Taking Flight - Penthouse Mag. Interview

[size=133:lvppfd94]Taking Flight
February 5th, 2009 By Penthouse Magazine
Tags: Full Frontal, TV

[size=100:lvppfd94]As the bumbling manager on Flight of the Conchords, New Zealand comedian Rhys Darby is tasked with guiding our heroes’ musical careers. He’s so good he has his own stalker.
-By Ed Condran

[size=100:lvppfd94]Rhys Darby is the antithesis of his inept character on HBO’s Flight of the Conchords. The charismatic comedian has been surprising fans with his unpredictable material for going on two decades. Now that he’s shared the big screen with Jim Carrey in Yes Man and is reprising his Murray role for the second season of Conchords, it seems safe to say that his eagle won’t be landing anytime soon. In fact, Darby is really starting to soar. Enough damn flying metaphors for you, already?

During a Flight of the Conchords concert in Philly, someone shouted, “Where’s Murray?” Where were you?
Probably making a movie. I think that’s great. It’s [Jemaine Clement’s and Bret McKenzie’s] show, but it’s always been about the three of us.

Is Murray secretly cool and getting plenty of action?
I wouldn’t say he gets much action, but he does have another life. Some power has gone to his head. He got successful and really didn’t know what to do with that.

There’s a stalker character on the show. Have you ever been stalked?
Yes, back in New Zealand. One chap made me a jacket. He sewed it all himself and left it on my doorstep.

What happened to him?
He bought a giant bouncy castle. He wanted me to drive down to the beach so we could jump on it together, but the beach was an hour and a half away and it was at night, so I couldn’t.

You got back to him? Are you as crazy as he is?
That was then. Now I have an en tourage that can follow me around and just squire people away.

You sing on the Conchord’s song “Leggy Blonde.” Are you a leg man who’s into blondes?
When I was younger, I guess I was into the stereotypical leggy blonde. It never happened. I never went out with a blonde or anyone who had long legs. It wasn’t meant to be.

Do a lot of your stand-up fans expect you to be Murray onstage?
I hope they’ve done their homework and found that I’ve been doing physical stand-up for 15 years.

What was it like working with Jim Carrey? Did he give you any advice?
Jim said this to me: “None of this matters. It’s all rubbish. We’re just being idiots. Don’t even think about all the cameras, the lights, all the extras. Forget about the millions of people that will see this movie. We’re just mucking around.” Great advice. I’ll always remember that.

Is it true that a company in New Zealand is experimenting with jetpacks?
It’s absolutely true. From what I gather, they haven’t gone farther than six feet. I want to get a jetpack so if a set I’m doing is going badly, I’m out of there and off into the sky.

gezyka wrote:

[size=100:li0xh94f]There’s a stalker character on the show. Have you ever been stalked?
Yes, back in New Zealand. One chap made me a jacket. He sewed it all himself and left it on my doorstep.

What happened to him?
He bought a giant bouncy castle. He wanted me to drive down to the beach so we could jump on it together, but the beach was an hour and a half away and it was at night, so I couldn’t.

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gezyka wrote:
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