NEWS : Last Word: Inbetweeners: Carli & Simon

Written by Danny Walker on 26 Dec 2009

We go backstage at the vinspired National Awards to get lasts from Inbetweeners actors Emily Head and Joe Thomas…. words by Danny Walker image by Richard Lea-Hair

[Please call them Joe and Emily, please call them Joe and Emily] Hey guys, when was the last time you volunteered?

Joe: Last time was probably at school actually, when I did some volunteering for my Duke of Edinburgh award. I was working with young people with learning disabilities.

Emily: Also at school, I think, it was volunteering to do community theatre in schools in Peckham and stuff. Before [vinspired], I didn’t think volunteering would be so much for.

What was the last thing you were in-between? (See what I’ve done there?)

E: [Laughs] Nice.

E: Well I’m currently in-between jobs. Does that count?

J: Well yes, we’re both in-between jobs. So now…

Have they not commissioned a third series [of Inbetweeners]?

E: Ah, no they have, they have. They’re writing it as the moment.

When was the last time you were nominated for an award?

J: Well that was the TV Choice awards where we won and I was in a really bad mood all evening.

E: Were you?

J: I was. I can’t remember why exactly but I had an argument with one of the writers cos we had a love/ hate relationship.

Is that because you couldn’t get with Carli in the last series?

J: [Laughs] Yeah, I was requesting that certain scenes be put in.

E: Basically, what Joe wanted was a love scene between you and Jay [Cartwright played by James Buckley] wasn’t it? [room laugh]. That is what you really wanted.

J: Yeah that’s what I wanted. I think that would be really good.

Last time you were approached by a fan or maybe a stalker?

E: I was on the tube and there were a large group of guys who were on the way back from football and they sang a couple of chants about me being in Inbetweeners and really drew attention to it. I had a really long tube ride with them, ‘Carli, Carli from TV’ I was like, ‘Yeah, that’s me,’ [pulls embarrassed face].

J: That sounds quite tame, who did they support? Oxford?

What was the last audition you went for?

J: I actually auditioned for Doctor Who, which I would have loved to get. I was really disappointed not to.

Was it fifth Dalek on the left?

J: Yeah [laughs], it was for a sort of hideous monster. I read for the girl’s boyfriend. You know Doctor Who always has a companion. So yeah, it wasn’t to be.

What was the last thing you stole?

E: I genuinely don’t think I’ve stolen anything.

J: I… didn’t… pay for something in a restaurant recently.

E: JOE!!!

J: Only cos they overlooked it – I’m always quite honest.

Last time you acted like your characters?

J: I think I act a little like Simon quite a lot in that I make fairly simple errors a lot. I once forgot where I lived.

E: (Laughs]. I think Carli is similar to me anyway because she is a girl.

J: Very insightful.

Lastly tips for 2010?

E: Volunteer!!!

J: Get involved in your local community.