I was reading about victorian literature for my exams and I came across this paragraph according to which Dick Turpin was the name of one of the original characters of Harrison Ainsworth, the Victorian novelist. I was wondering whether this is how you named Newton's car in GO or is it all just a coincidence?
No, Dick Turpin was a real person. He was a highwayman. Ainsworth was using a real person in a pseudo-historical context.
In March, Noel spoke to Paste Magazine about casting Greg Davies in "The Completely Made-up Adventures of Dick Turpin"!
Noel: “There was a part in Dick Turpin of the rival gang leader who’s a much better highwayman than me. I knew that Greg would be perfect for it. We were sort of writing it for him. But then we had to quickly check if he wanted to do it. And he was so busy at that point, because everyone wanted him. He was like, “I’ll do it if I can. I’ll do it if I can.” We just took a gamble and said, “Look, it’s got to be Greg. We’ll write it for him.” Because I’ve spent so much time with him, it was very easy for me to write in his tone of voice. Then, he comes in and improvises anyway. But you can get the gist of how he would be. Greg is just one of those performers that he’s such a big presence, as well as being a huge man. He’s a giant. But on set, he’s so funny. He’s so giggly and he makes himself laugh. And then everyone in the room laughs. That’s quite contagious. He’s always sort of not taking it seriously and there’s something really brilliant about that. He was a joy to work with.”
If I had a nickel for every time I fell in love with a queer, fictionalized depiction of a real-life 18th century thief played by a washed-up, middle-aged comedian in leather pants, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
Six of Crows where everything’s exactly the same except that Rollins doesn’t have childcare so Alby follows him around everywhere like Johnathan Wilde and little Christopher in The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
The vision:
Rollins: I’ll make you pay, Brekker! I’ll make you all pay!!!
Alby: *stands next to him playing with his cup and ball*