Martin Compston: The Revenge Club, Line of Duty & World Cup

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00:00White, white, white. Oh, that's a stupid accent.

00:02I said to Jed, do you either need to get me a couple of days for one game or kill me off?

00:06Because I am going.

00:06I am glad it's out because I can stop fibbing to people like yourself.

00:11Oh, no, look at this.

00:13Watch your head, watch your head.

00:14It's yourself. Fancy meeting you here.

00:16How are you, pal? How are you?

00:17I'm all the better for seeing you.

00:19Yeah, good to see you.

00:20It's a nice wee Caledonian reunion, isn't it?

00:22Celtic connection.

00:23Even on this as well, we've got Dougie and we've got Sharon.

00:26Yeah, we've got all the Scottish connections.

00:27It's a very pro-Caledonia show, I feel.

00:29I know, just off the back of the World Cup, it's been a good year.

00:32Listen, we'll talk about the World Cup.

00:34But we need to talk about the show first.

00:36Listen, your character in this, in the trailer, it says you're like a pound shop, Ocean's Eleven.

00:41Is that how we're describing this?

00:43Johnny, one of the things I love about the show is you can't quite pin it down.

00:47It's part comedy, part drama, part caper.

00:50But it packs an emotional punch as well.

00:52You know, I think what's really defined about it, which I love about it,

00:55like I love films like Horrible Bosses, but you're very aware who the baddies are in this.

00:59But us as the ones who's taking the revenge, we've got quite questionable morals at times as well.

01:06So I'm excited about it, great fun, bit out of my comfort zone playing comedy and stuff,

01:11but really supportive team.

01:13I mean, I mean, the scenes when there was like the six of us together, it was just, it felt, it felt electric.

01:18What do you mean comedy's out of your comfort zone? You're a funny guy.

01:21But that's the thing, I think with all that stuff,

01:23because I feel like I'm quite happy-go-lucky in my real life,

01:26that I tend to get these dark parts and angry parts when I play them,

01:30but I feel like all that kind of emotion, I kind of weirdly save up my real life

01:34and then let it all out into my characters and it's a great outlet.

01:37Yeah, but nobody ever really comes to it.

01:39I mean, the only other comedy I've ever done was playing Madure in a Band-Aid thing,

01:43but that always stayed with me, that I had such fun doing it,

01:46and I thought, I hope something else comes along at some point,

01:48and yeah, Revenge Club just popped up.

01:51Well, on that note, I think the best type of revenge is just to move on and thrive,

01:55but obviously, you know, a wee bit of toxicity now and then, it's good for the soul,

01:58do you know what I mean?

01:59So I like to do things out of spite now,

02:01so if somebody tells me, you can't do that, I'm like, I'll show you.

02:04Have you had that in your career as well,

02:06where somebody's said, you're not going to be able to do that and you've done it?

02:08Well, I think you're right, but see, we're getting older,

02:12I kind of like, you get comfortable in your own skin,

02:15and you start going, I really don't care what people think of me,

02:18but in terms of like, yeah, I used to be quite like that,

02:21but then it's even, I think even with social media and that now,

02:24where you'd spend the whole day arguing in your head with somebody you've never met,

02:28now I'm just like, just stay off it.

02:29Like, as long as my family's happy and my pals are happy,

02:31that's all I really care about.

02:33Yeah, because it can eat you up, you know,

02:36you can waste a lot of energy instead of like sitting playing with my son,

02:40you're worrying about what somebody on Twitter,

02:42who you're never, ever going to meet, said about you.

02:44I know, exactly.

02:45I'm going to get there one day.

02:46I'm glad that you, I'm glad the growth's happened for you.

02:49It's got a few more years for me, I think.

02:50I think in terms of revenge,

02:51is what I always love doing.

02:52My spiteful thing is, I love,

02:54see you're walking,

02:55when you just walk through a door,

02:56I love to see how far somebody back,

02:59like holding a door up for them

03:00and making them apologise to you for you being an idiot,

03:03for like holding it,

03:04making them do that wee run.

03:06But then that's the thing,

03:07because then you feel like you need to run

03:09and then it's a hole.

03:09Yeah, I know, I love it.

03:11I always try to see how far I can get away with somebody

03:13to see how far I can make them run.

