In Victorian London, a group of five young people battle monsters and solve the puzzles that seem to elude Sherlock and Doctor Watson – but in life, everything happens for a reason. Bea and her sister Jess, discover just what really did happen to their mother, and what lies in store for all of them, if the Rip in time opens fully.
The series is utterly brilliant, and it has a strong cast, many to root for, and some that pass in the blink of an eye, but, it’s great to see them in that moment. One of these people, is Robert Stone, who appears in the first episode, as Tam Bibby, street fighter about to knock Billy’s block off,
I caught up with Robert this week for a chat about The Irregulars and what he’s been doing during his time in Lockdown. The first part of the chat was prior to having seen his episode. Save any confusion.
Hi Robert, I see you’re in the new
Netflix series The Irregulars – are you a recognisable character or are you in
disguise?
Robert: You'll see me as long as I don't end up on the cutting room floor. Don't know which episode though, I know it starts tonight - 26th March 2021. I filmed my bit January-ish 2020, then they had to stop filming because of you know what and they resumed I think September, it was supposed to be out last Halloween.
After the episode had aired, I caught up with Robert again.
You were definitely not on the cutting
room floor. It’s a great series. Watched four back to back episodes. It’s very
addictive viewing. Are you in any other dramas I can look out for?
Robert: Thankfully, I suppose I was integral to the scene. I'm going to try and watch it over the next week or so.
I've only got a BBC Doctors episode coming up in a few weeks. I'll post it when it airs.
Auditions and jobs have been scarce, as you can imagine. I did get an offer of a job on a film in the Czech Republic as a Russian Gangster but turned it down, I wasn't prepared to go back and forth on a plane with Covid carriers and all the travel that came with it, especially in Europe where it's not under control.
I quite agree. I wouldn’t want to put myself in that situation either. I hear you also have a YouTube project, can you tell us more about that?
Robert: Well, in the first lockdown, I sat there twiddling my thumbs, no work, no life and I had an idea. To be honest I had it a few years ago about a Doctor talking to patients about their ailments, I actually robbed it from the series Behind Closed Doors the Doctor Surgery Program. I used to sit there every time making jokes about the patient and their ailment, I know it was wrong, I just didn’t know how to format it; I didn’t want to set up a surgery situation but as Skype and Zoom became popular I had that light bulb moment.
So, I got my tablet computer and did my
first one, people raved about it so that spurred me on to do more and getting a
better camera and equipment, I’m into my sixth one now. I play all the
characters and write, produce, direct, perform and edit everything. They were a
bit rough at the beginning, you can see the evolution here
http://artechniques.com/behind_closed_doors.html
I just put them on Facebook at first to see the reaction, it was positive so I then pushed them over to YouTube. Some of the subjects, characters, language and situations are a bit dodgy, to be fair most of them are, I didn’t think YouTube would publish them but they did and off I went, can’t stop me now.
I call it a comedy melodrama.
Thanks for the catch up, Robert.
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