The Inbetweeners set for shock comeback as star actor reveals talks for revival have started with all main cast involved
THE Inbetweeners could be coming back after a star of the hit coming-of-age comedy revealed talks on a revival are already underway.
Joe Thomas, 40, who played Simon, said all the main cast would be keen to get back together a decade on from the last movie.
The actor indicated another film is likelier than a new TV series, and would see the lads far removed from school — where the characters were when the Channel 4 sitcom began in 2008.
Asked whether conversions for a comeback have started, Joe said: “Yes, it’s happened in various forms. All of us feel it would be nice to do.”
He revealed he was still good pals with the cast, including James Buckley (gross Jay), Simon Bird (posh Will) and Blake Harrison (dozy Neil).
He teased “some of the ideas out there” for a revival included a stag do in Vegas.
The four lads would also meet for five-a-side football rather than in the school common room.
But Joe admits: “Everybody’s anxiety would be, ‘Will it be as good?’. That is what we would be going in with.”
The comedy — which also starred Emily Atack as Charlotte — spanned three series between 2008 and 2010, and gained a devoted following.
But it was the two films in 2011 and 2014 that gave The Inbetweeners widespread popularity.
The Inbetweeners 2, which saw the infantile foursome travel to Australia, broke the first movie’s box office record by taking £2.75million on its opening day.
Simon Bird has previously said he still gets “briefcase w***er” shouted at him in the street, in honour of Will’s nickname.
However, Joe admits the four main stars have finally embraced its success after appearing in a string of other projects.
He told the Always Be Comedy podcast: “We’re all still around, we’re all still in each other’s lives.
“We all still like each other. And if it was something that came up, I think we would want to do it.
“I feel like we all still really like each other.
“We’ve all been able to go away and get various monkeys off our backs, in terms of things that we felt we needed to do other than The Inbetweeners to prove something to ourselves.”
Since the last film, Blake has starred in dramas including BBC One’s World on Fire and A Very English Scandal.
Simon continued in comedy with C4’s Friday Night Dinner, while Joe is about to appear in Netflix show, Bear Hunt.
James appeared in Channel 5 drama Finders Keepers earlier this year.
Meanwhile, Emily, who was not in the Inbetweeners films, has starred in a string of projects, and will next be seen cavorting in Rivals, for Disney+.