Kelsey Grammer “warned” Hollywood about “extraordinary” ‘Frasier’ reboot co-star Nicholas Lyndhurst
nme.comFrasier star Kelsey Grammer says he “warned” Hollywood about the “extraordinary” Nicholas Lyndhurst prior to casting him in the reboot.READ MORE: The best new and returning TV shows to watch in 2023Grammer recently cast the Only Fools And Horses star in the return of the hit American sitcom, saying Lyndhurst is a “magnificent” talent. “He’s one of the funniest people I’ve ever worked with,” Grammer told the BBC following the news of the surprise casting.Now, in a new interview with Sunday Times Culture, Grammer said he “warned” Hollywood about how good an actor Lyndhurst was ahead of production on the series.“Nicholas Lyndhurst is co-lead in [the reboot],” he said. “Nick and I fell in love when we were doing Man of La Mancha together.“I warned them in America.
I said, ‘Wait until this guy gets here. You’ll be doing a scene with him and suddenly you realise he’s just run off with it.’Grammer added: “He’s an extraordinary actor, a dear friend.
And I am so pleased he’s part of it.”Teasing what’s to come in the reboot of Frasier earlier this year, Grammer said Lyndhurst would be playing a friend of the radio psychotherapist.
He explained: “It suddenly occurred to me when we were putting the show together, we’ve never really seen Frasier in a relationship where he has a great friend.“He had Niles, of course, but he was his brother and there was a competition underscoring everything they did, and a family connection that got them through some difficulties.
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