The Inbetweeners could be making a return to screens as one of the main stars revealed that talks are underway off a reboot.
Joe Thomas, 40, who portrayed Simon in the hit coming-of-age comedy, said all of the main cast are on board to get back together a decade after the last film aired.
The actor suggested that another movie is more likely than a new TV series and would follow the group of lads away from school.
Speaking on the Always Be Comedy podcast, Joe was asked whether conversations have taken place regarding a comeback, he said: ‘Yes, it’s happened in various forms. All of us feel it would be nice to do.’
He revealed he is still good pals with the cast, including James Buckley (Jay), Simon Bird (Will) and Blake Harrison (Neil), and admitted they are worried whether it ‘will be as good’ as the original series.
The Inbetweeners could be making a return to screens as one of the main stars revealed that talks are underway off a reboot; Joe Thomas (Simon), Simon Bird (Will), Blake Harrison (Neil), James Buckley (Jay)
Joe Thomas, 40, who portrayed Simon in the hit coming-of-age comedy, said all of the main cast are on board to get back together a decade after the last film aired
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 admitted: ‘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, ran for three series between 2008 and 2010, 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.
Joe continued: ‘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.’
The actor suggested that another movie is more likely than a new TV series and would follow the group of lads away from school
Speaking on the Always Be Comedy podcast, Joe was asked whether conversations have taken place regarding a comeback, he said: ‘Yes, it’s happened in various forms. All of us feel it would be nice to do’
He revealed he is still good pals with the cast, including James Buckley (Jay), Simon Bird (Will) and Blake Harrison (Neil), and admitted they are worried whether it ‘will be as good’ as the original series
Joe even met his wife Hannah Tointon on the show over 15 years ago and the couple have since welcomed their first child.
Hannah and Joe met after she played his character Simon’s on-screen girlfriend Tara during series three of the Inbetweeners.
Joe confirmed they were dating back in 2010 but admitted he was bemused as to how their relationship blossomed after their scenes together on the show.
He said: ‘I can’t really see how those scenes kindled romance because they were all her being sick into my mouth… but I’m really into that so obviously it was fine!
‘It’s quite an intense thing being on set, so maybe that contributes, but we’re not basing our relationship on the relationship of Simon and Tara in the show.’
In 2018 the couple appeared in summer comedy The Festival together, and at the time Joe told Christine Bleakley on ITV’s Lorraine that he loved starring with his fiancee again, eight years after their first worked together.
He quipped: ‘I’ve got to the stage like she’s in everything, it went very well I think!’
