Derry Girls' Louisa Harland speaks to Melissa Nathoo about taking the lead in Disney Plus series Renegade Nell, which Ted Lasso's Nick Mohammed had a lonely filming experience. Report by Nathoom. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 Guys, it's lovely to see you both.
00:02 Honestly, when I first heard about the show,
00:04 I thought it was going to be one for younger kids, right?
00:07 Coming to Disney+ and then I watched it,
00:08 I'm like, "Oh, this has got some dark moments."
00:10 - Yes. - It really is one
00:11 which I think everyone can enjoy.
00:13 Louisa, for you, did you feel like you were in the Matrix
00:16 kind of dodging bullets and all that?
00:18 'Cause that was very much giving me that vibe.
00:20 Yeah, and you know, it feels so stupid,
00:22 you know, catching the bullets that aren't there
00:25 or swatting them away that aren't there,
00:26 but when you put the two together--
00:28 - It's so cool. - Oh, yeah.
00:30 - It's really, really cool. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:31 No, it was amazing.
00:32 And Nick, you're playing almost a Tinkerbell-type character.
00:36 It's hard to not use that word, yeah.
00:38 Yeah, it's--
00:39 - She's in the green as well. - Yeah.
00:40 - The wiener, yeah. - I know, right?
00:42 Did they have you full-size on set acting with Louisa
00:46 and then trick you down or were you acting by yourself?
00:49 It was all on my own, so it was filmed months after Louisa
00:52 had done a lot of her stuff because I was on Ted Lasso,
00:55 so I filmed it all at the end and, you know,
00:57 I was lucky 'cause I had all of Louisa's footage
01:00 to kind of go off, but yeah, you just had like an eyeline
01:03 on a stick imagining me being there.
01:06 But we got to rehearse together for a day,
01:07 but that was all, so on screen, you know,
01:10 we're never together ever, and so we're glad
01:12 that that still looks like we are together.
01:15 - Like an imaginary friend, though, when I was filming,
01:17 that's what it felt like, an imaginary friend, you know?
01:19 I can hear them, but no one else can.
01:20 - That's cute, that's cute.
01:22 And obviously, we know that, I was gonna say Louisa there,
01:25 now has a superpower in here which helps her to fight.
01:30 Are there any everyday superpowers
01:33 that you think would be really useful to have?
01:36 - I think living in London, flying would be great.
01:38 - Flying would be great.
01:39 I really like, I like the idea of,
01:41 I think in Harry Potter world, it would be called accio,
01:43 where you kind of click fingers and you can get,
01:45 so say he said accio, sort of knife and fork,
01:47 and it would just fly out and come to you,
01:49 that would be handy. - That would be great as well.
01:50 - It would stop you having to get up.
01:51 - No like-- - It's laziness.
01:52 - No, that would be great. - Mine's just like,
01:53 yeah, oh, well, I guess it would be the same thing,
01:55 like wash the dishes and like it's done.
01:56 - Yeah. - So it's the same kind of thing.
01:57 - Does it work like that as well or?
01:59 - I don't know if that does work like that.
01:59 - Okay. - I think that's more--
02:00 - Oh, damn it, I need to learn my skills better.
02:03 - Yeah, I think there's something more specific,
02:05 but just generally getting stuff,
02:08 but like make the bed, I don't think you'd do that.
02:09 I think you'd have to, we'd have to do it in stages.
02:11 - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - Move sheets.
02:12 - Pillow. - Yeah.
02:13 - Yeah. - 'Cause fighting isn't,
02:15 we shouldn't fight, right?
02:15 So it wouldn't be that handy in everyday kind of--
02:18 - No, but yeah, you know, yeah,
02:19 we should all know how to protect ourselves,
02:21 but thanks to James now I do.
02:23 - How was that, by the way?
02:24 Because you were doing a lot
02:27 and it's not just like every now and then,
02:29 it is constant.
02:31 - Yeah. - Telling you about it.
02:32 - It was exhausting and at the beginning I felt very silly,
02:35 you know, pretending to be so strong,
02:37 but it's all credit to the stunt team who are so amazing.
02:41 James Emery, who's the director,
02:42 Abby Collins, stunt coordinator,
02:44 and my stunt double, Melissa Humler,
02:45 who's also my trainer.
02:47 I mean, you know, I would be,
02:50 and the show would be nothing without them.
02:51 - Like it comes together so, so well.
02:54 Good luck with it, guys.
02:55 - Oh, thank you very much. - Thank you so much.
02:56 - We'll continue to watch
02:57 'cause I've genuinely enjoyed myself.
02:59 - Ah, thank you so much. - Oh, thank you very much.
03:00 - It's lovely. - Lovely.
03:01 - Thank you. - Pleasure, pleasure.
03:02 - Thank you, take care.