Hollywood star wants Conchords’ part
18 Jun 2008
New Zealand comedy duo, Flight of the Conchords have stepped up in the celebrity stakes yet again with news that Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston wants to co-star in their next TV series.
Apparently Aniston is a fan of the show and has asked for a guest role in Flight of the Conchords’ next series commissioned for the HBO cable network. Wellington based Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie who refer to themselves as New Zealand's "fourth most popular folk duo", are currently writing the new series.
"To think that we have had calls from Jennifer Aniston's people saying she really likes the show and Steven Spielberg requesting a copy of the series, it's pretty crazy," McKenzie, 32, said from Los Angeles.
Trans-Tasman rivalry
Flight of the Conchords’ first series aired in the US last June and was set in New York where Clement and McKenzie played struggling musicians attempting to crack the big-time.
American viewers liked the undertones of trans-Tasman rivalry and Flight of the Conchords will be exploring that further.
"We have just started 10 weeks of writing the second series and we are definitely going to explore the rivalry between Australia and New Zealand at a government ambassadorial level.
"One storyline is one of us ending up in a relationship with an Australian."
"Americans really latched onto it and strangers keep coming up to me on the street and asking me about the rivalry, which we all know generally only comes out during a rugby match," McKenzie said.
"I think it's similar to the Canadian and American relationship, so now they feel like they have been let in on a secret joke between the Kiwis and Aussies."
Grounded
The pair won a Grammy Award for comedy album of the year in February, had the soundtrack from the TV show go to number three on the American billboard charts, and recently had Oscar winner Susan Sarandon asking to meet them after a comedy show.
"Luckily we are working a lot which is keeping us fairly grounded," McKenzie told the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
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