"The Brusier cast were almost all people we knew from Cambridge whom we’d introduced to Nick and..."

“The Brusier cast were almost all people we knew from Cambridge whom we’d introduced to Nick and David: Collie [Olivia Coleman], Matthew Holness and Charlotte Hudson. The only stranger in the cast was Martin Freeman, of whom we were consequently suspicious and whose naturalistic and charismatic performance style was immediately annoyingly entertaining.”

- David Mitchell - Back Story (via brigwife)