Rhys Darby joins YES MAN
New Zealand stand-up and part-time band manager Rhys Darby joins the Jim Carrey comedy YES MAN.
Rhys Darby. Darby has been on the UK stand-up circuit for years and recently moved to acting, playing the hilarious band manager in the HBO comedy FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS. Turns out Hollywood is starting to take notice as he's snagged a role in YES MAN, the Jim Carrey comedy that's using Danny Wallace's book of the same name as source material.
"The director Peyton Reed is a big fan of FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, and loved my work in that. So I got a call from him and he asked me to audition on a tape, which I sent him from the UK," said Darby.Speaking about his character Norman and his relationship with Carrey's Karl, Darby tells Chortle what hijinks he'll get up to by answering "yes" to everything that's asked of him.
"Norman is a real nerdy loser boss similar to my character in Concords but even more nerdy and even less cool. "Karls stuck in a boring job, hes divorced from his job and all his mates are sick of him because he never goes out. Thats until he gets involved in the Yes Project to say yes to everything. "Karl ignores his boss, thinks hes an idiot, until he gets involved in this movement. Then he has to accept an invite to his bosss party where you have to wear a funny hat or funny wig thats how nerdy Norman is."Here's a quick taster of Darby pining for a beautiful IT tech support worker on FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS.
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