Struggling scriptwriter Nigel (Mark Addy) and budding actor Julian (classical actor Alex Jennings) – known as ‘Jools’ – are two Brits trying to make a go of it in Hollywood.
They share an apartment and spend their days trying desperately to inveigle their way into the film business.
Another British ex-pat, Dave (Nigel Lindsay), is already established in the glamour town as a builder/handyman working on the homes of the rich and famous.
The lads’ landlord and sometime business adviser is Scott (Lee Majors), a minor celebrity best known for his role in a 1960s TV western series. Scott is always accompanied by Kimberley (Julienne Davis), the quintessential dumb blonde.
There is also a large Latino gardener named Roderigo (Carlos Douglas) who speaks impenetrable Mexican, and Sandi (Matilda Ziegler), an English woman domiciled in the USA for many years and an old friend of Nigel’s.
She runs Sunset Films, which Nigel assumes is a production company but turns out to be a video store.
Mark Addy – who swept to fame in The Full Monty – was likeable enough as Nigel, but his buddy Jools – a character not unlike the manic, driven thespian Withnail (Richard E Grant) in Withnail And I – lacked charm, which was a serious drawback.
Nigel Conway
Mark Addy Julian Edgbaston Bowles
Alex Jennings Scott Read
Lee Majors Kimberley
Julienne Davis Dave Stamp
Nigel Lindsay Sandi
Matilda Ziegler Roderigo
Carlos Douglas
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