{"id":22873,"date":"2022-09-29T13:34:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T11:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1713676"},"modified":"2022-09-29T14:09:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T12:09:12","slug":"channel-4s-i-hate-you-has-a-celebrity-cameo-you-definitely-missed","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/channel-4s-i-hate-you-has-a-celebrity-cameo-you-definitely-missed\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4\u2019s I Hate You has a celebrity cameo you definitely missed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Morgan Jeffery\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 29 September 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Friday Night Dinner creator Robert Popper is turning his eye from family to friendship in new Channel 4 sitcom I Hate You<\/a>, which stars\u00a0 Sex Education<\/a>\u2018s Tanya Reynolds and newcomer Melissa Saint as two best pals who bicker, swap in-jokes and get caught up in a string of wild and unpredictable situations.<\/p>\n

The six-part series \u2013 which is streaming now on All 4 \u2013 also features a brief appearance (of sorts) from another comedy star, one who\u2019s worked with Popper previously\u2026 though odds are you didn\u2019t spot the cameo.<\/p>\n

I Hate You\u2019s offbeat title sequence sees Reynolds and Saint busting moves in a neon-lit, disco-type setting, only for the pair to be unsettled as a curtain is pulled back to reveal a white horse, who mutters, \u201cI hate you.\u201d (Yes, the horse speaks.)<\/p>\n

And voicing the horse? None other than Peter Serafinowicz<\/strong>, in an uncredited contribution to the series. (Fans of Popper\u2019s work will know that he and Serafinowicz co-created, co-wrote and starred in the acclaimed BBC comedy Look Around You in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was so scared about it, because Melissa can dance and I cannot dance,\u201d Reynolds told RadioTimes.com<\/a> about filming the titles. \u201c<\/span>It was really hard for me to learn choreography because that part of my brain does not work. But Melissa was like\u2026 boom, boom, boom! She was so good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

As for their co-star, the horse, his name is Rusty and he was actually present on-set, though ultimately had to be shot separately and digitally inserted into the sequence after getting spooked by the curtain.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>That horse has worked more than I have,\u201d said Reynolds. \u201cHe\u2019s, like, a celebrity horse, so was chill with the music and the lights. In the lead-up to shooting it, they played Rusty the music quite a lot so he got used to it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe just didn\u2019t like the sudden-ness of the curtains opening. He had to be in one spot and the curtains would open and he would move, so eventually, they had to just shoot him separately and then CGI him in it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I Hate You hinges on the relationship between Charlie (Reynolds) and Becca (Saint) and the chemistry between the pair, with one or both of the two leads appearing in almost every scene. Finding the right pairing was \u201ca long process\u201d, according to Saint, with Reynolds being cast first and then doing \u201ca lot of chemistry reads\u201d with different actors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey cast Tanya in November 2021 and then I think there was a four-month gap between casting her and casting me,\u201d Saint recalled. \u201c<\/span>When I got the job, Robert was like, \u2018We\u2019ve seen over 200 girls.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI know that Tanya had to do chemistry reads for quite a few other people before I came to do mine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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