When we were starting out there was a sense of the country being embarrassed by its own artistic output, by its own accent. If it were not for Edinburgh we probably would have quit by now, because in New Zealand you can't really survive doing comedy. How much did Britain contribute to the rise of the Conchords? We would really have to bust our asses to get people along to the first Edinburgh shows, flyposting and all that stuff, which of course we don't have to do now. The last Conchords live show we did was at the Hollywood Bowl, which is a bit different from the Gilded Balloon in Edinburgh. It must be quite a culture shock, starting out doing small shows with Flight of the Conchords at the Edinburgh Festival and ending up in Hollywood. Oh, I'm totally here by accident, I never set out to do this. The studio needed one of me for the film so I had to find a photographer and say: "I'd like photos like these taken of myself, it's for a big Hollywood movie." I asked the photographer where the studio was and she said: "Studio? No studio." So I had to go to a public park in Athens and replicate gay porn pics in my underpants.Īre you excited about your new Hollywood career? I checked my email at an internet cafe and opened a PDF with 20 or 30 pictures of naked guys. One of the most embarrassing moments was when I was on holiday in Athens and they sent me all these references for the performance art.
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