{"id":14368,"date":"2022-04-25T14:02:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T12:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1631758"},"modified":"2022-04-25T14:39:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T12:39:09","slug":"peacock-stars-on-similarities-with-their-people-just-do-nothing-roles","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/peacock-stars-on-similarities-with-their-people-just-do-nothing-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"Peacock stars on similarities with their People Just Do Nothing roles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By David Craig\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 25 April 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The stars of BBC Three sitcom Peacock have discussed the similarities between their new characters and their former roles on acclaimed pirate radio comedy People Just Do Nothing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Andy \u2018Seapa\u2019 Mustafa and Steve Stamp currently star as personal trainer Andy Peacock and his most valuable customer Jonathan, but longtime fans will remember them as MC Grindah and Steves respectively in their previous show.<\/p>\n

While decidedly different in subject matter and tone, the actors acknowledged some similarities between their roles in an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s playing on that male ego with both characters, but Grindah hides it a lot more and Andy it\u2019s a lot more to the surface,\u201d began Mustafa. \u201cHe\u2019s a lot sweeter, I think. His heart is in the right place but he goes about things the wrong way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Stamp agreed: \u201cHe\u2019s trying. He\u2019s actually on a journey of self growth and trying to improve his life, whereas Grindah would never admit that anything was wrong, and insist that he\u2019s the best and everything\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

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As for his own character, Peacock<\/a> co-creator Stamp joked that both Jonathan and Steves are \u201cvery chiselled\u201d, before drawing a parallel on the nature of their personality types.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess Jonathan is much more of a grown-up than Steves \u2013 Steves is obviously in a world of his own,\u201d he explained. \u201cJonathan is a bit more normal but he definitely has this sort of submissiveness still. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBy the end, when he\u2019s in Andy\u2019s videos, I think that\u2019s where there\u2019s a bit of a similarity with Steves. When he\u2019s being forced to wear stuff he doesn\u2019t want to wear and he\u2019s being roped into things.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n