Another new interview from Bang Premier, Who interviewed Damien at the Bergerac London premiere last night!(photos here!)

I love that it was Toby W who informed Damien he had got the role and that Damien screamed! 

Damien Molony 'screamed' when he got Jim Bergerac role | Bang Premier

"Damien Molony, who plays Jim Bergerac in the UandDRAMA reboot, was so happy he got the job, he screamed in a London restaurant. The 40-year-old actor was so excited after show writer Toby Whitehouse told him he will be playing the lead character in the Jersey-based '80s crime drama reboot, that it left diners fearing something bad had happened.

He exclusively told BANG Showbiz at the 'Bergerac' London Premiere at the Curzon Hoxton cinema on Wednesday (19.02.25): "I was in Canary Wharf. I was in a restaurant. It was the day after the European Rugby Final. So I was a little bit dusty.

"And Toby, our writer, rang me and said, 'We'd love you to play Bergerac,' and I screamed.

"I was just so happy, so I rang everyone I knew, basically. I wasn't really allowed to tell people."

"He said: "Honestly, I was so excited because it's so rare that you get a job that already has a huge fan base, and so to kind of crest that wave of positivity was just a lovely, lovely way to start the job.

"And, of course, you want to pay honour and homage to the original because it ran for 10 series', and TV shows don't run for that long anymore."

""But, also, it's also about putting your own stamp on it, and Toby's done a wonderful job of having all of those wonderful references and homages to the original, but also making it it's own thing.""