Hollywood Should Actually Cast Matt Berry in aStar WarsProject

Though most American audiences knowMatt Berryfor play frisky lamia Laszlo onWhat We Do in the Shadows , he ’s hada lengthy comedy career in his aboriginal England , highlighted by furor - dear show like Garth Marenghi ’s Darkplace , The Mighty Boosh , and Toast of London , to name just a few .

That last undertaking — which won him a BAFTA — has morphed into Toast of Tinseltown , which see principal character Steven Toast ( Berry ) heading to Hollywood after being cast in a newStar Warsmovie , or so he trust . Though Toast of Tinseltown was publish last year , it ’s about to be very accessible stateside , stream free on the Roku Channel commence August 11 .

Here ’s the trailer :

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The prescribed precis : “ Join Steven Toast , a fed - up London actor , voice - over creative person , and theater caption , as he ship on a uncivilised journey to Hollywood in search of stardom — in the form of a ‘ prima role ’ he ’s been promised in the latest installment of Star Wars . Befriended by a mystical passenger named Russ Nightlife ( Fred Armisen ) on his flight , as Toast takes on Tinseltown , he tangles with wild managing director , gets lost in the desert , and recognize that he may be out of London , but he ’s never out of bad luck . ”

We realize this is n’t actually a sci - fi show , of course , but who can say no to have their sidereal day brightened by seeing Matt Berry in anything ? ( Yes , even that damnMinecraftmovie he was lately cast in . ) And we ’ll take a good Star Wars gag any day , even if the next Star Wars movie is years away at this gunpoint .

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