Little Britain goes big

One half of the Little Brit brigade

Man-sized baby Matt Lucas is making a film with his lanky Lothario sidekick David Walliams.

'We've got an idea that excites us that we hope will appeal to audiences in lots of different countries,' he told the BBC.

Well, vomiting on well-to-do ladies, laughing at non-cripple wheelchair users and being the only gay in the village has universal appeal, don’t you know.

Talking about the project, the baldy bloke said: 'The two of us will play five or six characters that will go around together, so it'll be technically very challenging.'

And to prove others believe the Little Britain boys have got global appeal, the film is reportedly being developed with mega-studio Dreamworks and is to be produced by Ben Stiller's production company Red Hour.

'It's a story we created with a writer called Will Davies and he's written a script,' Lucas said.

'We looked at people like Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy and how they appear as lots of different characters.

'And as our audience on TV are used to seeing us playing different characters, we thought it would be interesting to make a movie where we all play lots of characters and have scenes where they all interact.'

Asked if he had a title yet: 'We have, but I'm not telling you!'

Just as long as they don’t follow Eddie Murphy's Nutty Professor route, we look forward to hearing more.

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