TV
'Gavin & Stacey' stars were 'instant friends'
Published Sunday, Dec 23 2007, 09:00 GMT | By Beth Hilton
Mathew Horne and James Corden have revealed that they struck up an instant friendship on the set of Gavin & Stacey.
The pair, who will host Big Brother's Big Mouth during next month's Celebrity Hijack, hit it off immediately while filming the hit BBC Three comedy.
Horne said: "It was clear from the start, really. [James] got hold of my mobile number from a mutual friend shortly after I'd been offered the role of Gavin, and he sent me a little text, and straightaway I rang him back.
"We must have spoken for about an hour. I knew from then that we were going to be good mates, and it was going to be a lot of fun. I didn't know we were going to end up working together on other projects, and taking the relationship further, but I knew we were going to be mates."
Corden added that the pair are currently sharing a house, saying: "We don't get to hang out together as much as we'd like to, although we're living together in Cardiff at the moment while we're filming the second series. We get on great. I count him as one of my best friends and I love him to bits."
He added that he had never met Horne on the set of channel 4 drama Teachers, in which they both appeared at different times. He joked: "I did the series of Teachers that got nominated for a BAFTA and got recommissioned, and Matt did the series that got it axed. I think it's important that people know that. It's just a little detail. Matt killed the show, really."
The pair, who will host Big Brother's Big Mouth during next month's Celebrity Hijack, hit it off immediately while filming the hit BBC Three comedy.
Horne said: "It was clear from the start, really. [James] got hold of my mobile number from a mutual friend shortly after I'd been offered the role of Gavin, and he sent me a little text, and straightaway I rang him back.
"We must have spoken for about an hour. I knew from then that we were going to be good mates, and it was going to be a lot of fun. I didn't know we were going to end up working together on other projects, and taking the relationship further, but I knew we were going to be mates."
Corden added that the pair are currently sharing a house, saying: "We don't get to hang out together as much as we'd like to, although we're living together in Cardiff at the moment while we're filming the second series. We get on great. I count him as one of my best friends and I love him to bits."
He added that he had never met Horne on the set of channel 4 drama Teachers, in which they both appeared at different times. He joked: "I did the series of Teachers that got nominated for a BAFTA and got recommissioned, and Matt did the series that got it axed. I think it's important that people know that. It's just a little detail. Matt killed the show, really."
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