Lenny Rush

And it's a coming-of-age sitcom following Val, a young boy trying to live up to his traditional vampire father's expectations, only to discover a shocking family secret, he's actually human.

It stars Lenny Rush as the, I guess, titular character, who's a very adorable... came to fame really with Doctor Who, but is a very, uh, uh, adorable watch.

But it's also got Tom Davis, Sian Clifford, Bill Bailey, Ross Noble, Joe Wilkinson, and Asim Chaudry.

Yeah, it's definitely one that I will watch.

Yeah.

Lenny Rush is doing amazing work in the most recent, uh, season of-

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it stars Lenny Rush from Am I Being Unreasonable?, and most recently Slow Horses, as, um, the kind of struggling with being a vampire, 'cause...

A- a- and his dad, who's h- head of the vampires, played by Heat favorite Tom Davis, friend of the pod, friend of Heat.

We should have got him in.

I mean, I'm sold.

What's the premise? Tell me what it's about.

The premise is that the, the, the, the, Lenny Rush's character, the son of these two vampires, actually isn't, turns out actually to be human.

And so that's why he particularly struggles with vampire rules and regulations, so to speak.

Now, the reason this has taken so long to make is for all sorts of reasons, Gary Morcombe talks about it in this week's mag.

However, Shane Allen said he really did despair of finding a child actor or a young actor who had the comedy chops, and then he watched Am I Being Unreasonable? With the wonderful Lenny Rush, who went on to win a BAFTA for that.

So Lenny has, uh, dwarfism, but he uses it to great comedic effect in this, in this role, and he's just perfectly cast.

And alongside him is his dad, Victor, played by Tom Davis.

I've always liked Tom Davis.

I thought he was fantastic in King Gary.

And of course, Lenny Rush is just the, the talent of the generation.

So, um- Surprised as I am to be saying this, I highly recommend a bit of family viewing, which I don't normally hear myself saying.

Ah, Dobby.

The article states Dobby will be portrayed by Lenny Rush, who was in Am I Being Unreasonable? Now, it just says portrayed, which opens up a fascinating conversation about the mechanics of modern visual effects.

It really does.

In the early 2000s, when the original films were in production, the mechanics of a CGI character like Dobby were incredibly rudimentary on set.

Which makes the acting of the kids in those early movies kind of a miracle, honestly, because they were acting against literally nothing.

But today, the technology's evolved into highly sophisticated motion capture, often utilizing volume stages.

stages.If Lenny Rush is actively portraying Dobby on set in a motion capture tracking suit, it fundamentally alters the dynamic of the scene.

Because there's a real person there.

I think it was on Taskmaster.

He popped, or was it Lenny Rush? Lenny Rush, yeah.

He pops up and stuff.

Like a teenage comedian.

The Reluctant Vampire.

That lands on the 4th of October at 6.40pm. Stars BAFTA winner Lenny Rush as the Reluctant Vampire in a supernatural comedy.

It's based on an Eric Morecambe book, that I think.

So 4th of October at 6.40 for that.

We have Billy Barrett as Tom Riddle.

We have Lenny Rush as Dobby, and Molly Hewitt-Richards as Moaning Myrtle.

This raises an important question regarding the mechanics of their production schedule.

Seriously, what is the timeline here?

Like a team, which is good.

I also know that Lenny Rush is coming and he makes everything he is in better.

So I would say that it probably will pick up on the comedy front there.

I know there is an unexpected...