the popular character in all three seasons, alongside Jason Sudeikis. She said: “Imagine if I didn’t go!”
The series would, of course, go on to become a massive, multi-award winning success, but Ellie admitted that she had “no idea” how well it would do. Read more here.
During her chat with Grimmy, the mum of two also revealed that she tried out for another hit show. “I do remember auditioning for House of Dragon, but it was when my first baby was tiny and, like, she was newborn in my arms all the time.”
She continued; “I did a self-tape at home of my audition piece. And my little daughter… you can just see her nose in the video!
“It's like, ‘yeah you didn't get that.’”
As the writer, presenter and comedian prepares for her upcoming tour, she recounted how she got into stand-up in the first place. “My parents were always encouraging, and I had one drama teacher at school who said nice things. but I never thought I'd end up properly doing this,” she said. “I think it was when I was in an office job and I felt like I really wanted to write. I think that's at the centre of everything I do is writing. I love writing the most.
“So, I thought, ‘How am I going to sort of get to show off but also have an office job. So I saw a friend of mine do stand-up and I thought, ‘Well, she does it. I can have a go. I'd never really even seen stand up.”
She told Grimmy: “I had a go, and it went alright and then here we are, and this is like my fifth tour!”
On what people can expect from her Palavering tour, Ellie said: “My stuff is always really self-facing. It's always about me because I'm incredibly self-obsessed. I’m not clever enough to write about anything else! So it's always about what's going on in my life and, you know, pressure washers are important in marriage!
“I just don't think there's anything more alluring than watching your beloved blast excrement off a patio. I love it. Fox excrement I should say!”
Regarding the audiences that come to her shows, the former Strictly contestant said: “I'll have people who book tickets who are keen to come, but then they would drag someone along who probably maybe isn't a fan or it's their partner who doesn't really know who I am. So, you kind of have a bit of both in the audience. but I like winning round sort of the reluctant people with the arms crossed.
"And my stuff is all quite domestic and silly and I hope, whoever you are, whether you've heard of me or not, when you come and see me, I think hopefully you'll leave just feeling a bit lighter. It's all very yeah just nice and whimsical. Just a nice lady out the house really!"
Palavering starts in April in Portsmouth. Tickets are available now at livenation.co.uk.
For more great interviews listen to The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with webuyanycar weekdays from 6:30am on Virgin Radio, or catch up on-demand here.
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