#Flight of the conchords friendship series#
#Flight of the conchords friendship tv#

The whole team of 5 million РІР‚вЂњ not this РІР‚ВthereРІР‚в„ўs us and youРІР‚в„ў. РІР‚СљCovid has been quite unifying in New Zealand. Most of all, though, Clement is about hope. Then he speaks of his anxiety about the suffering, death and loss people have gone through in places like the UK, America and Greece and his desire that comedy can distract the housebound a bit. So what does he think of Covid? He pauses, uncharacteristically, looking at the lights of the capital poised to go into snap lockdown. РІР‚СљMight be a booty call? Before midnight!РІР‚Сњ Clement laughs raucously. It might be fun to do that, if we can make the dates work.РІР‚Сњ McKenzieРІР‚в„ўs include pandemic-affected musicals and an imminent serious album release. McKenzie and he are working on separate projects with their Conchords co-creator James Bobin. No longer in charge of the punishing network schedules of Wellington Paranormal and What We Do in the Shadows, Clement is looking forward to bingeing his friendsРІР‚в„ў projects, like The White Lotus (РІР‚СљI loved how Mike White directed me on BradРІР‚в„ўs StatusРІР‚Сњ) and Reservation Dogs (РІР‚СљI have some great conversations with Sterlin about indigenous peoples and the supernaturalРІР‚Сњ).Р”В«ut as for Flight of the Conchords, the previously discussed special or film isnРІР‚в„ўt even on the backburner РІР‚вЂњ due to the band membersРІР‚в„ў hectic schedules.

I feel younger and healthier than I did two years ago,РІР‚Сњ he says, adding: РІР‚СљI was basically in a vortex of never-ending work.РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљI was definitely flying and travelling too much. A lifelong non-drinker who isnРІР‚в„ўt about the rock star lifestyle, his jet-setting has been grounded by Covid-19. He lives with Sopho and his Greek-Kiwi actor-director wife, Miranda Manasiadis, whom he met while studying film and theatre at the cityРІР‚в„ўs Victoria University. Unlike Waititi, who lives in LA, Clement is happy to be based in walkable central Wellington. РІР‚СљItРІР‚в„ўs exciting for me doing something large-scale.РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљItРІР‚в„ўs the dream job, really.РІР‚Сњ Clement reveals they are also writing a semi-historical kidsРІР‚в„ў adventure show with The In-BetweenersРІР‚в„ў Iain Morris.

#Flight of the conchords friendship tv#

The duo have written two of 10 long-form episodes for their untitled action-comedy adventure, which Apple TV will shoot in the first half of next year. He suffers no fools even though he is one, in a different way.РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљWeРІР‚в„ўve got the same language and the same way of thinking, the same references. Jemaine Clement on Taika Waititi: РІР‚ВWeРІР‚в„ўve got the same language and the same way of thinking, the same references.РІР‚в„ў Photograph: Hagen Hopkins He memorably voiced MoanaРІР‚в„ўs crab Tamatoa in te reo, and is heartened by the progress. РІР‚СљThe whole landscape of te reo has changed in New Zealand,РІР‚Сњ Clement says. Sgt Maaka and his colleagues also speak some te reo MР”Рѓori. One of Wellington ParanormalРІР‚в„ўs strengths is its inclusion of a MР”Рѓori supernatural perspective, of legends and mythical creatures such as Taniwha. РІР‚СљWho would have thought that IРІР‚в„ўd spend four years making a police show? ThatРІР‚в„ўs a warning for any Guardian readers thinking of embarking on vandalism.РІР‚Сњ And then it turns out youРІР‚в„ўre breaking a big rule,РІР‚Сњ he laughs. It feels like youРІР‚в„ўre breaking a small rule. РІР‚СљThatРІР‚в„ўs part of the fun, and part of the risk, of a small town: youРІР‚в„ўre let loose. Speaking of Paranormal, Clement РІР‚вЂњ now 47 РІР‚вЂњ reflects on his own first brush with law enforcement: when he broke into a seemingly abandoned building in his provincial home town, Masterton, as a teenager. РІР‚СљThey were too scared to let anyone do comedy.РІР‚Сњ

РІР‚СљBretРІР‚в„ўs too polite РІР‚вЂњ I would love to make fun of TVNZ turning us down, it amused me,РІР‚Сњ Clement says with a laugh, gently tapping my dining room table.

#Flight of the conchords friendship series#

TVNZ, Wellington ParanormalРІР‚в„ўs producers, notoriously declined Clement and Bret McKenzieРІР‚в„ўs pitch for the series Flight of the Conchords РІР‚вЂњ before HBO approved one of the hottest things worldwide in comedy for a couple of years. Mike Minogue, Maaka Pohatu and Karen OРІР‚в„ўLeary in Wellington Paranormal, a spinoff from the vampire film What We Do in the Shadows.