'You'd get exhausted pretty quickly': Adrian Scarborough rules out Gavin and Stacey spin-off featuring Pete and Dawn
'Gavin and Stacey' star Adrian Scarborough doubts that a spin-off series focusing on his character Pete Sutcliffe and wife Dawn (Julia Davis) would work.
Adrian Scarborough doesn't think a 'Gavin and Stacey' spin-off would work.
The 57-year-old actor played Pete Sutcliffe in the hit BBC sitcom but doubts that a spin-off series featuring the turbulent relationship between his character and on-screen wife Dawn (Julia Davis) would be "sustainable".
Quizzed on the matter, Adrian told the Radio Times magazine: "I don't think so. One of the reasons why Pete and Dawn were so delicious was that you didn't have to have a full half-hour of them.
"I think you'd get exhausted pretty quickly with the highs and lows of that relationship. It would just get so frantic and mad so quickly that I'm not sure it'd sustain for six episodes, but Julia is a genius.
"She's also the worst corpser (an actor who laughs uncontrollably during scenes) I have ever met!"
Adrian landed his first leading TV role in 2022 when he was cast as DI Max Arnold in the Acorn TV series 'The Chelsea Detective' and he explained that the opportunity came at a time when he was planning to cut down his workload on the small screen.
He said: "I never expected to go down this road.
"Playing the lead isn't a responsibility that I really enjoy. People start looking at you like you must know the answer, because you've been there from the beginning."
The programme sees Arnold and his partner DS Layla Walsh (Vanessa Emme) solving cases in the affluent London borough of Chelsea and Scarborough thinks the cosy nature of the series is key to the success of the show, which is currently in its third season.
The 'Sanditon' actor said: "It appeals, because there's quite a few people out there, myself included, that don't like too much gore.
"The crimes themselves are almost irrelevant. The most interesting bit is the process of working them out."
'The Chelsea Detective' has the potential to remain on screen for several years but Adrian is wary about staying in the role for too long.
He said: "You shouldn't outstay your welcome. You have to be careful that you don't get bored and complacent, particularly in this genre. You can tell when your heart's not in it, but I haven't reached that stage yet!"
