25: Reece Shearsmith

Published: June 4, 2019, 11:01 p.m.

b"Reece Shearsmith is an English actor, writer and comedian. He created, wrote and starred in sketch show\\xa0The League of Gentlemen, along with\\xa0Steve Pemberton,\\xa0Mark Gatiss, and\\xa0Jeremy Dyson.\\n\\nReece and Steve Pemberton also created, wrote and starred in the dark comedy series\\xa0Psychoville, before going on to write and star in their anthology series\\xa0Inside No. 9. Reece has also starred in\\xa0Spaced,\\xa0Shaun of the Dead, The World's End\\xa0and Doctor Who.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nGiles and Jim met with Reece down at the Nordic Bar and started our chat by talking about having vivid dreams and trying to come down from live performances. Reece tells us about that terror and injustice of being told off at school when you've not done anything wrong. We discuss a love of horror stories and Reece making mini-sketches of magic shows where he would fire shots with his uncle's air rifle at his toy Hugo the Man of a 1000 Faces.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nWe delve into shyness and how that forms a big part of Reece's 'Blank' moments and how difficult social occasions are if you are incredibly shy.\\n\\n Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theblankpodcast.\\n\\n \\n\\xa0\\nSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"