03:15Right, listen,

03:15my favourite moment from Line of Duty

03:17isn't even from the show,

03:18it's the behind the scenes clip

03:19that you shared with Scotland getting into the Euros.

03:22Yeah.

03:22Because you were in character,

03:23you were in English,

03:24and then as soon as Scotland scored,

03:26you were like, yes!

03:27Well, typical Scotland,

03:28because they gave us,

03:30we were winning,

03:31and then so,

03:32and they gave me off to watch the game,

03:34and then we went to extra time and penalty,

03:35so like we need to start filming,

03:37so I'd literally had it in DS Arnott's at the time

03:40in his car radio,

03:42and then we were about to do the raid,

03:44and I was like,

03:45look, just white, white, white,

03:48oh, that stupid accent.

03:49It was an amazing moment,

03:51and I just feel like,

03:51but that Hamden game there,

03:53I don't think that'll ever be topped.

03:55But how is it going to work?

03:56Because obviously it's next summer,

03:58and you're filming Lane of Duty in the spring,

04:00so how are you going to get the time off?

04:01Well, I know,

04:01I said to Jed,

04:02you either need to get me a couple of days for one game,

04:04or kill me off,

04:05because I am going.

04:07I've been waiting for this since I was 14 years old.

04:10I mean,

04:10I won't get to all of it,

04:11which, I mean,

04:12is heartbreaking.

04:14I mean,

04:15but I definitely,

04:15you need to experience something.

04:17It's been far too long for all of us.

04:19I was 14 in 98,

04:21and I remember saying to my pals at the time,

04:23I'll be 18 the next one,

04:24we're all going to go,

04:24and I'm in my 40s now.

04:26It's been too long coming,

04:28but all the better for it now.

04:30Can you just sponsor all of Scotland to come,

04:32because it's a fortune.

04:33Have you seen the prices?

04:34Well, that's what people don't get,

04:35because obviously I've got my place in Vegas,

04:37as well as the place in Guignac,

04:38and I've got mates texting me,

04:41going like,

04:41can I crash at yours?

04:42And I'm like,

04:43the game's a six-hour flight away, mate.

04:44You're just as quick flying from here to Boston

04:47as you are from my place.

04:49Right, but listen,

04:50line of duty,

04:51how relieved do you feel now

04:52that people can't come up to you

04:53and go,

04:53when's it coming back?

04:55You know what?

04:58It's one of them things,

04:59I got to a place in my life,

05:00I'm lucky it came later,

05:01but I'm just proud of it.

05:02So the day people stop asking me about it,

05:04it'll be a sad day.

05:05I'm really happy how much it's loved.

05:07What I am glad is it's out,

05:09because I can stop fibbing to people like yourself.

05:12You listen,

05:13you could never let me in,

05:14I knew I could see through it.

05:15I just thought,

05:15do you know what,

05:15I'll wait,

05:16I'll wait until the official announcement comes out.

05:18And as well,

05:18because we knew it had been coming for a while,

05:20but it's like,

05:21it wasn't definite,

05:22we didn't have any dates,

05:22so there's no point saying to somebody,

05:24I were back,

05:24and then still nothing's happened for three years,

05:27going on to five now.

05:29But yeah,

05:29I'm glad it's out there,

05:30especially just before you start a junket.

05:32You know,

05:33it's nice to get it out

05:35and get people excited,

05:36and then you can kind of put it on the back burner,

05:38let everybody enjoy Christmas

05:39and then come out swinging in the new year.

05:41Absolutely,

05:42and watch this as well.

05:43And then you're also in Red Eye,

05:44you've got your Vegas dot coming up.

05:46I mean,

05:46it's literally the MCU,

05:48Martin Compton Universe,

05:49honestly.

05:49Thank you, mate,

05:50it's been a good year,

05:51but you know,

05:51I'm under no illusions how lucky I am right now.

05:54Our industry's in a,

05:55it's been a tough spot,

05:56and there's a lot of phenomenal actors out of work,

05:58so I'm just very grateful

06:00that I seem to be on a bit of a run at the minute,

06:02and yeah,

06:03hopefully it continues.

06:04Amazing,

06:04well,

06:05I'll see you at the World Cup.

06:05I'll see you at the World Cup, pal.

06:07Thank you so much.

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